A TRAGEDY RECALLED.
TRAIN DRIVER CHARGED WITH 1 MANSLAUGHTER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Aoril 28. The trial of Peter Irwin, driver of the train in the Exeter smash, on th-j charge of feloniously slaying Brav, one ot the victims, lias commenced. Accused exhausted Qiis right of challenge. 1 The case hinges on the signal-.. Couc- ( sel intimated that the defence would be that the distant signal shoved green and that the fog was too thick for the driver to see the red light at the home signal. The night officer gave evidence that there was no fog, but it was misty. He could see the back lights, indicating that . J both signals were at danger. If there , were a green signal no back light would i 6how. Other witnesses gave evidence ] that there was a dense fog. The case was adjourned.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 280, 29 April 1914, Page 5
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141A TRAGEDY RECALLED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 280, 29 April 1914, Page 5
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