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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 13 June 1914, Page 5

Answering further qyesiionft by fjjsl Mays, witness said that if thwe been any entanglement or ohstructia|v| of tho wire it kliouM luivc Lihmi seiefi'ifer? the taiblet portera. >, vS The Coronet: Do I takti it tSwt j| was a breach of your rc<rul«M" tions to have undertaken this ait&M; tion at the Tfoue.-st of a inspector, without notifying vour 'W™ suporioir?—Yes. I should }i-v<- notSMif my own (superior .before beginning mSa ."Wiitnese odded 'that 'hts h;u. never dbM'i work similar to that before mthoirttjSg tifying the and. as far «MR know, tne si.ir)|!ij"'iinjpector di. tJia wwk aftrnfiwlß. aduittal'i thttil; the alteration did not comply frith,-, ■«i,> circular; Ratine Hint kjms £& standaa-d materials shoulri bo used tenatione. ' ( . JMg Ifenry John Wynn. rfgnolling 8J)kI?'IS electrical engineer for New ZWUBH •railways since, 'March, lfflV), said thfct o&sfl Friday, ,Tuno R, Jio examined the siml I ,® gear at W'htingrwmirino. Bot h *iga#SifS wero then working in nerfeet order. Htifl e-iiiis'C'd the .wuth -vi.til and" jiectiona to do put in cxactfy the condition that thev were in \on ifcaVja night of tihe aecidWit, On testing If*!?! working, the signal wonld neither rifllit, off nor go rigflit. tnek to Wilieii the l<>ve.r wis nulled hack it came right off, but when- wit sharply it did nxvt go right hack 'ViiMigw." iStlfeij'quentTv a worlcmwilffi tried it, ami it, went riVht harts ■ "danger." At the. post Jio served a «nnll reel fitted nt the top .oHm tile bank a.bout t-wrfyo feet away; iTftygj tlieu signalled tb' the mn be hid JeSsß hack at the level to pttll off the meantime watohimr tJie working of chain ovw tM* small reel. TM* woifcS ed in an erratic iwinner. an-! -omotimMjj tlto reel Bcemeil to cn-teh the went over with a jerV. H'• reel wtttij too small to allow the ehe ; n to woiEp taver it properly. He rould find thing fl» wrong w?Oi the <n>|i any other eonneotimns. To -tfce Coriw-ri Tt not so wwfc*ijßj tihe smallnt'-is of (he rc t -l (hat <JI ttto-trouble a* Mie f«W fhat the through wh 'r!h t.hr ehn : ri r:;n -Wft <j|q|w?2|| cavo. Hl« Department, had no notiw*4m| tho alteration nwde to -(tie p-sr, the small reel pnt. in wo -, not up standard requirement, i nt)' l">e tion, vwrked well. A(tnmi'ii<y Ui" hiphpgt erage tewpwliire in t.he ihv '•fjnm be fis de?ives'. nnrl hefivcen ml(MdC|| and efl.rly m-ornin" aft heit, lie would sl-if" 'tM faflun the siffna? was defide-llv not. "r"> t*> oon- "ig traction alone. Tn iii- f\herionw : 'hAVijl had never knoMn of - 1 * willing to "clwr" tuition ff .'ni eontrmiMiJji alone. Tn hi." opinion thn failure of &o>im signal -w-.iM dme <o thr. wire bein-T .set twii tight. The eontr'infi'ni! 0 f 'lie yjitnH would then be bound to pull tihe nnl. Tl. was tighter i-han it Rhmi'd have !i,vn t,o gat'¥l it to work over the' small reel. 10® other words, the <mmllm»« r .f tho "Hilled the ti(rhtne« -if (ho wiTft. Oniiok.'!! shank's notion in nutting i n the «J»»H reel wn t attributed by witnec t/t tti?J fflct th\ t h(v t'hft onlv matoriiil I'M at tho moment. It miffht hfl.W% been, intention to replace it 'withj VH-oper gwr aftenv ir,l=>. and h«' JnijSS".® have forgotten to do . The asfy;| other explonjition was that in wHiwartlfl opinion Cruiok«'wnlt committed iwißrpofJi of judgment.