RAILWAY MATTERS.
(liY TKLEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT). Wellington, Last Night. Tin; Railway Department estimates that the loss bv the Easter floods will reach £50,000. '
The damage by the Kaitoke accident is not so treat as was expected. The Minister for Railways has dismissed Ganger Pettersen and Platelayers Nicholas and Lett, and reduced Inspector Craven from the second to the third grade. This is the outcome of an inquiry into the Kaitoke railway accident. Pettersen admitted deliberately leaving the rail loose, and by the regulations the other men should have interfered, as they were acquainted with the instructions in such case l *. They made no potestaud suffered accordingly. It was elicited that it was not the first time the ganger and men were guilty of a similar risky transaction, ibis is why Craven, who has care of this section of permanent way, is disrated. Not only did the men deliberately risk the safety of the train, but they did n >t signal it to " go slow," as is peremptorily required, if there had been any loss of life those implicated would probably have been tried for manslaughter.
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Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 136, 20 May 1897, Page 2
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184RAILWAY MATTERS. Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 136, 20 May 1897, Page 2
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