MERCER DERAILMENT
0 BOARD OF INQUIRY OPENS SITTING EXHAUSTIVE EVIDENCE BEING SUBMITTED. MISHAP TO THE LIMITED. . (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The exhaustive evidence to be submitted at the board of inquiry into the derailment of the Limited express near Mercer on the morning of October 28, when an engine driver and a fireman were killed was outlined today when the board commenced its silting. Sir Francis Frazer presided with Professor S. E. Lamb and Mr. F. W. Furkert. Messrs. C.-R. Meredith and I. Thomas represented the Minister of Railways and the Department, Messrs G. P. Findlay and A. E. Johnson watched the Interests of the Engine Drivers’. Firemen’s and Cleaners’ Association; Mr. L. Mcllvride, general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants’ Association appeared on behalf of his Union; Mr. P. G. Harkness, of Hamilton, for the widow of the (ireman. and Mr. N. S. Johnson, for the widow of the engine driver. Counsel were also present for various passengers injured.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1940, Page 6
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164MERCER DERAILMENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1940, Page 6
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