The Archive · 1927

THE SEVENOAKS RAILWAY DISASTER

London, Nov. 3.

The inquest on the 12 victims of the Sevenoaks railway disaster August 24, when a Southern Railway train journeying from London to Deal was derailed, resulted in verdict of accidental death, The} Jury in a rider expressed the opinion that the causes of the derailment. had not been proved by the ov dence. They did not consider that the eiuss of engine, known as. the River type, was suitable for fast traffic owing to rolling on this track. They exonerated the driver and the fireman from all blame—Reuter.

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