The Ministry of Transporté -has opened an enquiry at Charing Cross Hotel, London, mtg the recent train crash at Swanley, Kent. Four persons were killed and 11 were detained in hospital with injuries as a result of the accident.
Col. A. H. L. Mount, Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways at the Minjstry of Transport, conducted the enquiry.
'A preliminary inquiry was held. Officials of the Ministry of Transport and the Southern. Railway spent several hours at the scene of the accident, A statement issued|by the Southern Railway said:
"The accident was caused by the 8.17 p.m. passenger steam train from Margate to Victoria running into a siding at Swanley, where if collided with two empty coaches. The electric current was automatically cut off at the instant the accident took place.
Emergency Buses "The accident occurred clear of the main lines, and there was, in consequence, no delay to normal passenger services this morning. Passengers in the train involved in the accident continued to their destinations by means of an emergency "bus service which was run from Swanley to Bickley, and a special electric train service from Bickley to Holborn. An official inquiry is being held into the cause of the accident."
The names of the killed and injured were:
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