Due to lack of definite evidence an open verdict was returned ; though the fireman of the coal train was censured Judgment_communication for not alerting Warning the signal box of the stationary train 's position as he was required Imposing_obligation to do under Rule 55 .

All four men on the freight train , the driver , fireman , shunter and guard , managed to jump clear before the collision .

The four rear carriages of the cattle train were 'shivered to pieces ' killing Killing all nine Irish drovers who were asleep in the brake van and the fireman of the mail train , James Sherry .

A fireman was killed Killing and several others injured Bodily_harm in a road accident while en route to the accident scene .

In the official report it was said Telling that the first of the flagmen gave Giving no indication and the second gave Giving an ambiguous signal which was seen Perception_active by the fireman but not properly understood Coming_to_believe .

The trial of the driver and fireman at York , before the Lord Chief Justice was the first big legal Legality case Criminal_investigation in which the newly formed Coming_to_be trade union A.S.L.E.F .

The management were `` thick skinned Emptying '' over all safety matters and in this case Sir Edward Watkin , the company chairman , said Communication `` ... it was a misfortune Catastrophe that the Lord Chief Justice should have exonerated Judgment_communication the driver and fireman '' .