HC Deb 17 February 1873 vol 214 cc542-3
MR. PLIMSOLL

asked the President of the Board of Trade, If, in the tale of loss of life at sea published by the Board, any account is taken of the losses of the men who are washed or fall overboard during a voyage in ones or twos, or of those who are accidentally killed during a voyage by rough weather or other causes, as in boarding a vessel or landing in boats, &c.?

MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE,

in reply, said, it was impossible to add anything to the Returns annually laid on the Table. If the hon. Member looked at the Return presented last year he would find that all the deaths of British merchant seamen, whether occurring from disease or accident, were enumerated and analyzed.