§ MR. HALLEY STEWART (Lincolnshire, Spalding)asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether an inquiry 365 will be ordered by the Board into an accident which occurred on the Midland line, shortly before 9 p.m. on Thursday 11th August, when a passenger train for Mansfield, soon after leaving the Nottingham Midland Station, collided with a light engine standing near the bridge, and damage was done both to rolling stock and permanent way, and six passengers complained of being severely shaken; and, whether he will further inquire whether this accident is in any way due to the present state of affairs on the Midland line?
§ THE SECRETARY (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)The Board of Trade have directed an inquiry to be made by an Inspector into the cause of the accident referred to.