HC Deb 23 July 1877 vol 235 c1666
MR. PULESTON

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, in view of the forthcoming International Regatta, he will take some precautionary measures in reference to the Hammersmith Bridge?

MR. ASSHETON CROSS,

in reply, said, that the owners must be held responsible for the safety of the bridge. They had been warned over and over again that the bridge would not bear a great crowd, and he hoped that the warning would be attended to, in view of the approaching regatta.