COLONEL LOCKWOODI beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office what work, if any, will be found for the men deprived of work by the last explosion at Waltham Abbey; what were the qualifications of the chemist in charge of the nitro-glycerine at the time of the explosion; what sum, if any, will be received by the relatives of the unmarried man killed during the last explosion; and if, when the new buildings to replace those destroyed are erected, the work will be leased to contractors?
§ MR. WOODALLIt is hoped to find employment for the men whom the late explosion at Waltham Abbey has deprived of work. The chemist in charge of the nitro-glycerine factory is a Fellow of the Institute of Chemists and has several competent chemists under him. As explained in another reply to-day, the question of grants to relatives will be considered when full details are obtained. The new buildings will not be erected by contract.
COLONEL LOCKWOODWhat compensation will be given to the owners of 790 private houses whose property has been injured by these explosions?
§ MR. WOODALLI must ask the hon. Member to put that question on the Paper for some day after the Recess.
§ MR. HANBURYasked if, in addition, to take the ordinary precautions imposed on private factories, the War Office did not claim to be exempt from liability for damage done to adjoining property?
§ MR. WOODALLI must decline to answer questions of so much importance without notice.