§ MR. W. ALLAN (Gateshead)desired to ask the President of the Board of Trade a question, of which he had given him private notice, namely, whether he could give the House any information with regard to an explosion of a water-tube boiler the previous day at the Fair-field Works, Govan, whereby one man was killed and six scalded.
§ MR. BRYCEreplied that the question only came into his hands after he had reached the House, and he had not yet received any information about the occurrence. He would, however, at once make inquiries.
§ MR. A. B. FORWOOD (Liverpool, Ormskirk)observed that, arising out of this question, he had given notice to ask the Civil Lord whether the boiler which exploded was not a water-tube boiler of the Wilcox type placed on torpedo destroyers, and built by the Fairfield Company for the Admiralty?
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONI have not received the notice.