§ MR. RANDELL (Glamorgan, Gower)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the accident which occurred on the Great Western main line between the Landore and Cockett Stations in June last, whereby a portion of the Cockett Tunnel fell through just after a New Milford excursion train had passed; whether he is aware that mines had been worked underneath the tunnel for some time previously; that the water was being, and is now, pumped from the said workings, and that further subsidence is probable; whether an inquiry into the circumstances of the case has been made by the Board of Trade, and what was the result of such inquiry; and, whether any and, if so, what precautions by way of examination of the said tunnel are being, or will be, made by the Board of Trade for securing the safety of the travelling public and the railway servants before the tunnel will again be used for traffic.
§ MR. RITCHIEThe inspecting officer appointed to inquire into the causes of this accident has not yet made his Report to the Board of Trade, and his attention shall be directed to the hon. Member's question.