HC Deb 05 April 1900 vol 81 c1267
MR. JOHN BURNS (Battersea)

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade how many platelayers and other men working on the railway between Charing Cross and New Cross were killed during the year 1899.

MR. RITCHIE

Three platelayers have been reported by the South Eastern Railway as killed. The Board have not been informed of any other fatal accidents.