§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state how many persons have been electrocuted on the Liverpool and South-port Electric Railway since March 1st 359 last, indicating the number electrocuted at Freshfield Station.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEOne fatal accident from electrical shock has been reported to the Board of Trade as occurring on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway since the date referred to. This accident occurred to a man, name at present unknown, whilst trespassing on the railway about a quarter of a mile from Freshfield Station on 8th instant. There have also been in the course of the last two months three fatal accidents to persons crossing the lines at Freshfield Station, but neither of these accidents is attributed to electrical shock, the unfortunate persons killed having been knocked down by trains. The Board are in communication with the company as to the arrangements at the station in question.