§ MR. STRAUS (Tower Hamlets, Mile End)I beg to ask the Home Secretary if he is aware of the fact that two houses in Molyneux Street, Marylebone, collapsed at 2 o'clock this morning, and that a woman was sleeping on the premises at the time of the accident; are the police taking any steps to rescue her dead or alive, and is the right hon. Gentleman aware that at 11 o'clock no effort had, apparently, been made to do so; also can the right hon. Gentleman say how the catastrophe occurred.
§ MR. GLADSTONEI regret to say that it is the case that two houses have collapsed in Molyneux Street. The necessary steps are being taken to recover the body of the woman supposed to be buried there.