§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (St. Andrew Burghs)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will furnish a Return of the fatal accidents in mines in Scotland; and what cases of gallantry in the rescue or attempted rescue at personal risk of life have been reported to him since 1st December last.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) These figures are given annually in Part I. of the Mines Annual General Report and Statistics, published by ray Department. In the year 1907, there were 192 fatal accidents in mines in Scotland, resulting in 199 deaths. As regards the second part of the Question, one Scottish case about which the hon. Member has communicated with me, has been brought to my notice since the 1st December last.