§ MR. ALBERT STANLEY (Staffordshire, N.W.)asked if the Home Secretary could give the House any further information regarding the lamentable Hamstead explosion.
§ MR. GLADSTONEsaid that, as the House was aware, thirteen bodies were recovered yesterday from the Hamstead Colliery. The only telegram he had since received stated that another body had been recovered. Three sets of men were carrying on the search, and others were employed in securing a more direct route to get the bodies out.
§ MR. JOHN WILSON (Durham, Mid.)asked if the Home Office intended to send a representative to the inquest to be held on 23rd March on the fourteen men who lost their lives at the Washington Glebe Colliery, in the county of Durham, on 21st February.
§ MR. GLADSTONEsaid the Home Office would of course be represented.
§ MR. JOHN WILSONBy whom?
§ MR. GLADSTONEasked for notice.