§ MR. CLYNES (Manchester, N.E.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has a record of the accident which caused the death of Harry Haigh, employed by Great Central Railway, Ducie Street, Manchester, on 10th April, 1908; whether the record shows that the accident was due to Haigh acting as both horse-shunter and brakes-man, and for want of room to work in; and what was the certified cause of death.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The verdict of the coroner's jury in this case was that Haigh had been accidentally crushed between a horse and a railway van. An inquiry was held on behalf of the Board of Trade, and I am forwarding to my hon. friend a copy of the sub-inspecting officer's report, together with a copy of the railway company's reply to his recommendations.