§ Mr. HUDSON (for Mr. Wardle)asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the death by accident of Frederick Styles, a brakesman, formerly in the employ of the Rhymney Railway Company; whether he is aware that the evidence at the inquest elicited the fact that the deceased rode on the buffers, and that this was a common practice; whether he is aware that it was also stated that if there had been a brake van the man would probably have remained in it until the engine, which is supposed to have knocked him down, had passed; that it was stated that the deceased and his light could not be seen, but that if there had been a brake van a light could have been seen; and whether, 914 in view of the danger resulting to railway men through the absence of brake vans on this line he will state what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
Mr. TENNANTMy attention has been called to the accident, and an inquiry has been ordered into its causes.