§ Mr. HUDSONasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the fatal accident to a guard at Battersby Junction, North Eastern Railway, on 7th May last; whether he has any official information showing that the brake van was placed next the engine when working the train from the mines to the junction, and that the van was being fly-shunted at the time the accident occurred; and whether an inquiry is to be held into the circumstances connected with this accident?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe company's return of the accident has been received, and an inquiry has been ordered. The van was placed next the engine, but it is not stated in the return that it was being fly-shunted.
§ Mr. HUDSONWill the right hon. Gentleman answer the latter part of my question, whether an inquiry will be held?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAn inquiry has been ordered.