§ Mr. A. CHAPMAN (by Private Notice)asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has any information regarding the circumstances of the accident which took place at 7.30 p.n. on Saturday, 21st March, 1936 at Bardykes Colliery (Summerlee Iron Company, Limited), situate between Blantyre and Cambuslang, and which resulted in the death of five men?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Captain Crookshank)I regret to inform the House that five men and a pony were 889 buried and killed by a very large fall of roof in the loading gate of a conveyor run in the Splint Seam: two other men narrowly escaped. The work of recovering the bodies, which was difficult and dangerous, was completed at 11.30 yesterday morning, and the investigations of His Majesty's inspectors into the cause of the accident are now proceeding. The House will, I know, join with me in expressing our deep sympathy with the families and friends of those who lost their lives in these tragic circumstances.