§ 23. Mr. Thorneasked the Home Secretary whether he can give the House any information in connection with the explosion at the Darlington forge works; how many men were killed and how many were injured; and what was the cause of the explosion?
§ Sir J. SimonThis regrettable accident occurred on 17th April. The casting of the stern frame of a ship was proceeding and had been almost completed when an explosion occurred and a jet of molten metal was projected upwards, with the result, I am sorry to say, that two men were killed and six others injured. It has not yet, I understand, been possible to expose the casting, and the causes of the explosion are accordingly still unknown.