§ 55. Mr. Thorneasked the Home Secretary whether he can give the House any information in connection with the accident at the Aylesford, Kent, pottery, on Tuesday, at which one man was killed and one seriously injured; who was responsible for the timber being withdrawn from the concrete ceiling; and what was the cause of the long delay before the men could be released?
§ Mr. LloydI am informed that a line of drying tunnels was being demolished and the roof of the twelfth unexpectedly collapsed. It afterwards appeared that the construction was somewhat different from that of the eleven which had already been brought down successfully. There was no question of withdrawing timber. Cutting away the fallen concrete to release the injured men necessarily took some time.