§ 27. Mr. Thorneasked the Home Secretary whether he can give the House any information in connection with a man who was killed at the Kent Cement Works, Stone, near Dartford, Kent; and what was the cause of the accident?
§ Sir J. SimonI assume that the hon. Member is referring to an accident which occurred at the Kent Cement Works, Greenhithe (not Stone), on 9th March. According to the report of the evidence 2240 given at the inquest, this accident was due to the fact that a number of railway wagons had been left on a slight incline when insufficiently braked.
§ Mr. ThorneWho was responsible for the defective brakes?
§ Sir J. SimonIt is not that the brakes were defective, but that they had not been put on sufficiently well.
§ 28. Mr. Thorneasked the Home Secretary whether he can give the House any information in connection with a man who was killed at Jackson's Printing Works, Church Street, Salford, Lancashire; and whether he is aware of an added rider made by the jury to their verdict?
§ Sir J. SimonI have had before me an account of the proceedings at the inquest in this sad case. The deceased, who was working in a yard on the premises referred to, took hold of an electrically charged broken wire trailing on the ground and the shock killed him.
§ Mr. ThorneDid the right hon. Gentleman notice the jury's rider?
§ Sir J. Simonindicated assent.