§ Mr. Barr(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has any 1218 statement to make as to the disaster at Mosside Mine, Airdrie, on Friday, 22nd instant.
§ Mr. LloydYes, Sir, I have received the inspector's preliminary report. This is a small mine working an area of coal between two waterlogged areas, plans of which were available. An inrush of water occurred about noon on 22nd September. Five of the men underground escaped to the surface but three others lost their lives. Some time will elapse before the mine can be unwatered and investigations made underground, and in the meantime I cannot make a fuller statement. The House will join with me in expressing the sympathy we all feel with the relatives of those who were lost.