HL Deb 13 June 1899 vol 72 c996

1. (Explosion of Carbo-gelatine at Factory near Faversham.) Report to the right hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by Colonel A. Ford, C.B., Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Explosives, on the circumstances attending an explosion of carbo-gelatine in course of manufacture, which occurred at the factory of the Cotton Powder Company, at Uplees Marshes, near Faversham, on the 5th of May, 1899.

II. (Explosion of Percussion Caps at Factory at Streetly, near Birmingham.) Report to the right hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by Major A. Cooper-Key, R.A., Her Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, on the circumstances attending an explosion of percussion caps in course of manufacture at the factory of the Birmingham Metal and Munitions Company, Limited, at Streetly, near Birmingham, on the 11th of April, 1899.