§ Mr. J. GRIFFITHSasked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the number of collieries at which inundations of water were reported from 1925 to 1935; the number of such accidents in each of the inspectorate divisions, respectively; and the number of fatalities due to such inundations in the same period?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKThe particulars are as follow:
Inrushes of Water into Collieries during the eleven years 1925–35, inclusive.
(The figures include cases of inrush of water from the surface and from the strata as well as cases of inrush of water from old workings.)
Division. Number of cases of inrush of water. Number of persons killed. 1. Scotland 26 (at 25 mines) 3 2. Northern 25 (at 24 mines) 42* 3. Yorkshire 3 2 4. North Midland 3 — 5. North Western 5 4 6. Cardiff and Forest of Dean. 8 — 7. Swansea 18 (at 15 mines) 1 8. Midland and Southern. 9 — Total 97 (at 92 mines) 52 * Including Montagu Colliery Inrush on 30th March, 1925 (38 deaths).