§ Mr. Thorneasked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with an accident at the Maidstone Corporation electricity works in which a man was killed; and what was the cause of the accident?
§ Sir S. HoareI have no information at present about such an accident, but I will have inquiry made.
§ Mr. Thorneasked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information with regard to an accident at Ringswood Place, Lee, where a man was killed; and what was the cause of the accident?
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§ Sir S. HoareI am assuming that the hon. Member is referring to the death of David Houlton, aged 61, at Kingswood Hall, Lee. I understand he was on some staging for the purpose of drilling holes in a window-frame and fell off the staging. At the inquest yesterday a pathologist who had made a post-mortem examination stated that in his opinion the deceased had had a seizure, and the jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.
§ Mr. Thorneasked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with an accident at the Ipswich Gas Works, where two men were killed; and what was the cause of the accident?
§ Sir S. HoareI understand that two days ago two men who were at the top of a gasholder were fatally overcome by gas. The circumstances are being investigated and the inquest opens to-morrow; and I cannot say more at present.