§ Mr. ROWLANDSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the accident which occurred on the City and South London 227W Railway, at the Oval Station, on Bank Holiday; whether he is aware that some passengers were injured through the falling of the lift, caused by the bursting of a small water pipe, and that had the lift not been near the ground the accident might have been more serious; and will the Board make inquiries with a view to some sufficient safeguard being applied to lifts in order to prevent the possibility of such accidents?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAn inquiry has been held into the causes of this accident by one of the Board's inspecting officers, and his report will be published in due course.