HC Deb 03 December 1953 vol 521 c150W
41. Major Anstruther-Gray

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department for a statement regarding explosions near electric power pylons near the border between Scotland and England; and what further incidents have been reported to him since 23rd November.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

On 24th November, an employee of the British Electricity Authority found an explosive charge, with an electric timing apparatus, fixed to a grid pylon about one mile north of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland. He removed the detonators from the explosive and rendered the charge harmless. Soon afterwards the detonators exploded. Police inquiries are being made. No similar incidents have been brought to my notice since that date.