The Gresfoid Enquiry It is over two years since the
world was horrified by the news of the appalling disaster at Gresford Colliery, in North Wales ; so far there is no authoritative explana- tion of how it happened, where responsibility, if any, for it lay and whether it could have been avoided. The Commission of Enquiry into the disaster has not yet published its report, though it is said to be about to appear. The proceedings of the Commission were complicated by serious discrepancies in the evidence of some of the witnesses ; and this may have increased the difficulty of arriving at a conclusion. Yet its findings ate obviously of vital importance to all engaged in the dangerous work of coal mining. In a letter to The Times last week Sir Richard Redmayne suggested that the evidence taken by the Commission should be published, as it would be of the greatest value to those whose business it is to ensure the safety. of colliers. He pointed out that. in the past it had been usual to publish evidence of this kind, and that it had been of the greatest practical value. Publication would be expensive but it would be amply justified if it made for the prevention of such disasters.
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