Samuel Fleming

“ That the Premier Aluminium Casting Company, Ltd., ought not to have ordered the ammunition to be delivered to Knowles, c/o Yates & Co., Ltd., Tipton, for the purpose of breaking down without first seeing that the premises conformed to the instructions which they themselves had received from the Explosives Department of the Home Office. The Court will, on the completion of the formal investigation, report fully on the circumstances and causes of the explosion. ”

“ In pursuance of Section 66 of the Explosives Act, 1875, I hereby direct that a formal investigation shall be held of the accident which occurred in a Workshop in Groveland Road, Dudley Port, Staffordshire, on the 6th March, 1922, and of the causes thereof and of the circumstances attending the same. ”

“ The Court having heard these four witnesses decided to adjourn until after the trial of Knowles and Chadwick on a charge of manslaughter at the forthcoming Assizes at Stafford, so that they might not be prejudiced in their defence. ”