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Carnegie Hero Fund Award - Certificate (Posthumous) | |||
| Date: | 17 May 1929 | ||
| Colliery: | South Garesfield Colliery | ||
| Occupation: | Pony Driver | ||
Carnegie Hero Fund
Rescue Efforts In Durham Colliery
Heroism in a gas filled mine, when several miners at great risk attempted to rescue a man who had been overcome by the fumes from explosives at South Garesfield Colliery, Durham, has been recognized by the trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund. The trustees made 10 awards in this case, and gave £50 and a memorial certificate to each of the parents of the two boys, Joseph Taylor, 16, a pony driver, and William Matthew Malcolm, 14, a pony driver, who lost their lives in the attempt. The other awards were :— Robert Glendenning, overman, £25 ; Samuel Hughes, hewer, John Kenny, hewer, John Thomas Baker, shaft lad, and James Sydney Purvis, onsetter, £20 each ; John Thomas Reay, £15 ; James Hopewell and John Sinclair, a deputy, £10 each and certificate ; Herbert Bailey, 14, and Lawrence Aspinall, 17, a silver watch and £5 each.
Source: The Times (31 Dec 1929)
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