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Awards for Gallantry
John Wright |
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Carnegie Hero Fund Award | |||
| Date: | 1937 | ||
| Colliery: | Ottovale Coking Plant | ||
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The Carnegie Hero Trust Fund has presented a cheque for £20 and an oak framed certificate to Mr. JOHN WRIGHT, of Blaydon, who rescued a fellow workman at the Otto Vale Coke and Byproduct Works at Blaydon Burn (Priestman Collieries, Ltd.), when he was overcome by benzol fumes.
Source: Colliery Guardian, November 19, 1937
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