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Awards for Gallantry
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Henry Everson |
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Edward Medal, First Class | |||
| Date: | 12 Sep 1907 | ||
| Colliery: | Penallta Colliery | ||
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Whitehall, February 24, 1908.
The King has been pleased to award the Edward Medal of the First Class to Mr. Henry Everson, on account of his gallant action in saving the life of a fellow workman in an accident which occurred in sinking the shaft of the Penallta Colliery on the 12th September, 1907.
Water was being raised from a depth of 345 feet, and a scaffold was suspended in the shaft for the purpose of walling the sides. The barrel containing the water came in contact with the scaffold and broke it from its chains, precipitating it with two men thirty feet into twelve feet of water. Henry Everson, who was at the top of the shaft, heard one of the men calling for help. He also called for assistance, but seeing the urgency of the case descended the pit at once by a four inch pipe a distance of 270 feet. He then found the barrel, which he was able to pull towards him, got into it and was lowered till he found one of the men hanging on a thin wire, up to his neck in water and almost exhausted, his hands wounded. He jumped into the water, holding the barrel with one hand, and was able to grip the man by the collar and pull him into the barrel. They were then raised to the surface. The second man was drowned.
Source: London Gazette (28 Feb 1908)
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