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Morgan Howells |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 03 Mar 1908 | ||
| Colliery: | Neath Colliery | ||
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Whitehall, July 27, 1908.
His Majesty has been pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to Morgan Howells.
On 3rd March, 1908, an explosion took place at the Neath Colliery, by which five men were killed and others injured. Morgan Howells and a boy, whose lamps were extinguished, began to make their way out, but the boy became almost insensible and was dragged and carried by Howells 500 yards to a place of safety.
Source: London Gazette (28 Jul 1908)
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