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Awards for Gallantry
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Ernest Cannell |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 04 Aug 1912 | ||
| Colliery: | Barrow Hematite Steel Company | ||
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Whitehall, December 11, 1912.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the First Class to Harry Parsons and the Edward Medal of the Second Class to Ernest Cannell, Thomas Evans and John Robinson, also to allow the Edward Medal of the Second Class to be presented to the widows of William Ackred and George Bagnall under the following circumstances:—
On the 4th August, 1912, a gas flue, which is a thousand yards long and 6 feet in diameter, was in process of cleaning at the Barrow Hematite Steel Company's works, when a workman engaged in the operation entered the tube contrary to orders to recover a broken rake. He was immediately overcome by the gas, as were also two fellow workmen, William Ackred and George Bagnall, who went to his assistance. Harry Parsons twice entered the flue at great risk to his life, and, with the help of Ernest Cannell, Thomas Evans and John Robinson, succeeded in bringing out the three men, who had been overcome and who all unhappily lost their lives.
Source: London Gazette (17 Dec 1912)
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