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Charles William Hudson |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 28 Feb 1916 | ||
| Colliery: | Ireland Colliery, Stavely, Derbyshire | ||
| Occupation: | Contractor | ||
Whitehall, 22nd June, 1916.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal ...
Also the Edward Medal of the second class to Harold Gregory, Under Manager, Charles Benjamin Franklin, Day Deputy, Charles William Hudson, Contractor, Edward Nurse, Stallman, and Thomas Smith, Stallman, employed at the Ireland Colliery, Stavely, Derbyshire, under the following circumstances:—
On the 28th February, 1916, at 7 a.m., a fall of roof occurred at the Ireland Colliery, by which a filler named John William Fieldsend was imprisoned. Gregory, Franklin, Hudson, Nurse and Smith at once set to work to open a passage through the fallen roof in order to rescue their fellow workman. The roof was everywhere very uneasy and a further fall was liable to occur at any moment. Owing to the narrowness of the place, only one man could work at the head of the passage (the most dangerous place), while the remaining four, one behind the other, passed out the material removed, the men taking by turns the post of danger. After about three hours' work, at 10 a.m. a further fall occurred, closing the passage which had been made for three yards. Fortunately the workers escaped without injury. Work was at once resumed, and Fieldsend was reached. As soon, however, as an attempt was made to remove him from under a piece of timber, by which he was pinned down, a third fall occurred, blocking up the passage for about four yards, and displacing much of the timber which had been used to prop up the roof and walls of the passage as it was made. Finally, at 5 p.m., after ten hours' continuous work, Fieldsend was reached and taken out of the pit. He was not much injured. All five men ran continuous risk, during the whole ten hours, of serious injury or death from falls of roof.
Source: London Gazette (27 Jun 1916)
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