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Charles Oatridge |
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Albert Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 11 Apr 1877 | ||
| Colliery: | Tynewydd Colliery, Porth | ||
| Occupation: | Collier | ||
Whitehall, August 6, 1877.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to confer the "Albert Medal of the Second Class" on —
George Ablett, Collier, Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
Charles Baynham, Collier, Brithwynydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
Richard Hopkins, Collier, Ynishir Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
Richard Howells, Overman, Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
Charles Oatridge, Collier, Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
John Williams, Collier, Pontypridd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
Robert Williams, Collier, Dinas Isaf Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
Edward David, Collier, Havod Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
William Morgan, Collier, Havod Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
David Rees, Fireman, Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
Rees Thomas, Collier, Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales.
The following is an account of the services in respect of which the decoration has been conferred :—
On the 11th of April the Tynewydd Colliery, situate near Forth, in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, was inundated with water from the old workings of the adjoining Cymmer Colliery. At the time of the inundation there were fourteen men in the pit, of whom four were unfortunately drowned, and one killed by compressed air, leaving nine men imprisoned by the water ; of this number four were released after eighteen hours' imprisonment, and five after nine days' imprisonment. It was in effecting the release of these latter five that those distinguished services were rendered which the conferring of the "Albert Medal of the Second Class" is intended to recognize.
During the five days from April the 16th to April the 20th the above-named eleven men were at various times engaged in cutting through the barrier of coal separating them from the five imprisoned men, and while exposing their own lives to the great danger which would have resulted from an outburst of compressed air and water, and to the danger which actually existed from the presence of large quantities of inflammable gas, continued to perform their work until the five men were safely rescued.
Source: London Gazette (07 Aug 1877)
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| anthony david austen dymond | 09 Jan 2012 |
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