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Awards for Gallantry
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Royal Humane Society Medal | |||
| Date: | 1925 | ||
| Colliery: | Bwlch Colliery, Neath | ||
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For bravery at a Neath colliery three Cwmavon miners are to receive Royal Humane Society medals. Recently water flooded the Bwlch Colliery, near Neath, and two horses were imprisoned in the drift. The three men, W. Brace, John Williams and W. Evans, swam through the water twice daily for 18 days to feed the horses. Unfortunately, however, both animals perished.
Source: The Science and Art of Mining (26 Sep 1925)
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