BRAVEST ACT IN 1921.
HUMANE SOCIETY’S AWARD. At the annual general court of the Royal Humane Society, the Stanhope Medal for the bravest act of 1921, was awarded to Mr. Thomas Brannon, who showed “exceptional coolness, courage, and powers of endurance” in rescuing from the Hall Pit, Netherton Colliery, Nedderton, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, a deputy overman, who had been overcome by the “stythe,” or poisonous gas, in a part of the pit unfamiliar to the rescuer, on November 14, 1921.
Admiral Sir Edmund. Fremantle, who presided, said that though he himself had won the Stanhope medal 42 years ago, lie was bound to testify to the great care exercised by the society in making its awards. The report stated that 517 cases were dealt with in 1921, an increase of 35 over the previous year’s figure. A total of 572 persons received recognition in the form of medals or in other ways for saving 516 lives and attempting to save 80 others.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1922, Page 5
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161BRAVEST ACT IN 1921. Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1922, Page 5
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