EDWARD MEDALS.
AWARDED 10 BRAVE MINERS. Received Octoba 7, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, October 6. The Kirg has awarded first-class Edward Medals to Michael Lyons and • John Shields, for gallantry in connection with a subsidence of ore in the Mount Morgan mine, Queensland, on 4th November la t, when •several 'miners lo?t their Uvea. The Edward Medal was instituted "in October, 1907, fo be awarded to those who endanger their own lives in savin?, or attempting to save, the lives of others from peril in wines or quanies within the British •dominions. There are two classes, the,first of silver and the second of "t bronze.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9615, 8 October 1909, Page 5
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104EDWARD MEDALS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9615, 8 October 1909, Page 5
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