HOLDITCH COLLIERY DISASTER
MEMBERS OF RESCUE PARTY HONOURED (Received February 3, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, February 2. In recogm.ion of their heroic work during the disaster at the I .itch colliery in July, when 30 men lost their lives, the Holditch rescue team, has been honoured by an international award from the President of the French Republic (M. Albert Lebrun) of the Grand Prix International du Courage et du Devouement.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22318, 4 February 1938, Page 14
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