YOUNG MINER’S HEROISM.
•Nanty Hughes, 27. a collier, at the Big Pit, Blaenavon, Mon, was caught beneath a fall of mof, and it was an hour before he was extricated. During the rescue operations an enormous stone was seen to be slipping-from the top of the low roof. Without a thought for his own peril. Reginald Jo nee", a young collier, of Forge Side, Blaenavon, stepped beneath the stone, a.nd supported it with his back while Hnghes was being released. After Hughes bad been removed from danger Jones jumped clear and the stone crashed to the ground. Hughes is in hospital with serious injuries to the spine and legs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 294, 9 November 1934, Page 7
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109YOUNG MINER’S HEROISM. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 294, 9 November 1934, Page 7
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