A CANADIAN HERO.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6492, 11 April 1908, Page 6

A CANADIAN HERO.

The "London Gazette" states that the King has been pleased to allow Miss Margaret Jan© Lamb* of Newcastle-on-Tyno to receive the Edward Medal of the First Class in recognition of the gallant action of her brother, the late George Huddleston Lamb, who lost his lif© in endeavouring to save the lives of Jive men in. a fire at the Strathcona, Company's mine at Strnthoona, in the province of Alberta, Canada, on Juno 8, IDO7. There were two shafts in the mine, a hoisting shaft and an air shaft. The engineer of the mine awoke Lamb at about 11.25 p.m., when the fire was discovered, and told him that there were five men in the mine. -Lamb descended thro© times, once by the air shaft, and, having found the men, urged thorn to escape by a ladder, saying he would remain until they had ascended. One man piade the attempt, but returned. Lamb Mmsclf then succeeded in reaching the surface, but his clothes were in flames, and h© died shortly afterwards from the effects of his injuries. Tho others seem to have endeavoured to follow him, but failed, either because they were overcome by smoke, or because the ladder was burned.