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 sliowed "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 who presided', said that thought, ho himself had won the Stanhope medal 42 years ag<». he 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 <rf~3s 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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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15794, 7 April 1922, Page 9
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