George cross (Edward medal) recipient. On the 5th February, 1934, a heavy fall of roof took place at a point in the workings at the Langwith Colliery, Derbyshire. A stallman was buried under the fallen material but was saved from fatal injury because he was beneath a girder, one end of which remained in position and the other on some of the fallen material. Mr. Bishop, who is the manager of the colliery, took charge of the rescue measures and undertook the most dangerous part of the work. He first raised one end of the girder with a coal-cutter's jack and then (largely with his hands) scraped away the ground from the imprisoned man's feet and hip. After a good deal of manoeuvring the stallman, whose left leg had been fractured, was released. The release took a considerable time and Mr. Bishop was exposed to great risk for an hour and a half. At any time a further fall-might have occurred which would have proved fatal to Mr. Bishop and the imprisoned man.
George cross (Edward medal) recipient. On the 5th February, 1934, a heavy fall of roof took place at a point in the workings at the Langwith Colliery, Derbyshire. A stallman was buried under the fallen material but was saved from fatal injury because he was beneath a girder, one end of which remained in position and the other on some of the fallen material. Mr. Bishop, who is the manager of the colliery, took charge of the rescue measures and undertook the most dangerous part of the work. He first raised one end of the girder with a coal-cutter's jack and then (largely with his hands) scraped away the ground from the imprisoned man's feet and hip. After a good deal of manoeuvring the stallman, whose left leg had been fractured, was released. The release took a considerable time and Mr. Bishop was exposed to great risk for an hour and a half. At any time a further fall-might have occurred which would have proved fatal to Mr. Bishop and the imprisoned man.
Bio by: Paul Barnett
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