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Lot 283
GEOFF YEOMANS "Pears", still life study, oil on board, unsigned, ALICE TENNANT "The Wild Garden", watercolour, initialled bottom right, CONTINENTAL SCHOOL "Flowers in a jug", still life study, oil on canvas, indistinctly signed bottom right, together with another watercolour study of a tree lined landscape and four various prints (8)
Lot 3
A Fine 'Mining' Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land to Samuel Spruce, An Engineer from Tamworth Pit Who Came to the Aide of Those Trapped by the Baddesley Colliery Disaster, 2.5.1882Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved, 'Presented in the name of Her Majesty to Samuel Spruce Mining Engineer for endeavouring to save life At The Baddesley Colliery May 1882', reverse of the crown with maker’s cartouche Phillips Cockspur S, and officially numbered 'No. 51', extremely fine, with original narrow riband, gold top riband bar and in Phillips Bros. & Son named leather case of issuesold with a privately printed booklet entitled Albert Medals For Bravery On Land, Awarded By Her Majesty The Queen, For Conspicuous Gallantry Displayed On The Occasion Of The Fire And Explosion At Baddesley Colliery, In May 1882 - printed at the expense of the Chesterfield and Derbyshire Institute of Mining, Civil, and Mechanical Engineers, 1883 (lot) A.M. London Gazette 12.1.1883 Mr. Samuel Spruce, Minining Engineer, in joint citation with Reuben Smallman, Mining Engineer; Arthur Henry Stokes, Inspector of Mines; Charles Day, Collier and Charles Chetwynd, Collier (all Albert Medals First Class); and to Frederick Samuel Marsh, Certified Colliery Manager; Thomas Harry Mottram, Certified Colliery Manager; William Morris, Collier; William Pickering, Collier and Joseph Chetwynd, Collier (all, like Spruce, Albert Medals Second Class), 'For conspicuous gallantry displayed on the occasion of the Fire and Explosion at the Baddesley Colliery in May last.'Heroic Endeavour by D.V. Henderson, G.M., offers further insight on the Baddesley (also known as Baxterley) Colliery Disaster, 'At 9am an explosion centred around a small water pump intensified the problems previously created by a fire which had been raging for several hours. The fire had trapped nine men on the night shift and an attempt to reach them was in progress at the time of the explosion which caused serious injuries amongst the rescuers. Half an hour later a second rescue party led by Arthur Henry Stokes went down to deal with casualties and the effects of the explosion having to cope with dense smoke and carbon dioxide fumes. They were also joined by uninjured members of the first party but work had to be abandoned in the afternoon due to the dense smoke and gas.'The biographical section on Spruce in the privately printed booklet included with the lot states, 'Mr Samuel Spruce, mining engineer, Tamworth, on hearing of the fire at the Baddesley Colliery, and that nine miners were entombed, hastened to the spot, in the hope that his long and varied experience might be of service. On arriving at the pit top, he found that an explosion had occured, and that many explorers were burned, and that Mr. Dugdale, with others, was still in the mine. After receiving an account of the accident from Mr. Smallman, he immediately volunteered to go down, and with Mr. Stokes organised and assisted in the first party which entered the pit after the explosion, and proceeded along that perilous route already described until Mr. Dugdale was found and rescued. Having no personal acquaintance with the workings of the colliery, being far advanced in life, and knowing so well the imminent danger incurred by anyone entering the mine, he displayed an act of conspicuous bravery.'A letter (held by the Warwickshire County Record Office) written by Frederick Marsh (the Colliery Manager) to a Miss Gilbert, dated 14.6.1882 gives the following, 'still further in were nine men and a boy, who could not get past the fire in consequence of the smoke, so a party of 36 explorers went to find them and help them out, but whilst doing so a terrific explosion of gas occurred, some distance away but the flames completely filled the roads, and there was nothing to breathe but one dense mass of flame, all were heavily scorched and burnt it was just at this time I arrived at the pit with the inspector and was volunteered to go down and get them out but just as we were starting down the pit another mass of gas exploded and filled everywhere with flame, but by stuffing our caps in our mouths we managed not to breathe any of it, and burying our faces in our coat sleeves were not burnt except a little hair, so we made another attempt and got out pretty easily. 33 of the explorers all alive could not possibly be alive so we closed them in and shut up the pit where they will be for some some weeks yet, as well as 11 horses that were burnt, it was the most sickly sight to be imagined.'Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
![The Superb and Rare Edward Medal (Mines) Pair to Harry Robinson [G.C.], For His Gallantry During the Louisa Colliery Disaster](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/PK/1141/2911301/14002_11_1-201472113142_468x382.jpg)
Lot 11
The Superb and Rare Edward Medal (Mines) Pair to Harry Robinson [G.C.], For His Gallantry During the Louisa Colliery Disaster, County Durham, 22.8.1947a) Edward Medal (Mines), G.VI.R., 1st type, silver (Harry Robinson, Louisa Colliery, Durham, 22 Aug. 1947.), surname partially officially correctedb) Jubilee 1977, very fine, mounted as originally worn (2) E.M. London Gazette 20.7.1948 Harry Robinson, Deputy, Louisa Colliery, in joint citation with William Younger, Joseph Shanley and John Hutchinson, 'Shortly before midnight on the 22nd August, 1947, a serious explosion of fire damp coal and coal dust occurred in the Louisa Old Section of Louisa Colliery, Durham. William Younger, Joseph Shanley and Harry Robinson, Deputies, who with an intimate knowledge of the main roads and ventilating circuits of the mine could have made their way quite easily to safety, went instantly to the scene of the disaster, where they were soon joined by John Hutchinson, Overman, who came down from the surface. Twenty-four persons, all of whom were incapacitated either by injuries or carbon-monoxide poisoning were in the district at the time. Nineteen of them died and but for the prompt and continuous heroic work performed by Younger, Shanley, Robinson and Hutchinson, who voluntarily faced conditions of acute danger for a period of one and a half hours, there can be little doubt that not one would have survived.The circumstances and conditions would have tested the courage and endurance of the bravest and strongest. The atmosphere was so thick that the beams of the cap lamps could penetrate only a foot or so which meant that the rescuers could do nothing to guard against danger from falls of ground, a very real danger after an explosion, and the road in places was almost completely blocked by tubs de-railed by blast.Five of the injured were brought out alive from the affected workings, two of them died later in hospital and three recovered.'Harry Robinson, G.C. (1916-1987), born New Kyo, near Stanley, County Durham; educated at New Kyo School; employed as a pit pony driver at the Morrison South Pit, Annfield Plain, County Durham, from 1931; moved to the Busty Pit, Medomsley, County Durham, 1935, and his father (also a miner) died in a pit accident the following year; returned to the Morrison South Pit in 1937, and was appointed Deputy in 1942; he trained as part of the mine rescue team; when the pit closed in 1945, he moved to the Louisa Colliery; extracts from Harry Robinson’s draft statement to the Commission of Enquiry into the Louisa Pit disaster gives the following additional detail: "We reached the 2nd West bord in the middle of the landing in the Low Main seam…when the air current stopped momentarily. This was immediately followed by a rush of dust-laden air in the normal direction of the air current. The time would be approximately 11.55 p.m. We realized something was wrong and immediately picked up the bird and flame safety lamp. We then proceeded outbye towards the 4th North Hutton Offtakes and when we had travelled only 60 yards we found Charles Bolam, Arthur Chapman and Stephen Gibson, Bricklayers, standing together. Bolam was in a semi-collapsed state, being supported by the others….Shanley returned with them to 4th Bankhead into fresh air coming from the Louisa Pit....Younger and I went down the 4th North Hutton Drift to find out what had happened. On the way down to the Drift there were rollers and loose timber scattered about, and the atmosphere was very thick. We went first into the Straight East Loading Gate….We saw one light and heard someone moaning. We found three men about 30 yards inbye side of the canvas door and only one showed signs of life. I returned to the South Curve and went along the south heading. Some derailed tubs about 12 yards down stopped me and I returned. I then went out to the 4th North Hutton Offtakes to seek help and to telephone for Houghton Rescue Brigade. After telephoning, I went down the Drift and when half way down heard Younger who had come out, shout that he wanted a reviving apparatus as there were two men alive out of the three. I went back up the Drift and then met Shanley at the Offtakes. As I was out of breath Shanley asked Gibson (bricklayer) to accompany him back to the 2nd West Bord where they had reviving apparatus available.John Hutchinson then arrived at the 4th North Hutton Offtakes in answer to the telephone calls for help.Hutchinson and I proceeded down the Drift and met Younger at the bottom and a few minutes later we were joined by Shanley, who came down the Drift with the reviving apparatus.It was then decided to split the party, and Younger and Shanley went back into Straight East while Hutchinson and I went intoSouth….We got past by climbing two or three derailed tubs tilted over sideways towards the East and then we heard someone at that point say “what’s happened?” Hutchinson asked “who is that?” and the reply was “Jimmy Killgallon.” The air was still very thick but when close to it was possible to see someone standing, leaning on a tub. He stated he could not see so Hutchinson climbed over a tub and assisted him inbye to the Kist Bord where he was made comfortable. Johnson was lying, moaning, on the floor near where the first one was standing. We made Johnson as comfortable as possible where he was and we then proceeded inbye by climbingover three derailed tubs. We found another man lying between the points and the crossing at the inbye end of South Landing. He was alive and bleeding from the mouth, so we turned him to lie face downwards so that the blood would not choke him and made him as comfortable as possible. We went further inbye and found two more men lying in the middle of the tub way, both appeared dead. We went a few yards further and concluded there could be no-one else alive so we returned together to the bottom of the Drift,and I joined Younger and Shanley at Straight East, who in the meanwhile had been bringing out two injured men from Straight East Loading Gate. These men, Minto and Bailey, were brought back to the south curve and by this time stretcher bearers had reached the Drift bottom and they carried the injured men to the Morrison North Shaft. With Shanley and Younger, I then brought out the third man (Talbot) from East and he was dead. We went into the South Landing and commenced re-railing the tubs to clear the road to the two injured men behind the tubs. Johnson, who was injured was carried out to the Drift bottom and immediately afterwards we returned for the other (Killgallon). These injured men were then sent outbye to the shaft with stretcher bearers. McKeever, Roe and Martin were carried out to the Drift bottom and when bringing out Rowlands and resting the stretcher near the Kist moans could beheard from the direction of the Kist and on investigation, myself and R. Briggs who had now joined the party, found Estell the Deputy, and he was alive but appeared to be badly injured. Rowlands was carried out and then the Deputy, Estell, was carried out.Shanley and I were instructed to adjust the regulating door near the Straight East Loading Gate. While here we saw a light further East and on investigation we found a body (afterwards identified as Westgarth) with clothing smouldering. We came back to the South curve and notified Superintendent Coulshed and Houghton Team went down and recovered the body….”Robinson was presented with his Edward Medal by King George VI at Buckingham Palace, 20.7.1948; he also received a Carnegie Hero Trust Fund Certificate and a gold medal for 15 years service in the mine rescue team; he retired in 1974.1 of 10 Edward Medals (Mines) G.VI.R., 1st type, silver medals awarded.On 21st October 1971 living recipients of the Edward Medal were deemed, by Royal Warrant, to be recipients of the George Cross, and were invited to exchange their awards; two silver (including Robinson) and seven bronze medallists elected not to do so.Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
![JUDY FAIRLEDY [20TH C.], OIL ON CANVAS, 24" X 36", STILL LIFE: Still life of a desk covered with an oriental rug](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/33875/2910694/2061-2014715173449_468x382.jpg)
![EDGAR YAEGER [AMERICAN 1904-1997], OIL ON CANVAS, 1938, FRUIT STILL LIFE: Signed and dated at the lower right. Framed. C](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/33875/2910694/2135-201471517380_468x382.jpg)
Lot 158
Sir Winston Churchill The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill-Centenary Limited Edition-Volume1-Boxed-MY EARLY LIFE & MY AFRICAN JOURNEY 16.5 X 24 plus Green Box The First Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill. Centenary Limited Edition Volume 1. My Early Life was originally published on October 20th 1930, and My African Journey in December 1908. The earlier book arose out of a visit to Uganda, undertaken when Churchill was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and first appeared in an abridged serial form in The Strand Magazine. It is characteristic of his buoyant style and ceasless curiousity, and though inevitably dated in some respects is still of great interest in its views and descriptions. Churchill writes with verve and enthusiasm on subjects ranging from national economics to hunting and trekking. My Early Life, is of course, one of Churchill`s classics. Although not written until 1930, the book covers his early years up to the moment when he was first elected to Parliament. It therefore includes such important events in his life ias his first experience of warfare, his participation in the cavalry charge at Omdurman, his capture by and escape from the Boers, his triumphal entry into Ladysmith, and his first elections. Ivory full vellum binding with gilt decoration to boards and spine, marbled endpapers, all edges giled. With matching green and gilt slipcase. 385 pages plus 134 pages. With some illustrations and maps. Near Fine. Near Fine London Library of Imperial History/The Hamlyn Publishing Group 1973- Centenary Limited Edition Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 423
Williams (Rev.John) & Moffet (Robert) WILLIAMS & MOFFET`S TRAVELS (Three original titles dated 1846 and 1847 bound into one volume) 239mm x 159mm x 37mm A most unusual book in that it comprises three titles, all bound professionally into one volume. The half leather over marbled boards binding would appear to go back to about 1847, and to have been performed by John Snow. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. JOHN WILLIAMS, MISSIONARY TO POLYNESIA by Rev. John Williams - Dated 1846 MISSIONARY LABOURS AND SCENES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA by Robert Moffet - Dated 1846 A NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS by Rev. John Williams - Dated 1847 All three books are in VG condition with no foxing. Numerous woodcut engravings, two fold out maps; one of Africa and the other of the South Seas. Though the leather is showing its 167 years of age with a few mandatory scars and bumps, it has a beautiful polished patina and is still holding up remarkably well. Internally clean and tight in the bindings. Good London John Snow, Paternoster Row 1847 Click here to view further details and to bid
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