Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1911 — Brave Act Rewarded. [ARTICLE]

Brave Act Rewarded.

For averting a railroad disaster, George Lloyd, an employe of the Western Railroad company, was the other day presented with a check by the directors of the company in recognition of bravery. During a great landslide near Aberdare, the PowellDuffryn company’s colliery tip or waste dump was washed down from the side of an adjoining mountain and completely blocked the line. A train from' Swansea had just left Aberdare and on discovering, the landslide Lloyd rushed towards Aberdare, falling and stumbling amongst the wreckage, and eventually he managed to gain the clear tracks and placed detonations on the rails so that the engine stopped within 50 yards of the obstruction. —London Mall. ,