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DATE OF EM ACTION: 04/08/1912 Barrow, Cumberland.
Very little is known about the life of John Robinson, a steel worker, at the Barrow Hematite Steel Company, other than his actions on the 4th August 1912.
EM CITATION:
On the 4th August, 1912, a gas flue, which is a thousand yards long and 6 feet in diameter,was in process of cleaning at the Barrow Hematite Steel Company’s works, when a work-man engaged in the operation entered the tube contrary to orders to recover a broken rake. He was immediately overcome by the gas, as were also two fellow workmen, William Ackred and George Bagnall, who went to his assist Harry Parsons twice entered the flueance.at great risk to his life, and, with the help of Ernest Cannell, Thomas Evans and John Robinson, succeeded in bringing out the three men, who had been overcome and who all unhappily lost their lives.
BURIAL LOCATION: UNKNOWN.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
