THE ARCHIVES

The Carnegie Hero Fund Trustees have made the following awards– James Simpson, 35, colliery fireman, Cowdenbeath, on May 21 1918, at great risk to his own life, rescued two fellow workmen who had been buried by a fall of roof in No 2 pit, Glencraig Colliery. Simpson was awarded a medallion and a sum of £20. Margaret Caird, 16, of Edinburgh rescued a man from drowning at Coldingham Sands, Berwick. The man got into difficulties while bathing and she swam to him with a lifeline. Several hundred people outside St Paul’s Cathedral, London, yesterday saw a canon and three of the cathedral’s vergers take part in simulated parachute jumping. The jumping – organised by the Parachute Regiment – marked the opening of a three-month youth programme at the cathedral. One of those to jump the 40 feet from the parachute training stand was 60-year-old Mr Vernon Overington, the dean’s verger. When he landed safely he confessed that he had a “bad back”. Traffic chaos spread through virtually the entire network of Dundee’s roads last night due to the closure of a section of Kingsway for repairs. At its worst, traffic coming in to the city from the west tailed back for about seven miles. Ambulance drivers expresssed concern about their inability to guarantee swift responses to emergency calls. Journeys from School Road headquarters which normally take just two or three minutes were taking a frustrating 45 minutes.