Show HE EARNED HIS MEDAL act of a stoker on a arrish towards the end of 0 the year 1897 the british torpedo boat thrasher with its mates lynx and sunfish left st ives on a passage to falmouth ral mouth on the way the thrasher grounded on a point causing serious injury to the boilers and the bursting ot of the main feed pipe the burst pipe instantly filled the stokehold with scalding steam in it were two stokers smokers sto kers edward lynch and james paul all the rest ot of the boats company were landed on the rocks but the doubling up of the deck had bad prevented the egress of 0 the stokers smokers by the starboard hatchway there was still a port hatchway which was partially closed and towards this the two men made their way lynch in the lead directly under the hatchway and discharging through it was the break in the lynch rush through it safely and turned to help his mate paul but an instant convinced him tha paul was unable to follow then lynch lay down on the deck with hla his head and face in the escaping steam seized hold of the sinking paul ana adzi by a remarkable exercise of force and tenacity drew arev him up on the deck lynch then rose to his feet but it was observed that lie he was badly scalded about bead arms and upper byart of the body the surgeon began to apply oil and wool to his burns but lie he repelled the attention im all light he exclaimed look after my chum lies iles very bad lie ile had said nothing about the way lie he had rescue rescued d paul but his manly conduit led the digeon to investigate and it was as that in order to rescue his comrade comi ade he had bad plunged the whole upper part of his body into what was pearln ill a boiling cauldron cauldren caul dron more 11 binti M ti hl it appeared that lynch had li f his own chanco chance i ih f om the ibe stok stokehold the 0 hi v I 1 i in co 0 der to stay with paul in ro ninon of this act of selfsame ellix ind aud lynch wai pre eted with the albeit medal of the fiant clas aaa elih 14 ia alven primarily tor for gallanty gil lantY y tit in ivling or attempting to barp life lit a aal ia in some ces cases for s la is ab aita lore hore |