The Republican journal., 1902-09-11
HEROIC DARING.
Government Life.Saving Crew Receive Gold
Medals. The Overturning of Life Boat in
the Surf on Lake Erie Ends the Useful.
ness of One Hardy Rescuer.

Government Life.Saving Crew Receive Gold
Medals. The Overturning of n Life-Boat in
the Surf ON Lake Erie Ends the Useful.
mes, of One Hardy Rescuer.
From the thirty-tir st day of October to the
eleventh day of November, 1888, the crew of
the L. 5. life-saving station at Cleveland, O.,
saved twenty-seven men and two women
from vessels thrown ashore by the storms
that dashed the waters of Lake Erie. To
each of the nine men in the crew the govern
ment gold medal ''for heroic daring wa
awarded, ard the story of the earning o.
these medals gives a glimpse of the perilS
that these hardy men are trained to face.
1t was on the eleventh of October that
the most thrilling rescue was accomplished
under difficulties that would have daunted
most men. The barge j. I. Janson went
ashore during bowling hurricane. Through
heroic band launched the iife-b boat in an
effort to get a line to the distressed vessel.
No sooner was the boat in the water, and
the men in their places, than it was capsiz-
ed by an immense wave and the men thrown
into the water. One of the crew was
Charles L. Learned, forty-one years old
and a vigorous specimen of manhood.
When the boat rolled over he was caught
beneath it and, pinned down by his oar,
lost consciousness. The action of the waves
NtSIlti Hill llOll uHuGl we UOdt UGlOIe
life was extinct and his cork belt brought
him to the surface. Consciousness slowly
returned, but he was helpless and drifted
ashore. Hundreds of people had gathered
to watch the work of rescue. A policeman
and a laborer drew Learned from the water
and took him to the customs house where
he was revived by stimulants. The other
members of the life crew made their way to
the shore and hurried for the beach appa-
ratuS. In about one hour and a half they
returned and Learned had so tar recovered
that he made his way to the scene Of the
wreck and took his place with the crew.
All hands We're saved, but Learned'S career
as a ife-sayer was ended. In relating the
story, he said that rheumatism quickly set
in as Il result OF the cold exposure. This
was complicated with neuralgia. 81 had
such pains IN ny back that | coul4 hardly
move" he says, land the least excitement
would cause my heart to beat violently. |
had TO be very careful of my diet and suffer
ed much distress after eating. | could not
sleep, my head ached, | WAS all rundown
and discouraged. Having been disabled in
the government service. | received some
thing over six hundred dollars in addition
In my gold medal
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al Sandy Creek. \. Y, and the story of his
restoration to activity is best told as he tells
saw DR.. Williams Pink Pills advertised in
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less than a week. Not only did they bene-
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| strength, so that | was soon able to do a
bigger days work than in Years before.
The Insomnia disappeared and sleep was
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