Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-11
HEROIC DARING
GOVERNMENT LIFe.sAVING CREW RE-
CEIVE GOLD MEDALS.
The Overturning of IA Life-Boat in the
Surf on Lake Erie Ends the Useful.
ness OF One Hardy Kescuer.

ness Of One Hardy Kescuer.
From the thirty-first day of October
/ to the eleventh day of November 1883,
the crew of the U. S. life-saving sta
] ton at Cleveland, Ohio, saved twenty
seven men and two women from YES
sells thrown ashore by the storms that
dashed the waters OF Lake Erie. 70
each of the nine men in the crew the
government gold medal for heroic
daring" was awarded and the story Oh
the earning of these medals gives
! glimpse of the perils that these nardy
men are trained to face.
| 1t was on the eleventh OF October
that the most thrilling rescue was &C
complished under difficulties that
would have daupted most men me
barge J. T. Janson went ashore during
a bowling hurricane. Through the
| driving spray and pounding surf the
| heroic band launched the life boat In
an effort to get line to distressed
vessel No sooner was the boat IN
the water. and the men in their places,
! then it was capcapsized by an I'M
mense wave and the men thrown into
II the water. One OF the crew was
Charles l.. Learned, forty-two years
old and vigorous specimen OF man
i hood When the boat rolled over ne
was caught beneath it and pinned
down by his oar, lost consciousness
The action of the waves washed MIN
4 from under the boat before lie was
/ extinct and his cork belt brought MN
tn fine surface. Consciousness lowly
returned. but he was helpless and
drifted ashore. Hundreds of people
had gathered to watch the work OF
rescue. A policeman and laborer
drew Learned from the water and TOOK
him to the customs house where he
!. was revived by stimulants. The 9th
or members of the life crew
made their way to shore
and hurried for the beach ap-
paratus. In about one hour and hall
they returned and Learned had so far
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 Leonards career as 2 life-saver
was ended. In relating the story he
said that rheumatism quickly set IN as
a result of the cold and exposure. rms
, was complicated with neuralgia. i
had such pains in my back that
could hardly move" he says, and the
least excitement would cause my heart
| to beat violently. | had to be very
, careful of my diet and suffered much
{ distress after eating. could not sleep
my head ached, was all rundown
and discouraged. Having been dis
abled in the government service. re
I ceived something over six hundred
: dollars in addition to my gold medal
T oII iC 4
farmer at Sandy Creek, N. y, and the
! story of his restoration to activity Il
:. best told as he tells it. about foul
: Years ago" he says 81 saw DR.. Will
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!. paper tried them and firmly believe
. that If I had not ] should be in my
: grave now. The pills began TO hell
: me in less than a week. Not only dit
r they benefit my rheumatism but the,
+ built up my strength, SO that ! was
i soon able to do bigger days worl
than In years before. The insomnia
disappeared and sleep was sound ant
II refreshing. | have recommended DR.
y williams Pink Pills for Pale People t
lttmany and am glad to endorse them
+, Everyone at Sandy Creek and Rich,
z land, N. knows of my recovery ant
that it is due to this remedy"
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= If. d., N. Y, and he will verify tn
y foregoing account if letters of inquir
: enclose stamped and addressed enve
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