Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-13
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Gtverhment Llfe-Savlng Crew Receive
Gold Medals.
The Overturning Of a Life Boat In
the Surf on Lake Erie Ends the
Usefulness Of One Hardy
Rescuer.

From the thirty-first day of October
td the eleventh day of November, 1888,
tile crew of the U. S. life-saving station
al Cleveland, Ohio, saved twenty-seven
men and. two women from vessels
thrown ashore by the storms that
laFhed the waters of Lake Erie. To
cdch of the nine men in the crew the
government gold medal ''for heroic
ddrlng' was awarded, and the story
of the earning Of these medals gives
o E;:mpse of the perlls that these hardy
nen are trained to face.
Ut was OH the eleventh of October
tlh,t the most thrilling rescue was ac
cdmplished under difficulties that
wbuld have dauntcd most men. The
barge ]. T. Janson went ashore during
a bowling hurricane. Through the
diving spray and pounding surf, the
| heroic band launched the life-boat in
au effort to get line to the distressed
| vessel. No sooner was the boat in
| the water, and the men In their places
tlinn It was capsized by an immense
| wave and the men thrown into the
wnter. One of the crew was Charles
! l., Learned, forty-one years old apd a
vigorous specimen of manhood. When
The boat rolled he was caught beneath
| it{and, pinned down by his oar, lost
| Consciousness. The action Of the
! waves washed him from under the
boat before life was extinct and his
cork belt brought him to the surface.
| Consciousness slowly returned, but he
| was helpless and drifted ashore. Hun
dieds of people had gathered to watch
the work of rescue. A policeman and
Il lnborer drew Learned from the water
where he was revived by stimulants.
The other members Of the life crew
made their way to the shore and hur-
Iirlcd for the beach apparatus. In about
4 one hour and a half 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. AN
hands were saved, but Learned's ca
rter AS a llfe-saver was ended. In
relating the story, he said that rheu-
natism quickly set In as a result OF
Y the cold and exposure. This was COM
pllcated with neuralgia. II had such
: pains in my back that could hardly
move" he says, "and the least excite.
ment would cause my heart to beat
} violently. l 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 disabled In
the government service, received
something over six hundred dollars ir
addition to my gold medal"
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farmer at Sandy Greek, N. Y, and thu
story of his restoration to activity IL
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y Everyone at Sandy Creek and Rich
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