New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-23
MEDALS FOR HEROISM.
Best050ed on Women by Volunteer
Life SaUing CorDs.

Z can Just tell you those nurses up North
Brother Island are all right They're heroines for
sure" said OF the who spent al last
Tuesday looking up the women who saved lives in
the General Slocum disaster. with a view 70 the
presentation OF medals by the United States Voun-
LIE Saving Corps Now. there's Miss Smith
head nurse al the Island. who Is so modest thai
rs almost impossible 10 get her 70 say anything
o. the work she did in resuscitatinE dozens OF
women and children who were pulled IN TO shore.
She thinks that she only cid her duty. and doesn't
seen 20 think that It was act OF heroism."
But Mss Smith was willing praise the work OF
the other nurses. and she gave especial credit 70
Mizs BOrtonly and Miss Watkins who were hav-
ing a fight with death IN the hospital al the
morning when the other doing such
telling work outslds.
For them 20 stand their posts OF duty IN the
ward was q heroic thing than FOR them 10
have run down 70 the beach with Us, which would
have meant certain death 70 their patients" said
Miss Smith
Besides the mentioned above the United
States Volunteer Lie Saving Corps has gathered
ths following names % women whose deeds OF
courage IN the Slocum disaster deserve recognition:
Ars- Kats L White, uatron al North Brother
Island: the Misses Lay. Harrington. Brown Wood
row, AcGonegnl. Wright, Rhodes. Denning. VOL
Etenhol-ne, Sloane. Wreen. Ruttledge, ToumanH.
Lamb, shinRick, Aseres. Connolly. Hurley, Blaney
and R.gney, al nurses at the island; Miss Nellie
o'Donald. Miss Pauline Puetz. Miss Emma O'COn-
nell, Miss Mary Aaher. Miss II Lawrence and
Miss Mary Mccain servants al North Brother
Island; Mss DoUb. OF Lebanon Hospital, and Mss
Lulu AcGibbon. IN charge OF the switchboard al
the d-and-thirty-eighth-st. teephOnt
station, who saw the boat on IRE. telephoned 70
Police Headquarters. and. plungng into the water.
saved lives
The United States Volunteer LIE Saving Corps
has three grades OF medals. which IL gives for
heroic services-gold. silver and bronze-anG also
engraved certificates. which given for less dan
gerOuH work J. Wesley Jones. president OF the
society. said yesterday that al four classes Of
merits viii probably DO used IN rewarding the
ne medals are IN t4lres pieces connected by
Inks OF the same material the medal itself
person whom medal is presented with
sage above H. The enc part Is a tiny Atrooat with
.s ngures within Il engaged N resuseitating
..lrd person. The third piece IS the New-YOrk
STATE sea- with the letters ~. L. s 9" around Il
and q life buoy above.
A corner OF M Jones's Office in Park Row IS
pied high with buoys and cork rings. lie II much
interested u the construction of life prsservers, and
ue TACT thai some OF those the Slocum failed
more than IL his efforts 10 have pleasure
Soats and ferryboats well equipped with reliable
The 6ocum was not the only boat with rotten
ne preEervers" said Mr. Jones yesterday. y
Walking with the captain OF a Hudson River boat
eoehty and asked him II his !ife preservers were
oh yes: they're all right he answered
how long have you had them
on about ten years
!. Ano they're corkT
Don't you know that cork buoy isn't good for
more thAn four years.
Way no. 7 DIDN'T know that
" nlie ! was talking" said M Jones 4 struck
- aano against life preserver on the boat, and
ny nngernal went right through into the cork.
toelng that II would serve the purpose for which
s Designed no better than rag.