New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
HEROES SUCH AS ANDREW CARNEGIE LOVES.
SOlIE THRILLING INSTANCES or BR1IYERT WHICH
SHOW HUMAN N11TURE IN Il FINE LIGHT.

tunnel one tube OF which was completed only tbs
otser Gay. workman saved seven cut of thrty-fvs
men by an act which would have been hOnored By
a HeTO Commission had there been one then. The
men had gone down into the tunnel Just after mid
night. whCn one OF them discovered water pouring
through a leak in the iron roof plates. There was
an air lock at the lar6waId end OF the tunnel 4
rectangular chamber fifteen feet long and six feet
in diameter. with both of its lion doors opening
toward the tunnel When the men went out or
dinarily. they opened the first pair OF doors
stepped into the lock ard then waited until the
afr pr decreased 20 that OF the outside
atmosphere Then, and not I'll then. could they
open tire ol-ter doors
~ tho alarm Peter V,odi. sd. a Dane. and tho
foreman Of The sang. yelled his fellows:
Get into the lock boys. and get along lively
To keID them he -a- back end pushed them one
hy oac tcv -rd the locE. IS the eighth man passed.
him. however. be Eel, across the threshold OF the
inner doors. As DO ell So the roof began 70 cave
in Peterson ~ this time was up to his neck in
tie foul shiny water. which had leaked down from
the river bc-tcrl The doors Of the lock would not
shut because Of the PROSTATE body
i,ip on yo'.T clothes and shove them in between
the doors shouted The foreman. Never mind
IKE 1 can't get iztJ The lock now
In mad haste the men stripped and stuffed their
clothes in the crack StiI the water leaked I'm
There vas a glass b1ITs-eye in the outer door.
which. II broken in az emergency. permitted the
compressed air OF the lock 70 rush out. and thus
pe-TuIJ the opening Cf the locks outer CO0rs
KNOCK out tae huTs-yye~' yelled Peterson. who
ne" stood a-ciat1c in the m-re. Well he knew
that his order meant his own death As soon as
the compressed air was released. the roof OF tho
tunnel would cave iu completely. Some one crashed
the glass. and the doors swUnS back. At the same
instant the river poured down into the tunnel
drowning all those twenty-eisht men like so many
rats in a hole
According to the English societies which seek 70
honor the heroes of peace there are as man
women men who defy death i'm "a sr,rrer,s sr,o-
sency. At the time Of the C,ueeu's Jubilee. m,
Women's Roll Of Honor. compiled by T. Donal4
MacAehzie. showed list Of 5l3 herOines who had
achieved deeds conspcuousIy brave in the Victorian
era One case. for example. that OF Mrs
Dorothy d. Humphrey. of Croxborourb S-zss,,
County On a May afternoon Mrs Purnphrev was
IN her house. sweeping when her bow dasba5 q,
win the news that a neighbOr's child had fallen
Gown an OLD We'll BY the time she reached +hs
scene there were several women around tia vvsu
from which could be heard Internationally the
pltiIuI cries Of a little girl Though OF slight
physique and nervous disposition. Mrs PllmDhrev
tOid the other housewives to grasp the rome ard
herewith she stepped into the rfoEar,- 49,.
Whlch mad stood out in the sun until fl had rsarv
fallen 70 pieces They lowered her 10 The bo-r,,1
"HeIe She round the child hanging to a ledge Tho
httle one vas so weak that her rsscuer f,st
reached her in time TO prevent her from s,,nin-
INTO the water Holding both herself ana IT,
niue slrl above the water she ordered the b,Icet
raised 50 that her twelye-year-old son r,ipb+ cor
uo"H inter the child The son performed the task
asaln the mother half way VI when sba
tainted and fell TO the bottom Revived bv this
second immersion. the DIucky little woman took
HOld OF the bucket again and wes hauled I'd safely
AhotAer woman who has obtained medals sor
her0lsIn from the governments OF France Ger
many ana Belgium is Lady Pisot During thu
RUSSIAN war she accompanied the German army
- nurse and after surviving a score OF battles
ItSSI IN factory where she cared for FORTY
"Ouhued men unaided she abandoned the ar-nv
Oily When threatened With blood poisoning "A
sOoH as She recovered her health however sha
went odch. rOLoWn army and then the other
INTO the thick Of the battle.
a nero OF peace IN American waters who won
the recognition OF the governments OF both Eng
land and the United States a negro. Wilson
McFteld. one OF the crew Cf the schooner Dolphin.
Nicaragua The boat turned bottom up. and after
the this aftlike refuge a knocking
heard against the tlmbers OF some one that had
been imprisoned in the overturned cabin. Mct1eld
diyed down with in bis teeth, and cropping
about the submerged deck. found hatchway. and
assembled until his head popped out OF the water
and struck heavily against post The blow
stunned him for "A time. but recovering his wits.
he crawled toward the cabin. There ne found two
OF the crew. MaIlitz. young rubber cutter ana
fer 81 wood Fastening the rope around the waist
az MaIlItz McF1eld signalled to haul hin IN. and
bs oufded the youth through the hatch. out from
,,r5sr ere deck and up through the outside water
5ftsr a short rest he rescued the halforeed IN tho
me