Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-27
nine MEDALS
FOR HEROIC ACTS
Carnegie Commission Makes Initial
Award of Hero Fund.


Pittsburg, Pa, May 25.-At the May
meeting of the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission. which was held in the
board rooms of the Carnegie Steel
company, the initial awards were
made. Nine cases were acted upon
favorably by the commission. Three
silver medals and six bronze medals
were awarded. Three widows, whose
husbands lost their lives In the per-
Torrance OF acts of heroism. were
cared for by the commission. and In
one case a money grant was made to
q heroine for educational purposes
The commission made a grant OF $780,
900 to the general fund for the relief
Of the dependents upon the victims OF
the Brockton, Mass. disaster. which
occurred March 20, 1905. A total
amount of $4,000 was disbursed by
the commission.
The awards as made are In brief as
follows:
Ernestine r. Atwood, aged II. stu
dent OF Melrose. Mass. for saving the
life of Harry NJ. Smith. SO years OF
age. OF Quincy. Mass. On August %.
1904, while in bathing near North
Weymouth. Mass. Smith became ex-
hausted and sank under a float. Miss
Atwood dived under the float and
dragged the drowning man to the sur
face. Miss Atwood. who is a student In
the department Of designing OF the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, was
awarded a silver medal and the sum
of $500 to be devoted by her to edu-
cational purposes.
Alexander Cameron. a painter. aged
q. of Lindsay, Victoria county. prov
ince OF Ontario. Canada. was awarded
a silver medal for rescuing George H.
Byrans. an S-year-old schoolboy. from
the flooded Scugag river on April "a.
1904.
Gideon King Marshall. aged 80. a
carpenter lost his life at Springdale.
Allegheny county. Pa. on May 25. 1904.
while attempting the rescue of Arthur
TRULY. a laborer, and Fernand Pilette.
a glass worker. who were overcome by
gas In a well. Marshall left a widow
and three children. The commission
awarded Mrs Marshall a silver medal
and $500 for the liquidation of a mort
gage on her home.
Seymour J. Leighton. aged Al. a
machinist. was drowned In the Merri-
mac river while trying to rescue two
school girls on July 4, 1904. near Law
renee. Mass. Leighton's widow was
awarded a bronze medal and 5000.
Thomas II. Mccain. aged 80. a draw
tender on the bridge at Portland. Me-.
tried to save an S-year-old schoolboy
from drowning on June %, 1904. but
was carried under by the lad. Mrs.
Mccain was awarded a bronze medal
and $500.
Lavinia Steele, aged 81, a library
cataloguer. of Des Moines. Ia. on De
cember 9. 1904, saved the life of George
Z. Hill. a law student. at Iowa City.
Ia. by skating to where Hill had
broken through the ice and dragged
I m to safety. Miss Steele was award
ed bronze medal.
Louis A. Baumann, Jr, aged II. a
farmer. was awarded a bronze medal
for saving the life of a companion
while swimming near Penn township.
Allegheny county. Pa. July II. 1904.
John J. Riley, aged II, a ticket
seller. for rescuing would-be suicide.
who jumped into the ocean at Coney
Island. near New York. on August Is.
1904. was awarded a bronze medal.
John J. Healy, aged "a. hospital at
tendant at Ellis Island. was awarded
a bronze medal for saving the life of
a servant girl who jumped into the
water May 16. 1904, with suicidal in
tent