Evening journal., 1905-05-25
CARNEGIE MEDALS
AWARDED HEROES
Commission Also Disbursed a
Total Amount Of SI2,2oo
in Cash
MONEY WAS GRANTED TO WIDOWS

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 we're
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
formance of acts OF heroism, were
cared for by the commission, and in
one case a money grant was made to
a heroine for educational purposes.
The commission made a grant of sl0,-
600 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 +. Atwood, aged II, stu
dent Of Melrose. Mass. for saving the
life of Harry M. 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 silver medal and the sum
OF $500 to be devoted by her TO edu-
cational purposes.
Alexander Cameron. a painter, aged
p. Of Lindsay. Victoria county, prov
ince Of Ontario Canada, was awarded
a silver medal for rescuing George II.
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 Sprlngdale,
Allegheny county. Pa, on May 25. 1904,
while attempting the rescue OF Arthur
TRULY, laborer. and Fernand Pilette,
a glass worker. who were overcome by
gas in a we'll Marshall left a widow
and three children. The commission
awarded Mrs Marshall silver medal
and $500 for the liquidation Of mort
gage on hor 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. Macs. Leighton's widow was
awarded n bronze medal and $500
Thor'as. u. -AfoCann, aged 80. a draw
tender on the bridge at Portland. Me-.
tried TO save an S-year-old schoolboy
from drowning on June 20, 1904. but
was carried under by the lad Mrs.
Mccain .waa awarded a bronze medal
ana s000.'.-f-- ~ $3.50
Layinia Steele. aged 27, a library
cstologuer, Of Des Moines. Ia, on De
cemher Q, 1904 saved the life Of George
+. Hill, a law student. at Iowa City.
Ia. by skating 10 where Hill had
broken through the fee and dragged
him 10 safety Miss Steele was award
cd 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 H. 1904.
John J. Riley. aged IA, a ticket
seller. for rcscuing a 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 Is, 1904. with suicidal in
tent