The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
CARNEGIE HERO
MEDALS AWARDED
Nine in a Total of 407 Get Tokens
in Recognition of Hero
ism.

Pittsburg, May 25.-At the May
meeting of the Carnegie hero fund COM
mission, the first awards have been
made. Nine cases were acted upon IA
vorably by the commission. Three sill
yer medals and six bronze medals were
awarded. Three widows, whose hus-
bands lost their lives in the perform
for by the commission, and in one case
! money grant was made to a hero
! inc for educational purposes.
| The commission made a grant Of $1O,-
600 to the general fund for the. relief
of the dependents upon the victims Of
tee BsS'k MareS e. 3ses T tota
amount of $4,000 was disbursed by
the commission After holding two con-
tests for the designs for suitable med
ais to be awarded to heroes, the com
mission decided to place the matter in
the hands Of Philadelphia firm.
OF 4o7, Nine Get Medals.
Since the establishment of the fund
on April Is, 1904, to May Is, 1905,
total of 4O7 cases have been received;
of these 239 have been refused as not
within the scope Of the fund; 159 are
awaiting investigation, and nine have
been granted.
The awards as made are, in brief,
as follows:
Ernestine F.. Atwood, aged II years,
a student of Melrose, MassH for saving
the life of Harry M. Smith. Sc years of
age, of Quincy, Mass, on Aug. 20, 1904.
while in bathing near Weymouth, Mass,
Smith became exhausted and sank under
a float. Miss Atwood dived under the
float and dragged the drowning man to
the surface Miss Atwood who is d stu
dent 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 educational purposes.
Dead Heroes Widows Aided
Alexander Cameron painter aged q
Years, of Lindsay, Victoria county, prov
yer medal for rescuing George II. Bryans,
an s-year-old schoolboy from the flooded
Scugag river on April "a, 1904.
Gideon King Marshall, aged SO years,
a carpenter, lost his life at Springdale,
Allegheny county, Pa, on May 25, 1904,
while attempting the rescue of Arthur
TRULY, a laborer, ana Fernand Pilette, a
glass worker, who were overcome by gas
in a we'll. Marshall left widow and three
children. The commission awarded Mrs.
Marshall a silver medal and $500 for the
liquidation of a mortgage on her home.
Seymour J. Leighton, aged Al years. a
machinist, was, drowned in the Merrimac
river, while trying to rescue two school
girls on July 4, 1904 near Lawrence, Mass.
Leighton's widow was awarded a bronze
medal and $500.
Thomas H. Mccain, aged 80 years, a
draw tender on the bridge at Portland,
Me-, tried to save an S-year-old schoolboy
from drowning on June 49, 1904, but was
carried under by the lad. Mrs. Mccain
was awarded a bronze medal and $500.
Another Heroine Rewarded.
Lavinia Steele, aged q years. a library
cataloguer of Des Mones, Iowa, on Dec
8, 1904, saved the life of George E. Hill. a
law student at Iowa City, Iowa, by skat-
ing to where Hill had broken thru the ice
and dragging him to safety. Miss Steele
was awarded q bronze medal.
/ Louis A. Baumann. Jr., a farmer, was
awarded a bronze medal for saving tbs
life of a companion while swimming neal
Penn township, Allegheny county, Pa, or
July II, 1904.
John J. Riley, aged A years, a tickle
seller, for rescuing would-be suicide wht
jumped into the ocean at Coney Island
I near New York. on Aug. Is, 1904, wa
awarded bronze medal
! John J. Healy, aged "a years, hospita
! attendant at Ellis Island, was awarded
bronze medal for saving the life of
servant girl who jumped into the waite
4 May Is, 1904, with suicidal intent.