The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-05-30
CARNEGIE HERO AWARDS
First Disbursements From the
100000 Fund.
Survivors Of the Brockton Disaster Get
$4,000 Medals and Money for
widows OF Three Brave Men

RlttSDurg. Pa.--The. Carnegie Hero
Commission met here and made the
first awards provided for in the 5.0OO,-
600 fund created by Andrew Carnegie.
Nine persons were rewarded for brave
acts. six of them receiving bronze med
ais and three silver medals. Three
widows who lost their husbands while
the latter were performing acts Of
bravery received money.
The commission voted $4,000 to the
fund for the survivors Of the Brockton
(Mass) shoe factory explosion. In
Guiding the amount of money given
survivors of heroes and for educational
purposes the board disposed Of $12, 200.
The contract for manufacturing the
medals was awarded to a Philadelphia
firm The commission has not yet de-
cided upon the design Of the medals.
Since the establishment of the fund
on April 10, 405 cases have been re-
ceived OF this number 239 have been
refused as not within the scope Of the
fund, 1853 are awaiting investigation,
and nine have been granted. The per-
sons to whom medals were awarded.
and their acts of heroism, were as fol-
lows:
Louis A. Bauman, Jr, aged seven
teen, Of Rodi, Allegheny County, Pa.
received bronze medal On July IL.
1904, while a number of boys were
swimming in Sulphur Pond Charles
Stevick jumped from springboard
into the pond and cried for help. Bau-
man diyed three times for Stevick and
finally dragged him to shore.
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Iowa City, eIowa, got bronze medal.
George q. Hill, of Burlington, and a
party of young women went skating
on the Iowa River December 8, 1904.
The ice broke under Hill. Miss Steele
Hill out of the water, risking her life
on the thin ice.
Thomas HI. Mccain, thirty-two, of
Portland, Me-, saw Alfonso Sekosly,
aged eight, fall into the ocean from the
bridge connecting Portland and South
Portland. Mccain directed some boys
to bring a boat around to him and
dived into the ocean. Sekosky threw
his arms around McCann's neck, who
swan with him. The boat reached
him, and the boys took Sekosky from
McCann's grasp, but Mccain weak
ened, sank back into the water and
was drowned Cora Mccain. the
widow, gets a bronze medal and $500.
Gideon King Marshall, thirty nine, Of
Springdale, Allegheny County, Pa, lost
his life going down into gaseous well
to rescue Arthur TRULY, laborer who
had been overcome by gas. Sarah A.
Marshall, his widow, receives silver
medal and $500 to pay off a mortgage
on her home.
On April 4, 1904, Alexander Gamer
on, twenty -seven years old, of Lindsay
County, Ontario saw George III.
Bryans, a boy, fall into the Scugag
River Cameron jumped in after the
boy, caught him and swan ashore. He
suffered from cold. exhaustion and ner-
vous shock. He was awarded silver
medal.
Seymour j. Leighton, a machinist,
lost his life July 4. 1904, on the Merri-
mac River, Lawrence, Mass, while
rescuing Mary Genevieve Kane and
Evelyn Bliss. The girls were in ca.
noe and were swept over a thirty-foot
waterfall. His widow received q
bronze medal.
John j Healy, a hospital attendant
at Ellis Island New York, was award.
ed a bronze medal for saving the life
of an immigrant girl who had jumped
into the bay.
Miss Ernestine P. Atwood, aged sew
enteen, Of Melrose. Mass, was bathing
at North Weymouth, Mass, when she
saw Harry NJ Smith struggling in the
water and almost exhausted She res
cued him, and receives $500 for educa-
tional purposes and silver medal.
John j. Riley, aged torty-four. re-
ceives bronze medal for saving Au-
gust Rolkem, OF Brooklyn, N. Y. from
drowning Off the Iron Steamboat Com
pany's pier at Coney Island.