The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-01
MEDALS FOR BRAVE RIREMEN.
PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR AT
ANNUAL REVIEW.
Deeds OF valoreus Life Saving IN zoos re-
wsrded-Parado OF Engines In Driw.
ing Rain -water Tower Exhibition n
Madison SquaT Discipline Prize

Ing Rain water Tower Exhibition at
Madison square Discipline Prize.
Five firemsn stood in the rain and re-
ceived from Mayor Mcclellan medals yes
terday afternoon at the reviewing stand
in front Of the Worth monument. opposite
Madison Square. The medals were in
recognition Of acts OF bravery performed
at fires during the year 1906.
At 2 o'clock the five men, In line with
d-etachments OF their companies, marched
up before the stand. on which were the
Mayor, them medal committee, several chiefs.
many officials and many friends Of the
five. The Mayor pinned the medal on each
mans GOAT after a brief speech.
Casimer G. Wodzicki received the Bennett
medal. On the night OF March IA, 1905,
Re rescued Abraham Miller, Q years old,
from the fourth foo Of lO5 Allen street.
1t wa a bad tenement house fire. When
Engine II, to whose company Wodzicki
belonged, reached the scene the fire had
spread through the airshaft and every
fioor wal afire. Wodzicki climbed up the
fire escape without waiting for ladders.
He broke into the Miller apartment, on
the top floor, through the window. The
room was in flames and full OF smoke, but
the fireman thought that the inmates were
still within and might be alive. He CROPPED
his way through the smoke and found
the boy crying on the floor. He managed
to find his way with him in his arms back
to the window. The child, badly burned,
regained consciousness and was taken
to the hospital, where his life was saved.
1t was too late when the rescuer tried to
go back into the rooms. Two others Of
the Miller family persisted.
Edward II. Page OF Hook and Ladder
Company % received the Bonner medal
for saving the life Of Mrs. Lizzie Hennessy
at 252 West 14sd street on February IA,
1906. He found the woman in the cellar.
where she had set her clothing on fire In
trying to put out a blaze Page beat out
the blaze in her clothes, but burned his
hands in doing so. The woman, though
severely burned, recovered.
Fireman Charles Louth Of look and
Ladder Company IL received the Trevour-
Warren medal for the resuoe Of Elizabeth
Dougherty from a fire at Dol West l27th
street on May %, 1905. The woman was
unconscious in a smoke filled apartment
on the fourth floor 1t did not seem as il
she could be saved. Louth reached the win
dow by a thirty-ive foot ladder, found
the unconscious woman within and got
her out to the ladder n SISTED in spite
Of sitting smoke. With another fireman
to help she was got down the adder to the
ground in safety.
Frank Wintrich OF Hook and Ladder
Company 8 earned the Strong medal by u
remarkable rescue that required thought
and experience in battling with smoke, as
we'll as daring. A fire broke out the morning
OF March 5, 1905, in the tenement house at
~ Cherry street. II had got far along
when the firemen arrived. There were
people still on the upper floors but the fire.
men could not get IN. Flames were at all
the lower windows and filled the stairway
up TO the second oor landing. A way
was found to the upper part of the fire es-
cape at the side OF the building. Others
tried 70 enter and failed, but Wintrich.
letting himself in by a window, dropped on
his hands and knees and crawled with his
head close to the floor where there vas a
little air. II this way he reached Mrs. De-
vannev. an invalid, IS years old. who
was lying overcome by smoke. He started
to crawl back with her. but by this time
the smoke had affected him. He almost
lost consciousness, but continued TO move
toward the window. He reached IL, and
fortunately there was help there to pull
the two out into the air.
Frederick Schultz Of Engine Company 118
received the Brooklyn Fire Department
medal. H rescued Mrs. Schuhle and two
children at a fire at 100 Meserole street on J an
uary II, 1905, from a high window that the lad
der could not reach. Mrs. Schuhle's situa-
ton was desperate. The flames had forced
her and the two children out to the window
ledge. Those below cried to her repeated
ly not to jump. though there seemed no
wav for the firemen to reach her. She was
about to throw the children down and
lump after. Schultz assembled the longest
ladder and stood on the topmost rung.
There he balanced against the hot wall,
and SLOWLY reached mp. His hands over
his head found the ledge where the three
were standing. Telling them to keep cool
he drew himself up a little way by his hands,
swung one elbow over and gained the ledge.
Cinging there with one arm he passed the
children down to the man next below on the
ledder, then did the same with the hysteri-
cal woman. He saved them from what
appeared inevitable death.
fhe Stephenson discipline medal was
awarded to Thomas +. Norton Of Engine
Company So. II IL a reward for personal
proper performance Of duty in cases were
duty is hard OF dangerous.
After the presentation the various COM
panies present passed in review before the
Mayors stand. They came down Fifth
avenue in file, at speed, with steam up and
whistles and bells going. There were also
a water tower drill and practice at jumping
into life blankets.