The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-19
HEROIC GIRL IS
AWARDED A MEDAL
Carnegie Commission Honors Girl
Who Drew Poison from
Snake Bite.

Journal Special Service.
Pittsburg, May, 19.-The Carnegis
Hero Fund commission held its fifth
meeting yesterday and awarded TWEEN
ty-six medals and $4,000 in cash to
various persons whom the special
agents of the commission had found to
be particularly needy or deserving.
The unique act of heroism found by
the commission, and for which a silver
Lucy E. Ernst of No. 1922 North Sixth
street, Philadelphia, who saved the life
of a 16-year-old boy by sucking poison
from his snake-bite wound.
Miss Ernst, aged 20 years, and Harry
E. Schoenhut, aged 16 years, of Phila-
delphia, were gathering birch bark in
a grove about quarter of mile from
the clubhouse of the Porter's Lake
Hunting and Fishing club, when the
boy was bitten by a rattlesnake. Miss
Ernst rushed to his side, but he hest
rolled over on the ground, holding his
left hand over the bite, about four
inches from the shoulder.
Not Moments Delay.
When he finally showed her thu
wound, she Immediately put her lips to
it and drew out some of the poisoned
blood. $500.
The arm was turning black and SWELL
ing rapidly, and to accelerate the flow
of blood Miss Ernst secured Schoen-
hut's pocketknife and cut the wound.
Not being satisfied with the success OF
over the cut, doing this repeatedly
while making their way to the club
house, which they reached after stop
ping once, when Schoenhut became too
faint to walk.
| The clubhouse was deserted. It was
seven miles to the nearest dwelling,
fourteen to the nearest railroad station
and twenty-one miles from Stroudsburg,
where the nearest physician resides.
Physicians did not arrive until four
hours later, when they found Schoenhut
to be out of danger. Miss Ernst had
been relieved of her charge previous to
| their. arrival by other members Of the
club who had arrived. She tainted and
was i'll from the shock and excitement
about a week. She had a fever blister
on her upper lip, which, prominent ply
| sicfans say, made it extremely hazard
GUS for her to place her lips in contact
of infection thru the mouth. 1t was
the unanimous opinion of the physicians
consulted that the girls action saved
the boys life.
| = Other Awards Made.
William L. Wolf, of No. 1000 South
Second street, Camden, n. j., was given
a bronze medal and $500 for rescuing
Albert s. Fossman and John Lewis,
both Of Camden, from drowning, ON
Sept.-2, 1905. ..s
To the widow of Michael Gismondi,
of Mount Pleasant, Pa, a silver medal
and death benefits amounting to 5000
are awarded Gismondi lost his life
while trying to rescue a 14-year-cld
boy who was overcome by gas in an
unfinished well in September, 1905.
I A silver medal and 81 200 to iquidate
the indebtedness on his property wa.
miner of Edwardsville, Pa, for rescuina
three miners from death by gas in an
explosion in the Kinsston Coal com
pany's mines in September, 1904. &
I George B. Williams of Elizabeth, Pa.
in October, 1904, lost his life in trying
to rescue a man from electric cables
which were burning him to death. VIII
liams was knocked off a bridge and
fractured his skull. A silver medal il
awarded his sister.
A bronze medal and $1,000 death ben
efts are awarded to the widow of Hen
: ry Stuchal of Unity Township, West
moreland county, who lost him life in al
attempt to rescue two laborers from
drowning in June, 1904.
James W. Gilmore of Charleroi, Pa.
was drowned while trying to rescue Z
. companion on tugboat on the Monon
gahela river and a bronze medal will
5000 death benefits are awarded hi
father.
John .Delo of Oil City, is awarded .
bronze medal and disablement benefits
of $500. He suffered from a fractured
skull in January, 1905, by a fall from
: an electric light pole which he hat
climbed to rescue a fellow-workmal
; who had come in contact with a liv'
wire. .---.
, A bronze medal and $500 is AWARDED
; Richard x. Hughes Of Bangor, Pa, TO
rescuing a fellow workman whose cloth
, ing had caught fire in an explosion.
Edward H. Campbell of Buena Vista
Pa, rescued two young men fror
: drowning in, August, 1904, and i
l awarded bronze medal.
4 A bronze medal is awarded to Ed
. ward Murray, yard conductor o
Q Pittsburg, who rescued two childre,
from in front of a locomotive in Janua
ry, 1906.