The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-22

the fls girl. who grabbed him by the
throat Tie forced her TO release her
hold and SWAN with her 70 shore. He
ttcg went out TO tho johnson efrl. whom
he directed 20 take hold OF his shirt ana
SWAN to shore with h,r. The rescue-
sustained no pecuniary loss and suffered
70 disability. ne Is bright and q hm-
bilious to become civil engineer Cur
tins fathcr Is stable boss The boys
mother IL dead
$1,000 FOR his Education.
Curtin was awarded a bronze medal
and the sum Of $1,000 to be set aside as
special fund from which the execu-
tive committee shall pay such amounts
for his education as Il may approve
from time to time within ten years from
tie date this award is made. and that In
case any OF this money shall not be
ueedfor the purpose named for any rea-
son whatever. any remainder shall be
subject TO the disposition Of thecom-
mission.
on May "a. 1904. about t.iO p. NJ.
Mrs. Bessie Eyi. aged thirty years. who
WIS IN IN bed with her ttree-weeks'
old child, Ross and another child. Es-
ther, two and half years old were ov-
eTconle by smoSe from q fire which iir-
prsoned them in the front room on the
third floor Of four story building at
Third avenue and one Hundred aud
Tenth street. New York City. Michael
p. OBiien. OF No. 1897 Lexington ave-
nue.. New York. age twonty-three years.
plasterer saw the people on the fourth
floor and went to their rescue. lie en-
tered the adjoining house. ascended to
the third floor which he thought at the
time was tbs fourth climbed out on the
cap OF the window below, and holding
to the sill stepped across tothe cap Of
the window beneath the first one ia the
house on FIRE.
This window, which entered a hall
room he could not raise so he stepped
to the next one, where he gained en-
trance, and crawling on his hands and
knees distance os ten feet. he found
Mrs. Eyi and the children He knocked
out the window which he could not raise
aud handed thechildren out 10 a fireman
IN the widow from which he he'd made
his exit in the next house. then he drag
ged the mother 20 another window aud
handed her to hremen on a ladder.
He was not disabled as result OF his
act. but suffered cuts on his hands by
glass, and was almost overcome by
smoke.
The witnesses were unanimus in the
opinion that he took desperate chances,
sonic believing that the danger was In
falling to the pavement twenty-five feet
below. others-among them WIS fire.
man-that The greatest danger was from
suffocation lie is single and no one Is
dependent on him for support He was
given a silver medal.
FOR Saving Drunken Man.
on Nov. 3 1905. Gustav Herb, aged
th.ty-seven years. timer. No. 80 At
lantic avenue. crazed by drink and in
tent on suicide jumped from the stern
Of the ferry-boat Atlantic at point go
feet from tte Gocss at the foot Of At
lantic avenue Brooklyn. The captain
ordered the boat stopped. Charles A.
swcnson. a swede aged twenty-eight
years. 3 feet inches tall, weighing l5o
pounds. n track walker OF Brooklyn, a
passenger. volunteered TO go to the
man's rescue. He swan distance OF
100 feet to Herb, who caught him 10y
the shirt. Swenson says it was nee
essary to deal Herb blow to break
the hold but the story OF the eye-wit-
nesses. which is believed to be correct
is that swenson caught Herb by the
ears. lifted his head from the water
then dealt him a blow IN the face so he
could not make resistance. With th'
as tstance OF another passenger WHIT
I had gone to the rescue, they swan will
him to within short distance Of Tho
dock. where they we're taken aboard O
rowboat.
! The rescuer sustained no pecunar'
loss. and suffered no disability lie IS q
good swimmer, but asserts that If Herl
mad been able TO get better hold q
/ him he would have been drowned. ll'
is married and has one son between tv'
and six years Of age
Fund 70 Pay Girls Schooling.
/ on June lG. 19Of Therese S. MeNally
aged thirteen years, q school girl @
waterbury. Conn rescued Loretta Mer
win. aged four years Of woodmont
Conn. who bad fallen from row boat
which had driftcd from sore abou
eighty feet. into the water Of Long Is
land sound. al woodmont beach sh'
swan about thirty feet under water
caught hold OF the chlld's hair an'
swan back 70 shore with hec. Mis-
i McNally is an orphan, living with lie
grandmother
She was awarded a brouze medal an'
the sum Of $1,000 TO be appropriated 70
the education Of Miss McNally. pay
ments to be made Mt the rate Of $40
a year.