Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-10-25
WIN CARNEGIE MEDALS
TWENTY-FOUR REWARDED FOR
BRAVERY BY COMMISSION.
Full Number of Awards Now 1875 and
1121 Have Been Refused Medals
and Money.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. 19.-Twenty-
four persons throughout the country re-
ceived awards for bravery Friday from
the Carnegie hero commission The full
number of awards is now 126, and 1121
persons have been refused either money
or medals. For the first time since the
beginning of the hero fund negro, John
B. Hill of Atlanta, Ga, received an
award.
Following are the awards:
BREEN, WILLIAM j. 80 years old, New
Christopher Powers from drowning in a
slip in the Hudson river.
PROGNZER. PHIL c.. "a years old, fire.
man, New York city; bronze medal; saved
Mrs. Annie Gearty from drowning in At
lanttc ocean at Coney Island
HARRIS, LEON, 10 years old, Pensacola,
Fla; bronze medal and $500 for educa-
tional purposes; saved Bernard Il. john
son from drowning in Pensacola bay.
MAHER, THOMAS f., SO years old, Bos-
ton, Mass; bronze medal and $500 to
liquidate mortgage on his property; saved
William Fitzgerald, boy, from drowning
in Dorchester bay.
JOHN B HALL, 3S years old, a negro, At
lanta, Ca; bronze medal and $500 to re-
udse MN ,n On ASCENT Of the s, loss ses
eral persons during q runaway accident.
He was recovering from an operation and
was injured again.
RALPH T. PERRIN, % years old, Santa
Rosa Island, Fla; bronze medal; saved
three from drowning in Pensacola bay.
CHARLES WEISS, 10 years old, Bath
Beach, N. Y; bronze medal and $1,000 for
educational purposes; saved an unknown
woman from drowning in GraveSend bay.
FREDERICK H. HANKER, II year old,
Ellenville N. Y; silver medal and 5000
for educational purposes; saved Lemons
T. Gray, companion, from drowning in
Beerklll creek.
GABRIEL FARRELL JR., 20 years old,
Somerville, Mass; bronze medal and $1,000
from drowning in Charles river, Boston
JAMES T. FARRELL, 81 years old, a
brother Of Gabriel, assisted in the above
rescue and week later died from ty-
phoid fever, contracted, it Is said, from
water in Charles river; bronze medal
awarded to his father.
NELS T. NELSON, % years old, Boston,
Mass, silver medal; rescued Adam Hag-
gerty from pumping room of Boston Ath-
letic association, which was filled with
gas; Haggerty died the next day.
The following three men assisted Mel
son in the rescue of Haggerty and were
awarded bronze medals:
WILLIAM ]. HIGGINS, 80 years old. Bos-
ton.
THOMAS LAWRENCE, 80 years old, yos-
ton.
THOMAS f. TAYOR, 16 years old, Boston
MRS. ROSA 3. SCHALLER, 30 years old,
New York city, silver medal; saved Miss
Ida Weissman Of Brooklyn from drowning
in Long Island Sound at North Beach.
JOSEPH GRADY, II years old, New York
city, silver medal; saved three children
from cremation in apartment at East One
Hundred and TWenty-third street, New
York.
CHARLES W. HAIGHT, SO years old, West
Winfield, n. Y, silver medal; saved child
from being run over by train.
JOHN C. BURNS, ~ years old, Brooklyn,
silver medal; saved Julia Puillier, 35 years
old, from drowning in Atlantic ocean at
Seagate, N. Y.
CAROLINE sTANYON, 50 years old,
army; silver medal and $500 to reimburse
her for loss sustained on account OF in
1uries; saved a child in a runaway acct
dent and was herself seriously injured.
ROBERT H. Garfield, % Years old,
East Orange N: j., silver medal awarded
to young mans father; Garfield was
drowned while attempting to rescue sew
eraf young ladies who had fallen out of a
boat In Oquasa, n. Y! @
NELSON v. SMITH, 81 years old, Law
renee, n. Y, silver medal; saved a woman
from being run over by a train at Mine
ola, N. Y.
DAVID WATERMAN, 63 years old, Koch
ester n. Y, silver medal; awarded to his
brother, Waterman saved Mrs. Margaret
Weber from death by train, but was IA
LOCHLIN NJ. WYNN, 80 years old, Annis-
ton, Ala, silver medal; saved three men
from drowning in Spencer's mill pond,
Clayton, Ala.
The list is the largest in the history
of the commission.