Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-04
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oEr CARNEGIE MEDALS.
Tea silver and eight bronze medals
and es.3l0 In cash were the awards for |
the past year made At the third an
nsai mssting Of the. Carnegie hero |
fund comnA1sssa. Ths awards were:
A bronze medal ana $500 to Jere-
miah n. Donovan Of Oswego. N. Y. a
saitas, who On October 20. 1906. was
employed on the scagoing tug Thomas
wilson. on Lake Drie, and in . heavy
storn rescued SIX men from the
scheoaer Yukon. The cash award was
made because Donovan supports his
widowed mother. three sisters and a
niece. af
A bronze medal TO Cline Horton. II
yeAxs old, q schoolboy. OF Astoria, Full
ton county, Illinois. who on Decem-
bsf II. 1906. rescued companion.
Ralph Barter. II year old, from drown
IND. after breaking through the ice
while skating.
a UIOuL0 uC0hi W JOuh II. AOuAsSf
= coal miner of Bryant, Fulton county.
nj, is years old. who. on July is, 1904.
rsscusl Albert Brookham. a miner. 15
years old, from drowning while swim
ming.
4 hume medal to Leo H. Nokes.
student, 20 years old. Of Sac City, Sac
i county. Ia. who on April 81. 1906,
j rescued Lille Kingerson. years old.
from being run over by Chicago &
Northwestern train.
"A bronze medal to Morris A. Nourss.
IS years old. q railway mall clerk OF
Des Noines, Ia, who. on July 1S. 1905,
rescuea from drowning In the Des
' Molnes river Frank Leonard. 8 years
old. Of Chesterfield, Ia.
A hronse medal to Samuel M. Stowe.
- ysar1 old, foreman Of pulp mill
1t Oregon City, Ore. who. on July 20.
1905. rescued from drowning George
Hsmminger. 20 years old, pipe litter
Of Portland. Ore. Hemminger had fall.
en- from a retaining wall into canal
4 bronze medal and $1,000 to be
ussA for educational purposes were
awarded to Thomas A. Harris. IT
yeafs old of Ogden, Utah. who, on
. March n. 1905. rescued from drown
j ing in Weber river. Ivy g. Blair, 16
years old, student at Ogden. The
cash award to be used to give the
{ yoang man . course In electrical en-
q eeinssring. which he desires and was
, unable to AFFORD.
aH a bronze medal and $3.50 to hqui-
4 data Q mortgage on his home to Geo.
H. Poell, 25 years old. q locomotive
Z fireman Of Grand Island, Neb., who on
Juno 3s. 1906, at Powells. Neb.. res
cued A. Paul Ussary. 8 years old. from
6 IA front OF locomotive. Pcell stood
"a the pilot Of his engine. and as he
gfAsDed tho child missed his footing
ana was caught by the cylinder cock
x the locomotive and was dragged
Until his clothing was torn OF. Both
ara wore fractured and he sustained
% co6tusions over the entire body. His
permanent disability is the loss of his
ifeft leg and . crippled arm.
IA A silver medal and 1880 to the
widow Of Herman ]. Petzel, a painter
ii St. Louis who on July 4. 1905, at
tenpted to rescue from drowning John
>. Beet, 1s years old. porter, also
II 81 Louis. at Suffer Station, st.
Louis. county. Mo. Both men lost
yhsdr ffves. Petxel left eight children,
between the ages Of and 23 years;
besides the widow. One OF the daugh-
-'tsfs ID an invalid. and was dependent
on the father for support.
A 11lver medal to the widow and
$500 70 be placed in trust for the child
Or James Lukins. coal miner. 81
ysars old. OF Petersburg. Menard coun-
ity, M, who lost his life on June "a,
1904. while trying to rescue from
drowning Vance Ray. schoolboy. IL
Year, Old. who was swimming In the
sBinsanon river. i Y
3ames A. Harris, n years old, a
fssmer Of Trenton. Tenn, was
drowned on June .. 1905. at Brazil,
uibeon county, Tenn, while trying to
tescnS from drowning his cousin, Irwin
Choats. also'a d farmer. A silver medal
10 $500 FOR the support Of herself
and two children were awarded the
widow.