The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-19
LARGEST NUMBER
/. OF HERO MEDALS
AWARDED.
Carnegie Commission Gives
Prizes To Twenty-four.
GEORGIA NEGRO AoNORED.
Already l26 Persons Have Benefited
BY Tho Fund and l,22i Have
Been Refused.

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fall meeting Of the Carnegie hero COM
mission was held In the Carnegie build
Ing, this city, and f. NJ. Wilmot, the
secretary, announced that twenty-four
persons throughout the country had re-
ceived awards for bravery.
The number is the largest in the
history of the commission. With these
awards 1875 persons have benefited by
the hero fund and 1,12l persons have
been refused either money or medals.
For the first time since the beginning
Of the hero fund negro, John Il.
Hill Of Atlanta, Ga, received an
award. Following are the prizes:
William J. Breen, thlrtytwo years
old, New York city, awarded bronze
medal; saved Christopher Powers from
drowning In slip In the Hudson river.
foot Of Gansevoort street, New York.
Philip c. Progonzer, thirty four years
old, fireman, New York city awarded
bronze medal; saved Mrs. Annie Gear
ty from drowning in Atlantic ocean at
Coney Island.
Leon Harris. fifteen years old, Pen
sacOla, Fla, awarded bronze medal
and $500 for educational purposes
saved Bernard z. Johnson from drown
Ing In Pensacola bay.
Tt. "a +. Maher thlrty-nine years
old BOSTON, awarded bronze medal
anu ~ to liquidate mortgage on his
| nrnpartv. SAVED yViilta,,, A
boy; from drowning In Dorchester bay
| John b. Hill. thirty-three years old.
a negro, Atlanta, Ca. awarded bronze
medal and $500 to reimburse him on
account Of loss sustained by being in
jured. Hill saved several persons dur
ing a runaway accident. He was re-
covering from an operation and was
Injured again.
Ralph +. Berlin, twenty-five years
old, Santa Rosa Island, Fla, awarded
bronze medal: saved three from drown
ing In Pensacola bay.
| Charles Weiss, fifteen years old
Bath Beach, N. Y, awarded bronze
medal and $1,000 for educational pur-
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drowning In Gravesend bay.
i Frederick H. Hanker, eleven years
old. Ellenville, N. Y, awarded silver
medal and $1,000 for educational pur-
poses; saved Emmons Il. Gray, q com
panion, from drowning in Beerklll
creek.
II Mrs. Rosa P. SchalIer, thirty years
old, New York city, awarded silver
medal; saved Miss Ida Weissman OF
Brooklyn from drowning In Long Is.
land sound at North Beach.
| Joseph Grady, seventeen years old
New York city, awarded silver medal
saved three children from cremation
In apartment at East One Hundred
and Twenty street, New York
II Charles w. Haight, thirty eight years
| old, West Winfield, N Y, awarded sill
yer medal; saved child from being run
over by train.
| John G. Burns, forty-two years old
Brooklyn, awarded silver medal; say
ed Julia Puillier thirty five years old
from drowning In Atlantic ocean nj
Sea Gate. N. J.
/ Caroline Stanyon, thirty-fve years
old. Mount Vernon. N. Y, major In
Salvation Army, awarded silver media
and $500 to reimburse her loss sustain
ed on account Of injuries; saved 4
child in runaway accident and was
herself seriously injured.
Robert II. Garfield, twenty-five year,
old. East Orange, N. j.; silver media
awarded to young mans father Can
field was drowned while attempting {,
rescue several young ladies who hat
fallen out Of boat In Cayuga lake
New York.
Nelson Smith, thirty-four years old
Lawrence. N. Y, awarded silver med
al; saved woman from being ruI
over by train at MineOla, N. Y.
David Waterman, sixtythree years
old, Rochester, N. Y; silver media
awarded to his brother. Waterman
saved Mrs. Margaret Weber from
death by train but was fatally In
jured himself, dying the next day.
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