The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
MORE CARNEGIE HERO
AWARDS ARE MADE
Marylander Is One Of Those On the
Honor List.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially. - inc
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission at
its quarterly meeting here recogniz-
ed AS persons as having performed
acts of herois,n deserving recogni-
ton under the rules governing the
fund provided by Mr.. Carnegie.
Each of these persons was awarded
medal, bronze. silver or golden
and a number Of them were also
awarded cash for educational or
other purposes. The cash awards
made amount to about $4,000.
A Marylander is among those hon
ored: Daniel p. Greedy, of Sparrows
Point, who lost his life June IL.
1908, in saving that of a drowning
companion.
To Greeley IS awarded a silver
medal, $50 a .lonth to his widow
and So a NJ ..lh for each minor
child.
One of the most interesting
awards is that of Joseph c. easier,
of Cassville, ~ j., who was given a
bronze medal and $3.50 in cash for
saving the life of William e. Carey
at Cassville on August 20, 1906.
The official report of the hero
commission shows that Carey on
that date was working in the well
of John w. Arsdale, which contain
ed about 10 feet of water and which
was lined with a rough stone wall.
The pump was being repaired by
Carey, who was OH a swing 25 feet
down, sitting on board suspended
by a rope. He braced one of his
feet against the stone wall at a
weak place and 1t gave away, letting
his foot through, where 1t caught.
The wall above shattered, too, and
| fell down on him partly.
Word was carried to easier, a
farmer, who was working several
miles away and he came, finding a
great crowd around the well, but
all were afraid to enter because OF
| fear of gas. easier had himself low
cred into the well, TO find that II
would be necessary to remove most
of the wall in order to rescue the
! imprisoned man. He worked for Ave
| hours, then was relieved by an ex.
perienced well digger, whom he again
relieved in three hours. All the rock
and debris had to be sent up in
| buckets. 1t required 13 hours tc
| dig Carey out and he was more dead
than alive when rescued.
One thing that made the act oi
easier of great Importance in the
eyes of the commission was the fact
that the soil around the well was
very sandy and liable to slip in or
the well at any moment.
The Hero Fund Commission, up tC
October ], has had presented for Its
consideration 2,847 cases. OF these
1888 have been rejected as moi
coming within the scope of the com
mission; 172 have been favorablS
acted upon, a medal being awarded
in each case, and money in mum
ber of cases; S92 cases await inves
tigation by the agents of the com
mission, four of whom are constant
ly at work.
At this meeting 120 cases were
considered, 72 of which were reject
ed.
Albert w. Simpson, of Stockdale
Pa, who last May was awarded {
bronze medal for rescuing a minei
from a cavein in a Fayette Count!
coal mine, was voted an additiona
reward of $4,000 to pay his ex
penses through the Carnegie Techni
cal Schools, where he is now regis
tered as a student.
Frank NJ. Wilmot, secretary o
the commission, is now in Scotland
aiding in the organization of simi
lar fund and commission in tina
country