The Republican journal., 1909-11-11
Fifty Hero Awards.
About $50, 900 and Many Medals Reward
Acts of Bravery, Two Maine Men.

ABOUT p55,UUU ana Many Nle0dlS Reward
Acts of Bravery, Two Maine Men.
PITTsBURG, Nov. 3. With the regular
fall meeting of the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission today, came the rewarding
Of so persons throughout this country and
Canada for acts of bravery called to the
attention of the commission during the
past three months With the exception
of one award, made to citizen Of Cana
ada, all the persons remembered by the
commission are residents of the United
States, % being persons living in Ohio.
Approximately S33, 900, 80 silver and 81
bronze medals, were awarded at today's
meeting of the commission. Of the so
heroic acts approved, IA of the persons
responsible for them met their death. In
these cases next of kin received the
award.
Deeds Of heroism during the flood at
Athens, Ohio, on March IA, 1907, received
the greater part of the attention Of the
commission.
Probably the most sensational act of
bravery was that of HALEY M. Woods,
merchant of Athens, Ohio, and an ex-
pert swimmer. During the floods of the
Hooking river in March, 1907, Woods,
unassisted, rescued two men and wo-
man from almost certain death, when he
rowed flat bottomed skiff through a
wild current into the second story window
of half submerged house, carrying his
rescued fellow citizens to shore and safe
ty. In Investigating the case of Woods,
the commission found that he was in debt
in excess of 81, 600 for his small merchan-
disc store, and presented him with a
check for 81, 900 and silver medal.
Another instance called to the attention
of the commission was that of William F.
Sayle, of North Attleboro, Mass, a Is
year old boy, who, unassisted and heavily
dressed, jumped into a hole in the ice
broken by the weight of a boy and girl
who had been skating on thin ice. and
buoyed the couple up until assistance
came. Young Sayle refused aid himself
until the couple had been taken from the
ice hole and We're on their way to safety.
A particularly worthy award was the
Garden City, Kan, whose heroic action
travelling passenger train, was brought
city officials of the town where the
colored man lived.
A mother had left two-year-old child
strapped in a baby buggy in front of a
depot and express office. The wind blew
the baby buggy onto the railroad tracks,
overturning the vehicle. The strap held
the infant in the carriage. McCue saw
the overturned carriage but did not see
the baby. A passenger train running
close to so miles an hour, was approach
ing. McCue ran down the track and
about half way to the carriage saw that
it contained an infant. He redoubled his
speed, reaching the vehicle in time to
throw it from the right of way with a
mighty effort and just cleared the pilot
of the engine as the heavy train sped
past the depot. McCue was given a
bronze medal for his act and $500 for edu-
cational purposes.
The two Maine heroes are Charles w.
Hammond of Augusta, and Linwood E.
Clark of Wilton. Hammond lost his life
April l., 1909, at Sidney in the Kennebec
river, and his widow, Edith M. L. Ham
mond, will receive silver medal and $40
a month during her life, or until she re-
marries, and SIS month additional for
each child under sixteen. Hammond at
tempted to save Archibald C. Reynolds
of Augusta, aged II. While crossing the
river from work Reynolds broke through
the ice in a path which his brother had
warned him not to take. Hammond was
following about twenty feet behind. Rey-
nolds called to Hammond to help him,
but the latter replied that he could not.
Hammond finally threw down his dinner
bucket and started for the hole. He
broke through and did not rise again as
the current was running about three
miles an hour and the river twenty feet
deep. Reynolds was finally rescued by
his brother who mad started to cross the
ice further up.
Linwood E. Clarke of Wilton, junior
in the arts course at Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, was awarded bronze medal
and $4,000 to defray expenses of his edu-
cation for saving the life of Edgar V.
Bump, aged Z, Dec. %, 1908. Clarke
was clerking in the store of H. R. Das-
combe Co., to raise enough money to
continue his education. Fire broke out
in tailoring establishment over the
store. Several children were playing in
an adjoining room. All were gotten out
except Bump. Several men attempted
to coax him out through the flames in the
doorway, but he hid under the toy count
er. Clarke wrapped wet towel about
his nostrils, crawled on his hands and
knees through the dense smoke and felt
about the floor until he touched Bump,
who was unconscious. He crawled out,
having trouble finding his way through
the smoke, and carried the lad down
stairs, who revived within five minutes.
Clarke then hustled around fighting the
fire. Clark contemplates studying medi-
cine at John Hopkins university. The
case was reported by Lizzie E. Bass.