The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30
WOMEN SHARE THE
HERO FUND
TWO WASHINGTON WOMEN RE-
CEIVE CARNEGIE MEDALS
ONE WOMAN RESIDENT OF
THIS COUNTY,

The report of the Carnegie hero
medal fund commission shows that
Washington has two medal winners.
both women. Both get silver med
ais, one saved several lives from
burning and the other from freezing.
Besides the silver medal Minnie L.
Meyers was given $1,000 in cash to
reimburse her for pecuniary loss sus-
tanned in the fire during which she
performed her heroic service.
She was the matron of children's
home at Riverton, Wash, and saved
the lives of Annie Glover, Charles
Church and Frank Martin, aged 6, 8
and years. respectively. The fire
occurred at 2 o'clock on the morning
of December 2S, 1907. Mrs. Meyers
aroused the children who were Sleep
ing in the girls and boys dormi-
tories and led them to safety. To
get Annie. Charles and Frank, she
reentered the building twice. The
last time her escape was cut off by
the fire, and she was compelled to
go close to the flames and let herself
drop through the stair opening to the
first floor. She was badly burned.
Lake Wenatchee Woman Saves En-.
tire Family.
Marie V. B. Langdon, aged 20,
saved Sophie, Henry L., Estella NJ
and attempted to save Gertrude S.
Jacques. aged 81. 4, 1 and 2, res
pectively from freezing at Telma,
Wash, January IL, 1907. With the
thermometer IA degrees below zero
and the snow 6 feet deep, Mrs. Lang
don, without snowshoes, went 600
| feet from her home, on hearing cries
| for help, and met Mrs. Jacques and
two of her children, only partly
dressed, who had fed from their
burning home. She relieved the wO-
man of her baby and carried it to
her home, followed by the mother:
returned and got Henry, then strug-
gled through the snow about three
quarters of a mile, where Gertrude
was found, the mother having been
compelled to abandon her after hav-
ing removed the only skirt she wore
and wrapped it around the child.
When Mrs. Langdon had carried Ger
trude about half way back to the
house, she discovered the child was
dead, and as her own strength was
fast failing. she was compelled to
abandon the baby and was barely
able to reach home herself
OF the 246 medals awards made.
but two were conferred upon resi-
dents of Oregon, one securing sill
yer and the other a bronze medal
Large Amount Paid Out.
In addition to the award of gold.
silver and bronze medals and pay
ment of cash to remunerate the he
roes for pecuniary losses, in many
cases, large sums are given to lift
mortgage, to buy homes, to support
widows and other dependents, and
| frequently stated sums are set aside
for education of children whose hero
| ic parents have become permanently
disabled or have lost their lives in
saving others.
The Hero Fund commission has
contributed a total Of $164,941.54 TO
heroes and their dependents, includ
ing amounts paid on pensions, of
which there is now effective $16,32O
annually. Funds for the relief of
sufferers from disasters to the
amount of $124,46206 have been
distributed, making total Of $685.
4O3.6O in the five years.
Thirteen gold medals have been
awarded, 113 silver and 100 bronze.
The commission has investigated g.
t219 cases recommended for medals,
| has refused 2,059, or IS per cent of
them, has granted 246, and has GA
cases pending.
The commission distributed $54,-
I462 .O6 for the relief of San Francisco
earthquake sufferers.
The fund was established by Mr.
Carnegie April Is, 1904, and con-
sists of 100000 in United States
Steel Corporation first collateral
iper cent bonds.