Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-01
Pensions Ranging from $50 to $40
Month to Dependents.
CHERRY MINE DISASTER Marked
HsrOism Of Thirteen Workers Recog-
niEsd by Commission.
ONLY TWO ARE AMONG SURVIVORS
Of Reacues from Death from Attempts
seven Are from Railroad Trains
or street Cars and Nineteen
frpm DrOwntnEs.

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PITTsBURG Pa, oct. S.-FGfty eight
names were added to the Carnegie hero list
IN the United States today by the Carnegie
hero fund commission at is fan meeting
For acts Of herolsm thirty silver medals
and twenty eight bronze medals were
awarded the life savers or their families in
cases where death resulted In addition
cash awards agRregatng s4O,25O were made
in thirty-three OF the cases. the cash to
be used for educational or other worthy
purposes at the discretion OF the executive
committee. while in twenty-three other
cases OF rescue or attempted rescue where
the heroes died as a result, pensions rang
ing from so to $50 month were made to
the dependents with t5 a month additional
for each child left.
OF the resoues from death OF attempts,
seven were from railroad trains or street
cars, nineteen from drowning, one from
runaway horse, eight from suffocahon in
gas producers or wells twenty from death
In mine disasters, two from fire and one
from q shooting.
Cherry Disaster Prominent.
The mine disaster at Cherry, ILL.,. in No
vember, 1909, figured prominently in the
hero list with the recognition OF the hero
AaIu OK lulFNeel miners. Eleven OF these died
from injuries in resouing an unknown num-
Der Of miners. and besides = silver medal
the monthly stipend to the families in these
cases was granted. Two that survived were
awarded the silver medal and $1,000 each
The recipients Of the awards and the
classification OF their heroism follow:
Bronze medals to:
Charles G. Baxter, Stone Mountain Ca. 4;
train.
Thomas Rodney DOSson, Relay Nd;
drowning.
Harry Householder Relay, Ma;
drowning
James D, Lsdeetter. Camilla. Ca drown
Daniel ", MCGOWAN. Aroata CAL;
drowning
George II griffin disd,. Tower city,
n. D.; drowning.
James l. Mcfarland. west Frankfort.
Ill; train.
Awards for Specific Purposes.
Bronze medal and cash 81 needed for
specific purpose to:
Lawrence b. Ryman, Dallas. Pa drown
ing.
! Justin J. Mccarthy washington, D. c.
drowning.
James T, Martin, wilkesbarrs. Pa
drowning.
John H. Thompson. Ashtabula, o.; drown
ing.
Herbert ). HoDss. whltshan Mich.
drowning.
Elias Roser, Grand Rapids, Mich, drown.
ing.
Alva B. Coffee 'died), Martinsville. md.
drowping
vaughn V. Longmire, Lost Greek. Tenn.
drowning
byron y. vanOrman, canAndaisua, n. Y.
runaway
Jesse Dunlap. Childs, Pa train.
Edmund N. Price, Los Angeles, Cal
street car,
W. Benz. MeAnaly Plano Tex suffO
cation
Henry P. Mccoy. POcatellO. Idaho sufrO
cation
Charles b. Evans, MendOn, III; suffoea
tion.
James NJ, Flanagan. South Pittston. Pa.
mine explosion.
Patrick F. walsh. Plains, Pa; min
cavern.
George R. Jopnng Inkerman, Pa min
rave-in.
John Msrriok, Inkerman, Pa; min
csve-in.
BENZ George. Pittston Pa, mine cave-ir
Thomas Hunuey Pittston Pa; min
cave-in,
John r. Ransom, cleburne, Tex; suffo
cation.
silver Medals Awarded,
silver medals to:
Allan A. Blood, GRANVILLE H.. drowning
John Flood Cdied) Cherry, III mine fir,
Silver medals and cash as needed "a
specific purpose
Isaac Lowis jr., Domnick Fermento, Al
drew MeLuokie j. Alexander Norberl
Henry Stewart, Robert Clark. James Spell
John Bundy John szahr,ash, Charl,
waite ali OF Cherry, III, who died in rescl
work IN the mine fire Also to Walt,
Waite and George Eddy Of Cherry. ILL.,. WI
survived injuries.
Others to receive the silver medal wit
cash are:
Fleming c. Bower I.svis0urs. Pc
Gertrude sharpsteen, Kelsey Valley. ]
r.; train.
Jesse % Wilson, Pittston. Pa: rre.
james l. Smith, slstersvllle W. Va
nre.
l. Wood miller TaylOrsvins KY. drow
ing
FrsderiaA e. Knros Idiedl. wa,erOur
Conn; droWning
Adam }. Bopp Cdiod). AiiddleborOus
G, Gustaye Groenovelt ,died). watsonvl
Cal suffcoation.
Thomas Flsmins died, Corning. n. !
auffocauon
Martin Demyan Cdied). Corning n. ,
Euffocauon
Waiter c. sweet Corning \. Y; suft
cation
David n rDbs ,died,. Amsterdam. \. J
drowning.
Joseph p. Pinarsa Cdlod). Msaaervil
Eont; suffoeatlon
Iirnsn W Mcintosh CdIed). Fresr
Cal train.
4 Mary r. Brown Cdiedl. washinston
c., shooting
William q. HaEerman CdisdD, Mals'
n, j.; train,