Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-23
The Carnegie Heroes


At RS recent session in Pfrtsburg the
Csrnegae commission gave Official rscog-
milton % fifteen people for heroic ased
one Eiri being On the LIST OF the fifteen
PLACED GA the ron Of honor. five gave
1sp their own lives in trTing ID save others.
LesHe's gives TIE following details
: Daniel B. Howard Of BaldWfnsFtle, n
Y On April Il Is19. saved from crown
Ing. Ia the Seneca river Mrs. Mary TIL
lorsuu- Mrs Tul1tsou's boar has ever
turned and shs was being swept down the
stream when Hoxard prsnt 90 her rsscge-
Beth were carried down the river for
nearly half q mile before assistance from
shore reached them and althouEh Howard
ttouEht Mrs TIIlotsun was dead. he Kept
I'D The srruEEls and finally surcseded IN
bringing her 70 Land. where she was re-
rired.
February a zEH George Philips. T. years
cid. VAS skating on the Schuy kan river. Al
NorriEt1Nn- Pa Ehen be hroks through
IRE ice. Hearing hia cries, Rsubea p.
swar1ley Va. was Wurkiug on shore,
seized q boat sl1d * over uhe ICE. and
assisted by his fzther, succeeded in pulling
or the drowning bog. bur aoa before both
rescuer and resc1ed bad several umes
broken thr0ugh ths see and once guns
down
I James Parks Jones o. Les Angeles. Cal.
gets a medal far SAVING from 6ruUuius
ID the Msrus6 IN the Koaeui-s vzlleF,
1giss Bertha PzlsbUry- The ACT q M.
Iones Nas especially noteEuTtlzE. because,
al the time Miss FdllsbEy called for help,
Jores who Was IN harhlng, had Jus1 struck
his bead on the boTtGza srraintnE his neck
terribly ana almost completely disabling
himself NevsrlheleEs he vent 70 the
rescue. and. Eith the assistance q Harry
p MEsser. he succeeded in EHtrng Mss
3 PlIlsbury % shore M Mzsssr wa also
hunored By the eommlssion-
On ThanksEirtnE dAE 1sos a party q
boys and Eirls we're sEsriug on ths Wis-
oonsin river near Neral Wis Corneis
p Benne II yssrs Old, rsntursd out too
I far en- the thin ics ana BROKE through.
4 Guy p Empsy, Is years ed. went % her
+, assisrznce- The EHpeF I'D eauEht hold
! q q sled H-hich Eas puEhed 70 am. ana
rhs DenDe Sri ctinEing % atm buth Wers
pulled % a place - Ez1utE
Esaurre X Muir q Grand RzUdds Wis-
vas EUarded q medai for the rescue d
fogr EouuE pspEle E-ho had Eune over rhs
darn IN Their boa1 On TIRE Wtscunsla river
james T. Mzsun. his eampsaion in IN,
rezCae- was also HEErlsd msdal Tiers
eight FouuE peapls m the boat f0s-
o. lem were arUuned and four Of thau
saved tbrouEh me efforts q Mzsan ana
Muir
krrhur T. Chnsr AGED u. q New vera
CIrr. las1 ms ME saving his friend Charlei
Hsrzsl An eEH1nsiun az oenEloid n m,
fact1EE where hazh uers WorElg ever
came HerzsL Tuung Christ carried HetEs
10 the Eindgz and safety, bur htmssl,
dted sisTen GAYS latter ~ hts in5urieE
Eaetlel reooFersd-
LFun A. Gates q Gerry. u y en- Jun,
2 HEE afteurted the rescue q Tictar ~
Cruss Eho had Eune bathing IN CazsadaEl
creek huI Uzs unahle % sEtna. Gates sue
oee5ed 10 nTdnslug Cross Wilhin reach 81
uther rascusrs. bu1 hin sacrauhed % "A
hansrian ard vas drounna Cross ha1
heen Dusung 90 q board hut lus1 an
had sunk rUiee befors ms ca.upEliaui
hsard his crles ana Hsnt 10 hts uid
Ols ~ ihe mos1 tnterezItnE O. the ease
b ghat q Anna q. Bruuleg 81 Uuiuutaurli
Pa q l6-EeEE-uld girl Who h nou
srudeul Al ne Carnage Technical sehaoh
lH FslrsburE- ne Eiri reoeiEes q sEre
medal ard El8 Ter edlrari1lal purposal
Tor a nsIuarkah5s heat In NE saving q
H1Eh FutuL - o. a. 8uT I So FhEal
p FachenrhalL q chemtsfs hel1,er = FsaT
aid and mueh aazrisr can Mss BrumisE
Vas dreWutus IN HarueEar har uhen -,
sEam EfrE-fVe faeI % his rgscze and
alIhouEh me nan uEEic-EIEizlzen- uriad =
pul Der d1Hn. she kspl Der head a..
hrcuEur hi@ safaF Eshpre.
Liuls Earhara Loauss vas pa d
Lnr shure a. laceau Heaeh. CHun- ca a.
afisrnuuu 81 S.pleulh=r 9 llsa shea vac
lE olt beEuud her depIh- shs uss rauEh
IN rae rlrreur and EE=iE away tnt1 EEL
Hafer AaUes ATHulau- Hhs Uas gurk
ne 81 RsarnE eurlaEs allhcuEh arcr {
gaN-H q 49, ~ b Bour aa~.-A plzzsa.