The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-19
CARNEGIE HERO
AWARDS MADE
Sixteen Bronze Medals, Ten
Silver Medals afd Cash
Awards Authorized

Pittsburg, Jan. 19-Twenty-six
awards in recognition of acts of hero
ism were made today by the Carnegie
hero fund commission. Sixteen
bronze medals, ten silver medals and
cash awards were authorized.
Nineteen Of the awards were made
IN rescues or attempted rescues from
drowning, three from fire, two from
suffocation in wells and one each
from train and shooting. In nine in
stances the heroes lost their lives and
the award is made to a member Of
the family.
One recipient Of a silver medal is
New York's street cleaning commits
sioner, William H. Edwards, who fig
ured in connection with the shooting
of Mayor William ]. Gaynor on the
deck of the Kaiser Wilhelm der
! Crosse at Hoboken. N. j., on August
8 last The report of the commits
sion's investigators says that he "sav-
ed indeterminate persons from being
shot by an assassin" Mayor Gaynor
having been shot in the head at close
range, Edwards threw himself on the
man with the upraised pistol. Ed
wards was wounded after he had
thrown the man to the deck and be-
fore the man was pinioned the pistol
was discharged third time.
Other awards are to Daniel B. How
ard, aged 80, silver medal and $1,000
to purchase a home. Saved Mary
Tillotson. aged 62, from drowning at
Baldwinsville, N. Y. April 1s. 1909.
Ammo Bromley, aged 16. student
at Uniontown. Penna., saved from
drowning Phillip Fackenthall at High
Point, N. j., July 81. 1908. Silver
medal and $4,000 for educational pur-
poses.
Ray NJ. Taylor, aged 26. attempted
to save Francis McCune from, suffo-
cation in a we'll at Summit, S. D..
November 10, 1907. Silver medal and
1000 to purchase home.
Erford H. Coon, aged IL, helped to
save from drowning Carl H. w. Ver-
beck. aged 9 and lost his life attempt
ing to rescue Harold l.. Stevens, Jr..
aged Z, at Maplius. N. Y, December
4, 1909. Silver medal to his father.
Arthur T. Christ. aged II. died as
result of burns received in rescuing
Charles A. Hetzel, Jr.. aged Is, in a
factory fire in New York city, No
vember II, 1909. Silver medal to faith
er and $1,000 to liquidate his debts
and other worthy purposes as need
ed.
Victor NJ. Durgin. Salem. Mass.
died attempting to rescue from drown
ing Isabel B. Norton. aged 80, and
Anna w. Norton. aged 2 and a half
years at Middletown. Mass. April 10,
1909. Silver medal to mother.
Roy A. Fees, Emporia, Kas., died
| attempting to save from drowning
Albert Heaton. aged 26 at Elmdale,
Kas.. August 10. 1910. Silver medal
to widow, 5000 to liquidate mortgage
on property and $50 month pension
F. Kent Smith. died attempting to
save from suffocation two men
thought to have been mine at
Bingham canyon. Utah November 81.
1908. Silver medal to widow with SIS
a month pension and S. additional
for a minor child
James T. Mason, aged As. helped
save from drowning Mary E. Dolan,
Won L. Holiday, Carol v. Rector and
William B. Sweet at Grand Rapids.
Wis, May 26, 1909. Bronze medal.
George X. Muir. aged %, assisted
Mason. Bronze medal.
Harry L. Masser of Los Angeles,
aged II. helped save from drowning
Bertha l.. Pillsbury at Yosemite, Cal,
August -. 1907. Bronze medal.
James Park Jones, Los Angeles,
aged II. assisted Masser in rescue Of
Miss Pillsbury. Bronze medal
Arthur A. Thornley,, aged 10. hos
pital orderly, saved an indeterminate
number Of persons from, fire caused by
acids. Bronze medal.
Guy F. Empey, aged Is, saved from
drowning Cornelia F. Denne, aged II,
at Merrill, Wis.,, November 20. 1906.
Bronze medal.
James v. Logan. aged Sc, saved
from drowning D. Ward Denton, aged
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