The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-08
u S. PLACES "a MORE NAMES ON HONOR ROLL OF FIER0F
edaks Bazon Approval Those Who

children owed their lives to him in
captain of the Coney Island Creek
volunteer lifc-saving station, and for
pulling them out Of the gnashing Jaws
of the demon death, congress, by a
special act, in 1908, voted him silver
medal of honor. Since then, instead of
prostituting his glory by establishing
Bowery saloon, as other local heroes
drain man in Mr.. Donnelly's excel,
lent play, "The Servant in the
House found calling less orna.
mental but more useful than that of
many prominent citizen whose life
is dedicated to less malodorous mis-
sion in life.
And it was while plving his trade
partment, some time since, that this
hero heard a cry for help which once
moro unclaimed the lion that has ever
reposed within his stout bosom.
The wall that awoke his old time
spirit came from the East river, where
a sudden wavc had washed a lad. I'M
able TO swim, from 4 log on which he
had been padding.
Running at top speed to the nearest
dock the foreman doffed his coat and.
with his old-simc form. dired into the
water. But his good angel was not
lowering so near as in the days of past
deeds, for his head on parting the
water struck hard upon some water.
logged drift that toated Just under the
surface. Unmindful, however, of the
fact that he had laceratcd his face, he
darted $50 feet through the waves to
the point where the helpless child was
making his last frantic efforts TO defy
the peril of the "'third sinking" But
here Il new DANCE. Threatened the
rescucr, for the boy with both hands
clutched his throat IN the dread
"death.lock. Despite this, however,
Doherty kept his charge afiont, and
after swimming long distance with
him reached launch, whose occupant
heaved line and completed thc
rescue. And upon reaching shore with
the child the lifesaver discovered for
the first time that three of his teeth
had been knocked out by the drift
wood encountered when he dived from
the dock.
A Hercules of the Far West
And a new national hero who has Just
come in for the same reward from the
aforementioned grateful government Isl
a young nran now plying brave Hugh
ey' Doherty's old-time trade of captain
in volunteer llfe-saving crew This
is George Freeth. Hercules Of Re-.
honor in gold has been yoted him, by
the committee which sits on such cases,
for "hcroically rescuing seven fisher
men - from December hurricane which
lately ragged off his station.
it appears from the testimony
weighed by the committee that the sud
den nor 'wcster caught feet of small
fishing boats unawares and sent them
scurrying TO shore, too late, however,
for safe landing. Summoned by the
ominous screech of siren on shore,
Captain Freeth hurried his crew to the
scene. and, undaunted by the waves,
which were washing twenty feet over
the pier, ran forth alone, made spec
tacular dive from the wharf and gllded
like dolphin to d boat that was about
to be dashed to pieces upon the rocks
of the breakwater, and then climbing
over the gunwale, he took the helm and
safely piloted the boat and its crew of
Japanese fishermen around the pier to
safe landing upon the beach.
But no sooner had he delivered this
crew than another boat, containing two
Russians, was seen to be swamped. So
Freeth ran this time to the breakwater,
leaped again into the waves. The
swamped boat was half mile out, but
before he had gone half this distance
he met with another lmperiled Japanese
boat which he boarded. 1aKlng the
tiller from the helpless helmsman he
piloted this craft through the surf at
railroad speed and landed it safely on
the beach And meanwhile the Russian
boat had drifted near enough to be
reached by ropes thrown from pier.
Freeth was now hurried to his quar-
tetrs, but his crew had only commenced
to rub him down when the siren S call
caused him to break from them and
hurry again to the beach. from which
he saw two more swamped boats strug
Cling for life among the rocks far out
Once more he dived from the pier and
ploughed his way through the tempest
tossed sea. Reaching one crew he
placed about each man life belt which