The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-16
Carnegie Heroes


him, but none responded, ard then
she grasped the boy again and sue
ceeded in pulling him free from the
wire. Her hand was disabled for a
week. The boys hand was badly
burned. Bronze medal and $50 a
month during het life.
Harley Tomlinson, colored, aged "a,
farmer, died assisting in an attempt to
save Oscar Colson, colored, aged 81,
farmer. from drowning, Norwood,
North Carolina, August 8, 1909. Dur
Ing flood of the Yadkin river, Tom
linson and another man In a bateau.
padded four hundred feet from shore
to Colson who was clinging to flat
boat, and had gotten Colson aboard
when the bateau capsized. Tomlinson
and Colson were drowned. Bronze
medal and $50 a month for support of
widow, during her life, or until she
remarries, with 81 a month additional
for each Of three children until each
reaches the age Of sixteen.
Frank Forrest, colored, aged So,
farmer assisted In an attempt to save
Oscar Colson and helped to save Hen
ry Z. Myers, aged 62, insurance agent,
from drowning, Norwood, North Car
DINA, August 80, 1909. When the
bateau capsized Forrest swan down
stream five hundred feet and was res
cued by his son in boat; then run
ming along the bank a mile and a.
quarter upstream to get above Myers.
who. was In a clump of trees four
hundred feet from land, he secured
another boat, and, accompanied by
his son, rescued Myers. Bronze med
al and $500 to liquidate debt, and for
other worthy purposes as needed.
James l.. Smith, colored aged &C.,
peddler, saved Frances R. Hetrick.
aged 2, from burning, Sistersville.
West Virginia, October %, 1909.
Breaking away from men who tried to
restrain him, after two or three men
had tried to enter it, Smith crawled
under doorway, through blast of
heat and smoke and occasional flames
into the hall of a cottage and then in
to the adjoining living room, which
was dense with smoke and grasped
the child who had been left there
Smith CROPPED his way back to the
open door, dragging the child with
him, and when he reached the open
air, collapsed. He soon revived. The
child sustained no burns. Silver
medal and $1,000 toward the purchase
of home.
Boyce Lindsay, colored, aged IS, de-
livery boy, saved E. Reynold Smith.
aged II, from being run over by a.
train Spartansburg, South Carolina,
May ,,28, 1910 STOPPING over one rail
In the face Of string Of approaching
box cars, when the cars were but four
feet distant, Lindsay flung Smith off
the middle Of the track, where he had
fallen from his bicycle, himself being
struck on the right shoulder and
Whirled around against the side of a.
car as he was strengthening up to get
back from. the track. Neither was In
jured. Bronze medal and $4,000 for
educational purposes, as needed
John G. Walker, colored, aged 20,
drayman, rescued William G. Obear,
aged "A, quartermaster general, State
militia of Georgia, Legare H. Obear,
aged 81, and Julia H. Obear, aged four
months, and Edward w. Butler, aged
Do, mayor and lawyer, and Green
Thomas, aged Sc, laborer, from a run
away, Madison, Georgia, June Ct,
1909. Walker tried to grab the rein
or one Of a team of spirited horses
drawing surrey containing Butler,
Thomas and the Obears, but failing,
he ran alongside the horses a few
steps and grabbed the rein. 1t Slip
ped through his hands to the loop, and
at that moment Walker was struck by
a wheel and knocked to the ground
The wheel passed over his legs be-
low the knees, and still clinging to
the rein, he was dragged along the
street for about fifteen feet, when as
the result of his pulling back the
horses ran into an embankment and
came to a stop. Walker was disabled
nine days by his injuries. None Of
the occupants Of the surrey were hurt
Bronze medal and $50 Otoward the pur-
chase Of q home.
Charles A. Smith, colored, aged 81
laborer, attempted to save Theodore
Dilhof, aged 43, laborer, from suffoca-
ton, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 26,
1910. Disregarding warnings to take
precautions for his own safety, Smith
descended a ladder in q twelve foot
manhole Of a sewer, whore Dilhof lay