The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-05-17
CARNEGIE HERo6S ARS THE
RACE PRonkRM.g
~ BooAer T. washinEtsn. Principal
Tuakeses Normal and Industrial
$500 IAbtitnte.

a'sf Institute.
oae Of the most Interesting Mttl
books which have read IN rccer
years u the report OF the CArnegi
Hero Fund. | think 1t win do an
one good to read records printed 1
this book OF the $50 persons VINO hav
been sought out and given recogn
ton, since the commission was found
ed, because they risked their live
In the EFFORT to save others from II
jury and death. Most of these heroes
as appears from the report, are me-
and women from the humber walk
of life. They were sailers, miners
railwaymen, and often common Ia
borers, men, for the most part, en-
ployed in the dangerous trades, VIII
in their work come daily in contac
with unusual perils.
| observer, however, among this lis
of heroes an assistant secretary o
the New York Stock Exchange,
school superintendent in Kansas, al
insurance agent and a bank clerk. 4
considerable number of heroes who's
deeds have gained the recognition o
the commission, are boys and girls
several Of them are put down merel!
as students. But among Others / no
ticed the name of woman, an au
thor and an educator, who is 20 year,
of age. 1t is evident, therefore, tina
heroism, physical heroism of the kind
to which Mr.. Carnegie has tried Il
give recognition, Is not confined u
any particular age or class. 1t would
perhaps, be nearer the truth to say
that there is certain amount Of
heroism in every man and woman
which simply needs an opportunity
and an occasion to transmit itself
into action.
The last report of the Hero Fund
Commission was made IN January,
1912, and there are, as have said
$50 deeds of heroism recognized and
out Of 6,667 cases examined
and passed on by the Commission
since the Fund was established in
1904. In each case in addition to the
name Of the person who performed
the heroic deed, a brief record has
been kept Of the particular act Of
heroism rewarded and the circum-
stances under which it was performed.
There are, however, in this new
Book Of Heroes, which MIR. Carnegie,
the Commission he has estao-
lished, is gradually bringing TO-
gether, two classes Of incidents which
are particularly interesting to me.
They are cases, the first in which a
black man or woman has risked his
or her life TO save a white man OF
woman; second, in which white man
or woman has performed a similar
act for the sake of a black man or a
black woman.
There are nine cases of heroism
credited TO Negroes in the report is
sued year ago, and since that time
l have learned by inquiry, three
other cases of heroism by Negroes
have been investigated and recognized
by the commission. Following is the
account Of these particular instances
Of Negro herOism as recorded in the
report Of the Hero Fund commission
John B. Hill, colored, aged 3d.
coaehman, rescued Thomas S. Pres.
colt, aged 6, and Florence Williams
colored, aged 81, from a runaway, At
alnta, Ga, December l., 1905. By
grabbing the bride OF a runaway
team hitched to a landau containing
the child and maid. Hill, after being
dragged some distance, threw the
horse. 1t fell upon him, breaking the
stitches in a wound due to a recent
operation.
Bronze Medal and $500 10 reimburse
him for pecuniary loss sustained on
account Of injuries.
George A. Grant, colored, aged go
teamster, sustained fatal injuries
rescuing Charles G. Campbell, aged
46, President American Printing &
Decorating Co., and Charles Whip
pie, aged 48, Superintendent Of build
ing construction, from a runaway
Groton, Conn, June 20, 1906. Gram
grasped the bride Of one of the
horses, and finding himself unable to
control the other horse because its
bride was off, he threw the one ne
had hold of, and was kicked on the
NECK and run over by the vehicle
He died the second day after.
Silver Medal and $25 month lor
the support of widow or until she re
marries, with s. month additional
for each OF four children, until each
reaches the age of sixteen.
Theodore ii. Homer, colored, aged
81, waiter, rescued Freddie Berger
aged s, from runaway, Philadelphia
Pa, August 2, 1908. Homer ran sew
eral feet to meet a badly frightened
runaway horse drawing delivery
wagon containing Berger, and grasp
ing its bride stopped it within eighty
feet.
Bronze Medal and $500 for educa
tional purposes as needed.
Albert X. Sweet, colored, aged ~
machinist, attempted to save Rang
hid, S. D., Lilly H. c., ana Axsel, W
L. Hanson, aged, Is, Is and 10, re
spectively, and Gilbert w. johnson
wood, Rhode Island, February ~
colored, aged Is. from drowning, MOI
1909. The Hansons and johnson
broke through the ice together Of
Sand Pond, two hundred feet from
the bank where the water was twent,
feet deep. Sweet skated TO within
four feet of the hole, and as ne dun
his overcoat which Ranghild an
Johnson grabbed, the ice broke unde
him. After being in the water twent
minutes, Sweet was rescued by me
in a boat. The four others wer
drowned.
Bronze Medal.
George E. McCue, colored, aged q
porter, saved Jacquelyn M. Herman
aged 2, from being run over by trail