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i'oip'h auuliiOnal Ior ner son until he
reaches the age Of sixteen.
In three Of the cases have quoted.
1T appears that the heroic deed was
performed by Negroes IN behalf of
Negroes. In every other instance
when colored man or woman risked
their lives 1t was in behalf Of some
member Of the white race.
There are eleven instances recorded
In the Carnegie Book of Heroes in
which the hero was white, while the
person rescued or attempted to be
rescued, was colored. Following are
the accounts Of these heroic acts as
recorded in the report:
Lochlin M. VIM, aged 30, physi-
clan, saved William Miller, colored
aged Sd, laborer, William e. Houston
aged IS, Waterman, and James f.
smith, aged sc, cotton buyer, from
drowning, Clayton, Alabama, Febru-
airy 16, 1906. The three men were
thrown into pond at night, three
hundred feet from shore by the CAP
sizing Of boat. One who tried "a
swim to the shore was becoming be-
numbed by the cold, when VIM swan
out about SIXTY feet and helped him to
shore. This greatly fatigued VIM
but he successfully swan the full dis
lance TO the other two and helped
them to shore, although the second
rescue had almost exhausted him.
Silver Medal.
Clifford V. Graves, aged SO, farmer
saYed Merritt L. Brown, colored, aged
AZ, farmer, from an enraged bull, Yer
sailles, Kentucky, March 7, 1907.
Graves attacked the animal with q
pocket knife, while 1T was buttine
and trampling Brown to the ground
He was himself knocked down and
sustained fractured rib, and bruises
all over the body, before the bull was
chased away by Graves dog.
Bronze Medal and 500 to be an.
piled to the liquidation Of his debts.
Raymond A. May, aged 80, locomo-
tive fireman, saved James l.. Douglas
colored, aged two, from being run over
by a train, Pates, KY, September 8
1908. While his train was running
thirty miles an hour, May noticed the
child on the track The brakes hav-
ing been applied, he went from the
cab to the pilot, where he braced him
self IN kneeiing position on the foot
rail, and reaching forward with both
hands, lifted the babe from the ground
and threw 1t to the side of the track
Bronze Medal
James B. Goldman, aged 81. fore.
man, saved Warren Finley, colored
aged 80, laborer, from being run over
by train, Waterloo, S. c., June 20
1908. Becoming frightened at an an.
preaching train, Finley jumped from
a hand car on which he was riding
and fell in front Of it, He was held
to the ground by the hand car, and
just as Goldman released him, thew
were struck by the engine, both be,
ing injured, Goldman sustained bruis-
es on the body and a cut on the cheek
Silver Medal and $1,000 toward the
purchase Of a farm.
Adolph Arnholdt, aged 81, weaver
died attempting to save Earl Johnson
colored, aged eight, from drowning
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 3, 1908. Arm
holdt swan fifty feet from the bank
in Schuylkill River to Johnson, who
had fallen into the water, and, beine
grabbed around the neck by the bow
was unable to free himself. Both
were drowned
Silver Medal and $50 a month for
support of widow during her life or
until she remarries, with SIS a month
additional for each of six children
until each reaches the age of sixteen
Frank Dinner, aged 81, foreman
died saving John Bevin, colored, aged
%, laborer, from suffocation, New Or
leans, La, Oct. 27, 1907. Dinner went
TO the bottom Of an eleven foot sewer
manhole and fastened rope around
BeVln. Th latter was pulled out and
feGoVef'ed,-bHt--W when Omner-was- re-
moved he was dead
Silver Medal to widow and $4,000 to
liquidate mortgage on her PROPERTY
and $50 month during her life or IN
til she remarries, with s. a month adj
ditlonal for each Of two children I'M
til each reaches the age Of seixtcen.
Amila G. Cone, aged 81, housewife,
attempted to save Evalina Smith,
colored, aged 5, months, from burning,
Raleigh, Fla, May S 1908. Rushing
into burning cottage, through dense
smoke, to tine second room from thu
outside door, while embers from the
roof dropped about her, Mrs. Cone