The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02
HERO MEDALS TO 55'
HERoisM REWARDED IN SUB.
sTANTfAL MANNER BY CAR.
NEGiE FUND COMMISSION.
a BRAVE MEN RECOGNIZED
Fourteen Sacrifice Llves--Pension
Granted to Widows and Minor
Children OF Men Who Gave Their
Lives for Others.

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Pittsburg, Pa, April 29.-When the
Carnegie hero fund commission an
nounced its awards here Friday fifty
five acts of heroism received substan
tial recognition in the form of money
medals, pensions, etc. or the fifty.
f1ve heroes fourteen lost their lives
in attempting to rescue others from
danger
Four awards of silver medals were
made in connection with an explosion
of gas in coal mine at Panama. ILL.,,
November IL. 1910. Emil F. Ora
bruck, John ]. WILDER, James w. Blay.
lock and Arthur e. McReaken left a
safe entry after the explosion and
went to the aid of miners.
Gold medals awarded as follows:
F. W. MINER, aged "a, saved Charles
A. Rogers, aged %, city fireman.
from burning, Houston, Tex. Feb.
IL, 1910.
NATHAN DUNCAN (colored). aged
Al, rescued William c. Anderson,
aged 81, from cavein in we'll.
Westpoint, Tex, Aug. s, 1907, $4,000.
Silver medals awarded as follows:
JOHN ]. WILDER, deceased--Pens
of $35 month to widow, with SIS
month additional for each of three
children
JAMES w. BLAYLoCK- $1,000. to-
ward purchase Of farm.
ARTHUR E. M'REAKEN- 81, 900, to-
ward liquidating his indebtedness
EMIL i F. GRABRUCK-s1,00 900, as
needed.
WILLIAM RIEHLE, deceased-P Pen
sion Of $40 month to widow, Wal
halla, S. c..
JAMES PRUITT- $500, Walhalla, S. G..
ROBERT M. MEEK, deceased PEN
sion of $25 a month to widow, with
IS month additional for each Of
four children, until each reaches
age of sixteen. Cokedale, Colo
KENNETH L. LINDSEY-Helped to
save Timothy Lynch from drowning.
Boston, Mass, March 9, 1910.
JOHN T. NIGHTINGALE Helped to
save Timothy Lynch from drowning,
Boston, Mass, March g, 1910.
J. MALCOLM SEMMES, JR. Rescued
M. Belle Allstadt and Ira G. All
stadt, Jr., from runaway. Mem
phis, Tenn, Sept. 81, 1910.
RAYMOND I. COLDREN-Rescued
Clark Trump from electric shock,
Uniontown. Pa, Jan. Ia, 1911.
GUY BROWN, deeeased-Died at
tempting to save Joseph Freer from
suffocatfon, Charleston, 8. c.. April
10, 1911.
BERTRAM N. HoLLINGWORTH.
deceased-Died saving Joseph r
Swaine from drowning, Windsor
Locks, Conn. Aug. 20, 1910,
H. BURDETTE MARTIN, deceased
$4,000 to liquidate widows indebted
ness, and pension of $40 month,
with SIS a month additional for each
of five children. Thermopolis. Wyo,
JOHN n. SIMMONS. deceased Pen
sion Of $50 month to widow. with
SIS a month additional for her son,
Nebo, N. C.
OLIVER X. HARDWOOD, deceased
Pension of $50 month to widow.
Syracuse, N. Y.
JAMES M. ROSE, deceased-Pension
Of $45 month to widow, with SIS
a month additional for her son un.
til he reaches age of sixteen, Gin
cinnati
NEWTON w. JOYCE, deceased Pen
sion of $35 month to widow, Gin
cinnati
THOMAS F. MAHER. deceased Pen.
sion of $50 a month to widow,
Lancaster, N. Y, April Is. 1911
Bronze medals and pensions were
awarded to the widows of Robert H.
D. Stephenson. Brooklyn, and John l..
Gridley, Dayton, o., and the daughter
of Alfred D. Cole, Saginaw, Mich.
In addition to bronze medals $4,000
was awarded to:
Josephine Pickroski. Chester w. Holmes
Thomas O.. Doyle.
The following were awarded $1,000
and bronze medals:
William F. Mann. James v. Manages
Curtis C. Wright. Carrie Bashlin
Alphonse n. Gagnon. Joseph p, Herlihy.
Henry s.. Blank. Norman Mcintosh
William A. Easton Mark Cheverie.
Claude NJ Hiser. Thos. F. Gallagher.
William c. Cavett Samuel w. Plowman.
T. Edgar Conway. Thomas l.. Cooley.
James w. Sampson. G. Frank Caller.
Cornelius Fitzgerald was awarded
$1,000. Thomas W. Hazlett $1,000,
Giuseppe Caruso, Michele PERI and
James Hunter $500 each in addition
to bronze medals. Stanley G. Sec
combe, William c. Diville and King
Upton were awarded bronze medals.
La France Now in Port.
New York April 29.-The hip now