River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-05-02
HERO MEDALS TO IS
HERoIsM REWARDED IN SUB
STANTIAL MANNER BY CAR
NEGIE FUND COMMISSION.
4 BRAVE MEN RECOGNIZED

Fourteen Sacrifice Lives-Pensions
Granted to Widows and Minor
Children OF Men Who Gave Their
Lives for Others.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 29.-When the
Carnegie hero fund commission an
nounced its awards here Friday fifty
I've acts of heroism received substan-
tial recognition in the form of money,
medals, pensions, etc. OF the fifty
five 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 rs, city fireman,
from burning. Houston. Tex, Feb.
-, 1910.
NATHAN DUNCAN (colored), aged
Al, rescued William G. Anderson,
aged So, from cavein in well,
Westpoint, Tex, Aug. 5, 1907, $4,000.
Silver medals awarded as follows:
JOHN J. WILDER, eceased-Pension
of $35 a month to widow, with SIS
month additional for each Of three
children
JAMES w. BLAYLOCK-$1,00O. to-
ward purchase of farm.
ARTHUR E. M'REAKEN-$1,0 1000, to-
ward liquidating his Indebtedness.
EMIL F. GRABRUCK-$1,0 900, as
needed.
WILLIAM RIEHLE, deceased-Pen-
sion of $40 month to widow, Wal
halla, S. C.
JAMES PRUITT-$ $500, Walhalla, S. c..
ROBERT M. MEEK, deceased-Pen-
sion of $25 month to widow, with
SIS a 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 8, 1910.
JOHN T. NIGHTINGALE to
save Timothy Lynch from drowning,
Boston, Mass, March 9, 1910.
]. MALCOLM SEMMES, JR.-Rescued
M. Belle Allstadt and Ira G. ALL
stadt, Jr., from a runaway, Mem
phis, Tenn, Sept 81, 1910
RAYMOND I. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Clark Trump from electric shock,
Uniontown, Pa, Jan. IA, 1911.
GUY BROWN, deceased-Died at
tempting to save Joseph Freer from
suffocation, Charleston, S. 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 $50 a month,
with SIS a month additional for each
of five children, Thermopolis, Wyo
JOHN H. SIMMONS, deceased-Pen-
sion of $50 a month to widow, with
SIS month additional for her son,
Nebo, N G.
OLIVER X. HARDWOOD, deceased
Pension of $50 month to widow,
Syracuse, N. Y.
JAMES M. ROSE, deceased-Pension
of $45 month to widow, with S.
a month additional for her son I'M
til he reaches age of sixteen. Gin
cinnati.
sion of $35 a month to widow, Gin
cinnati.
THOMAS F. MAHER, deceased-Pen-
sion of $50 a month to widow,
Lancaster, N. Y, April 16, 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:
Lena B. Hunsaker. Waleter w. Powers.
Josephine Pickroski Chester w. Holmes.
Thomas 0. Doyle.
The following were awarded $1,000
and bronze medals:
William F. Mann. James v. Manages
Curtis G.. Wright. Carrie Bashlin.
AIphonse N. Cagnon. Joseph p. Herlihy
Henry S. Blank. Norman Mcintosh.
William A. Easton. Mark Cheverie.
Claude M 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
- 0nn WY LIoz1off E00
Giuseppe Caruso, Michele Peril and
James Hunter $500 each in addition
to bronze medala. Stanley G. Sec
combe, William G. Diville and King
Upton were awarded bronze medals.
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