The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-02
HERO MEDALS TO IS
HERoIsM REWARDED IN SUB.
sTANTIAL MANNER BY CAR.
NEGIE FUND COMMISSION.
a BRAVE MEN RECOGNIZED
Fourteen Sacrifice LVes-PensionS
Granted to Widows and Minor
Children of Men Who Gave Their
Lives for others.

Lives Tor others.
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. 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 a coal mine at Panama, ILL.,,
November II, 1910. Emil F. Gra'
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. MNEIR, 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 a cavein in a well,
Westpoint. Tex, Aug 5, 1907, $4,000
Silver medals awarded as follows:
JOHN J. WILBER, deceased-Pension
of $35 a month to widow, with S.
month additional for each of three
children.
JAMES w. BLAYLOCK-$1,0O0, to-
ward purchase of farm
ARTHUR f. M'REAKEN-$1,00 600, to-
ward liquidating his Indebtedness.
EMIL F. GRABRUCK-$1000, as
needed.
WILLIAM RIEHLE, deceased-Pen-
sion of $40 month to widow, Wal
halla, S. C.
JAMES PRUITT-$5OO, WalhaIla, S. c.
ROBERT NJ. MEEK, deceased-Pen-
sion of S25 month to widow, with
IS 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 9, 1910.
JOHN T. Observation-Disclosures to
save Timothy Lynch from drowning,
Boston, Mass, March 9, 1910.
]. MALCOLM SEMMES, JR.-Rescued
M. Belle Allstadt and Ira c. ALL
stadt, Jr., from a runaway, Mem
phis, Tenn, Sept. 21, 1910.
RAYMOND I. COLDREN-Rescued
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 S. month additional for each
of five children, Thermopolis, Wyo
JOHN H. SIMMONS, deceased-Pen-
sion of $50 month to widow, with
IS a month additional for her son,
Nebo N. C.
OLIVER K. HARDWOOD, deceased
Pension of $50 month to widow,
Syracuse, N. Y.
JAMES M. ROSE, eceased-Pension
of $45 a month to widow, with IS
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 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:
Lena B. Hunsaker. waleter w. Powers
| 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. Herlhy.
| Henry 8. 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 Peril and
James Hunter $500 each in addition
to bronze medals. Stanley G. Sec
combe, William C. Diville and King
Upton were awarded bronze medals.