The broad ax., 1912-06-08
CARNEGIE HERO
FUND PRIZES
Medals Issued TO Many For
Deeds Of ,VaOE.
ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL CASES
Work Of Commission Crested by Well
Known Phiianthrepist Given Careful
RSViSw-TwsIvS Instances Of Hero
ism Credited to Afro-AmsFieans.
Youths Among Life ssvSrI

ROViOw-TwsIVS Instances Of Hero
ism Credited to Afro-AmaFieana
Nouths Among Life ssVSrL
b. BOOKER I. WASHINGTON.
One OF the most interesting little
books which I have read In recent
years is the report OF the Carnegie
hero fund. think II will do any one
good TO read records printed In this
book OF the $50 persons who have
been sought out and given recogni-
tion since the commission was found
ed, because they risked their lives In
the effort to save Others from injury
and death. Most OF these heroes. as
appears from the report. are men and
women from the humber walks OF
life. They were sailors. miners. rail-
way men and often common laborers-
men, for the most part. employed In
the dangerous trades. who In their
work come daily in contact with I'M
usual perils.
l observed. however. among this list
Of heroes an assistant secretary Of the
New York Stock Exchange. a school
superintendent in Kansas. an insur-
ance agent and a bank clerk. A con-
siderable number Of heroes whose
deeds have gained the recognition Of
the commission are boys and girls.
Several Of them are put down merely
as students. But among others MOTTO
ed the name Of a woman. an author
and an educator. who is seventy years
of age. 1t is evident. therefore, that
heroIsm, physical heroism Of the kind
to which Mr. Carnegie has tried to
give recognition. is not confined to any
particular age or class.
The last report Of the hero fund COM
mission was made in January, 1912,
and there are. as l have said. $50 deeds
OF heroism recognized and recorded out
Of 6,667 cases examined and passed
on by the commission since the fund
was established In 1904. There are,
however, in this new book Of heroes
which Mr.. Carnegie. through the COM
mission he has established, is gradually
bringing together two classes Of Incl
dents which are particularly interest
ing to me. They are cases the first In
which a black man or woman has risk
ed bis or her life TO save a white man
or woman: second. IN which a white
man or woman has performed SINH
lar act for the sake Of a black man or
a black woman.
There are nine cases Of heroism cred
tied to Negroes in the report issued a
year ago. and since that time ! have
learned by inquiry three other cases o.
heroism by Negroes have been invesd-
gated and recognized by the commits
sion. Following is the account OF
these particular instances Of Negro her
oism as recorded In the report Of the
hero fund commission:
John B. Hill, colored. aged thirty
FIVE, coachman- rescued Thomas s.
Prescott. aged six. aud Florence VII
Iiams. co!ored. aged twenty-One. from
a runaway. Atlanta. Ga, Dec. 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. II fell upon him. breaking the
stitches in a wound due to recent
operation
Bronze medal and $500 to reimburse
him for pecuniary loss sustained on ac-
count Of injuries
George A. Grant, colored, aged thirty
ssrrGFnfnaH fatal 1ntm-
ries rescuing Charles q. Campbell. aged
forty-six. president American Printing
and Decorating company. and Charles
A. Whipp!e. aged forty-eight superin-
tendent Of building construction. from
a runaway. Groton. Conn, June .,
1906 Grant grasped the bride Of one
Of the horses. and. finding himself IN
able to control the other horse because
its bride was OF, he threw the one he
had hold Of and was kicked on the
neck and run over by the vehicle de
died the second day after.
Albert K. Sweet. colored. aged twen-
u, machinist. attempted to save s. ID.
Ranghild. a. C. Lilly and Axsel W. L
Hanson, aged fifteen, thirteen and
ten, respectively. and Gilbert W. John
son, colored, aged Gfteen, from drown
ing, Norwood. 2 l., Feb. q. 1903. The
Hansons and Johnson broke through
the ice together on Sand pond. 200 feet
from the bank. where the water was
twenty feet deep. Sweet skated to
within four feet OF the bole. and as be
dung bis overcast which Ranghild
and johnson grabbed. the ice broke
under him. After being In the water
twenty minutes Sweet was rescued By
man n q boat The four others were
drowned Bronze medal.
Boycs Lindsay. colored. Aged Stx-
teen. delivery boy. saved z Reynoid
smith. sged eleven. from being Fqn
over By train. Spartanburg. 8. O..
Nay q 1910. etDoptng over oue rsA
In the face of q string Of approaching
box esu. Ehen the eaD wese but 1o1r
feet distant. LIpdsay dang Smith on
the middle Of the track. where - bad
fatlsa trpn hIs bicycle. himself being
Gtr1ek On the right shoulder and
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