Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27
Virginia Man Gets Medal From
Carnegie Commission.
SAVED WELLDIGGER'S LIFE
Also Receives 81, 900 for Risking
Suffocation in Rescue.
FIFTY.THREE OTHERS IN LIST
Bravery in Counting Death to Res
cue Lives Of Others Rewarded
From Hero Fund.

PITTSBURGH. April %. = William F.
Mann Of LynchburG. Va. is one among
the many men, women and children whose
acts Of heroism received substantial rec
ignition today in the form of money,
medals, pensions and other honors when
the Carnegie hero fund commission an
nounced its awards.
Mann was awarded a bronze medal and
$1,000 for saving the life Of ]. Luke Erne,
a welldigger from suffocation at Lynch
burg June - 1910 Mann ran to well.
and, seeing others afraid to descend, slid
down a rope to Erne, who lay overcome
by gas at the bottom. thirty-five feet be-
low the surface of the ground. He wrap
pod the rope around his left arm, grasped
Erne with his right arm fastened his
teeth in Erne's clothing and was drawn
10 the surface with him. Erne was re-
vived.
Fifty-Three Others Honored.
The list includes the names of fifty
three other persons who were considered
worthy of the honor of being called
heroes They are from all parts of the
country. The list is as follows:
Stanley G.. Secombe, bronze medal he
saved Il. Rdlpn AleAdHueT
ing at Derby, Conn, August q, 1910.
William S. Diville. fifty years old,
bronze medal: attempted to save Earl III.
Torrance from burning November ..
1911, at Lisbon, Ohio; Torrance died
from his burns.
King Upton. bronze medal; saved Fran
els A. Low from drowning, September
Is 1910. at Duxbury, Mass.
Michele PERI. bronze medal and $1,000:
helped save Eugene p. Duncan from be-
ing rim over nv locomotive. Allison
Park, Pa, May Is. 1911.
Miss Carrie Bashlin. bronze medal and
$1,000: saved Herman f. Lewis from
drowning Portland, Me-. August 4, 1909.
$1,000: saved John ]. Noone from drown
ing. Chelsea, Mass. January - 1911.
Norman Mcintosh, bronze medal and
81 900: helped to save Henry, George r.
wreck, .Souris. p. E. l.. October 8, 1907.
Mark Cheverie. bronze medal and
$1,000: helped save Henry, George r. and
Harry HI. Hayden from wreck, Souris.
p Il. L.. October g. 1907.
Thomas F. Gallagher. bronze medal and
$1,000; helped to save Joseph Lucas,
James e. Dougher and Anthony Convey,
miners, from suffocation, Sebastopol, Pa,
January 10, 1911.
Samuel j. Plowman. bronze medal and
$1,000: saved G. N. Eames. well digger.
from suffocation, at Overton, Tex, Sep
TENDER %. 1911.
Curtis c. Wright. bronze medal and
$1,000: saved Scot johnson from drown
ing. Fort Smith. Ark. May IL. 1911
Alphonse N. Gagnon, bronze medal and
$1,000; attempted to save George Potvin
from drowning, Georgiaville, r. l., Au-
gust IL, 1908.
Henry S. Blank. bronze medal and
$1,000: attempted to save Phillip A. Her.
bert from burning, Dayton, Ohio, Novem-
Der -, 1910.
Widow Receives Pension
John L. Gridley, deceased bronze medal
and pension of $50 per month to widow /;
died attempting to save Phillip A. Her.
bert from drowning, Dayton. Ohio. No
yember %, 1910.
Claude NJ. Hiser. bronze medal and
$1,000; saved Tony Giurdano and Tom
Luprica. from drowning. Bradnes, Ohio,
August IA. 1910.
T. Edgar Conway. bronze medal and
$1,000 toward purchase of farm: saved
Eli, Veda, Fern and Winston Wilson
from runaway, Center, Tex, May %.
1910
William c. Cavett. bronze medal and
$1,000 toward purchase of farm; saved
Edward d. Smith, well-digger from suf-
location, Gladewater, Tex, August A.
1910
James W. Sampson, bronze medal and
xl.UU toward purchase Of farm; saved
Charles c. Grantham. from drowning,
Ryan. Okla, July n. 1909
James v. Manages. bronze medal and
$1,000: rescued Frederick G. Williams,
tele phone inspector, from electrical
shock. Cleveland. Ohio, May IS. 1911.
Thomas L. Cooley. bronze medal and
$1,000; attempted to save Adam j. Gibson
from drowning, New Brighton, Pa, Feb
ruary IL, 1911.
G. Frank Caller. bronze medal and
81 900: saved Caroline Bell from burning,
Transfer. Pa. July 20, 1911
Cornelius Fitzgerald bronze medal
and $1,000: saved Alfred Legault and
Gladys Bouchard from drowning at
Ware. Mass. January 1, 1910