New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-27
CARNEGIE HERO AWARDS
Money, Medals and Pensions Go
to Those Who RiSked Lives.
SEVERAL WOMEN HON0RED
Schoolgirl Who Rescued Two
Receives $4,000 for Educa-
tional Purposes.

Pittsburgh. April 26.-Many acts OF hero
ism received substantial recognition to-day
In the form OF money, medals, pensions
etc. when the Carnegie Hero Fund Com
mission ANNOUNCED its awards The awards
are In part as followsI
Stanley G. Seccombe-Bronzs medal Sec
Gonpe, eighteen years, student, saved t.
ralph Alexander. twenty-six years stu
cent, from drowning, AT Derby, Conn.,
August Z. 1910. Seccombe, In darkness,
alyed into the Housatonic River to save
from noat and was drowning. thirty feet
from the bank, In water ten feet deep;
Alexander grasped Seccombe and pulled
MN hI under rss the surface he then released
mead above the surface until ne was able
TO grasp q canoe that was showed to them
and they were assisted from the water.
eight hs medal Upton tpTsy
Glue Company. saved Francis A. Low,
seventy-four years, secretary American
Glue company. from drowning. al Dux-
bury, Mass, September IS. 1910. Upton,
night and swan to Low, who had fallen
overheard and was nearly unconscious In
the main channel OF Duxbury Bay, where
the water was over twenty feet deep. He
TIDE, but supported Low fifteen minutes,
When boat reached them
Carrie Bashlin-Bronze medal and s1,0N,
as needed. Miss Bashlin twenty-five years.
waitress. saved Herman Z. Lewis, twenty
TOUR years. hotel clerk, from drowning.
Rockland, Me. August l. 1909 Miss Bash
lin waded and swan fifty feet to where
Lewis. who could net swim, was struggling
in Rockland Harbor, where the water Was
more than six feet deep. Lewis grasped
her and pulled her under the surface, but
she freed herself, and towing him after
her swan fifteen feet TO wadable water.
X and
81 600. as needed. for educational purposes.
Miss Hunsaker seventeen years, schoolgirl.
attempted 10 save Lillian Knight, sixteen
years. and Ruby Miller, fourteen years,
from drowning, Colfax, W. Va, June q,
1911. Miss knight and Miss Miller, who
could not swim. were struggling in the
Tygart's Valley River, having waded into
water over their depth. Miss Hunsaker,
who could swim only few strokes. went
to their aid. stepped into deep water. was
caught by tho swift current and, strus-
Cling, was swept one hundred feet frCc
shore. at which point she reached the girls
Having all she could do to keep ahoat hef-
self, she was incapable of helping them.
She became unconscious and was rescued
by boy. Misses knight and Miller were
drowned
Josephine Pickroski-Bronze medal and
1000, as needed, for educational purposes.
Miss Pickroski, thirteen years. schoolgirl,
saved Victoria Korzeniowska, thirteen
years. and Mabel Girotkowska, fifteen
years, and attempted to save Mary Zybura.
thirteen years, from drowning. Chicopee,
Mass. February q, 1911. Miss Pickroski.
who could not swim and was barefooted,
ran 100 feet across rotten Ice to the girls.
who had broken through into the Chicopee
River. where the water was seven feet
deep. She crawled to within foot OF the
hole. and. grasping Miss Korzeniowska and
Miss Girotkowska In turn. pulled them from
the water. She then crawled TO the edge
OF the hole to assist Miss Zybura, but just
as she reached out for her Miss Zybura
MI nd u SrOwna6
Robert n. d. Stephenson. ST., deceased
Bronze medal TO widow and pension OF 81
a month. with 50 a month additional for her
son until he reaches the age OF sixteen:
Stephenson twenty-slx years, laborer. died
attempting 10 save John p. Duffy, fifteen
years, schOolboy. from drowning. Brooklyn
August l. 1911 Duffy. who could not swim,
was struggling in water twenty feet deep
In Gowanus Bay. thirty-fve feet from the
bank. Stephenson. although hot and tired
waded toward him. When ten feet from
where Duffy had last been seen, Stephen.
son swan toward Duffy, but sank almost
Immediately and did not reappear. When
the bodias were recovered IL was found that
Stephenson had large brulse on the right
side Of his forehead.