The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-16

The Carnegie Hero Commission,
which investigates all acts of bravery
and makes awards in accordance with
its findings, has recognized the brav-
cry of Walter B. Wallace, of Pensa-
cola, who lost his life last June when
he went to assist several young ladies
in surf bathing in the gulf. The widow
of the young man, who resides in Phil
adelphia, will receive a pension of $50
per month during her life, and in ad-
dition a bronze medal, on which viii
be inscribed his act of bravery.
The party, of which the deceased
was member, was formed in the city
and made a trip across the bay on an
excursion given for the benefit of a
Sunday school Mr.. Wallace was near
shore when several young ladies,
among them Miss Kathleen B. Suggs,
Miss Sallie c. Mclean and Miss Mary
B. Wolfe were caught by a strong un-
dertow and carried into deep water.
None of them could swim, and Mr..
Wallace, with others, went to their
rescue. Miss Suggs was drowned and
the deceased lost his life in attempt
ing to save her.
OTHER AWARDS MADE.
Other awards made by the commits
sion are as follows:
Louis S. Scholl bronze medal and
| 81, 600, as needed. Scholl, carpenter,
saved Raymond C. Lanfear. clerk. from
drowning. Santa Cruz, Cal, July O.
1911.
! Clarence Van Nostrand, bronzs
medal and $1,000. as needed. Van Nos
| trand, aged sixteen, attempted to savs
T. +Waveriy Doxey, and saved Florence
E. Doxey and Frank Halvorsen, chill
dren, from drowning, Glen Cove N. Y,
January s, 1911.
John Mcbride, bronze medal and
$1,000. as needed. Mcbride, laborer,
saved Cyrus L. Nall from drowning,
Tarpon. Tex, March 9, 1910.
William H. Prater, bronze medal
and $1,000, as needed. Prather, deck
hand, saved F. William Pheasant,
leverman, from drowning, Knights
Landing. Cal. May %, 1911.
John V. Hegemann, bronze medal
and $1,000 toward purchase of farm.
Hagemann, laborer, rescued David G.
Schlueter, farmer, and Minnie L.
Schlueter from a runaway, Elgin, Ill,
June %, 1906
Ernest E. Boggess, bronze medal and
S425 disablement benefits and 1000, Is
I
to save Ray S. Utter, machinist, from
burning, Hood River, Ore, May IS.
1910.
Rodney A. Perry. bronze medal and
$4,000, as needed, for educational pur-
poses. Perry, aged thirteen, schoolboy,
saved Albert B. Collins from drown
ing, Alton, Me-, December 1, 1909.
Adam A. Oberst, deceased, bronze
medal to mother and pension of SIS
month Oberst, stationary fireman.
died saving Charles /. Carr, aged
thirty nine, foreman of a gas company,
from suffocation, CarpentersvilIe, ILL.,,
February 6, 1911.
Cecil r. Karberg, deceased, bronze
medal to mother and $500. as needed.
Karberg. aged nineteen, reporter, died
attempting to save Dorothy McGrew,
aged thirteen, from drowning, La JoIla,
Cal, August s. 1911
Charles L. CoveIl silver medal. Co
veil, superintendent of Public Works.
saved Ruth King. Sarah ]. Williams
and two unidentified women, and at
tempted to save Albert Hurst from
drowning, Wellington, Kan, June %.
1908. A cloudburst at night caused
the waters of Hargis creek to rise
suddenly and flood a portion OF Well
ington.
Austin NJ. Morgan. silver medal
Morgan, real estate dealer. saved
William f. Mason. minister, from as
sassination, CIeburne, Tex, December
Z, 1907.
Lorenzo Ortiz, silver medal and