Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26
Saved Man From Train.


and threw himself off the track just as
the car passed.
Saved Man From Train.
David Phillips. bronze medal and 81 900.
as needed. Philips. a mine fire boss,
saved Martin A. Wright. aged seventy
nine. from being run over by a train.
Snowden. Pa, June II. 1912.
William j. Arthur. bronze medal and
S1,OOo. as needed Arthur. a salesman,
ss~ed Benjamin ]. Vetrone from drown
ing, Erie. Pa. August p. 1912
Bernard C. King. bronze medal and
$1,000. as needed king. a clerk. saved
Ralph c. Brown. boy. from drowning,
Warren. Pa, December D. 1912
Alexander E. Shearer. bronze medal
and $1,000. as needed. Shearer, a lamp
tender, saved Francis L. and Zura l..
Macdonald. aged three and eleven. re-
spectively. from burning. Dingville. w.
Va. September Is. 1912.
Alvin NJ. Grafton. bronze medal and
81 $50 as needed. Grafton. farmer.
saved Thomas Griffin. schooboy. and
Sidney. Ark, July 4. 1912.
Prevented Drowning.
Elliott d. Nichols. jr, bronze medal and
81, OoO as needed. Nichols, schoolboy,
saved F. Bernice F1eek. aged seventeen.
from drowning, Watts Flats, y. Y, July
-. 1906.
William NJ Orr. bronze medal and
81 Goo as needed. Orr. a sawmill opera
tor. saved w. Mcdonald Morriss. aged
ten. from drowning, Glade Springs, Va,
March Ii. 1912.
James Reynolds bronze medal and 81 300
to llquidate mortgage on his property.
Reynolds, a foreman of linemen, saved
John c. Jackson. lineman. from electric
shock, New Haven, Conn.,, September /.
1908.
Joseph T. Holland, bronze medal and
5000. as needed. for educational pur.
poses. Holland, aged nineteen, clerk at
tempted to save Hazel NJ. Murray. aged
nineteen. from drowning. Erie. Pa, Au-
gust 81. 1912.
Sheldon V. Clarke. bronze medal and
$1,000. as needed. for educational pur-
poses. Clarke, aged seventeen, student
saved ]. Byron Duke. aged seventeen
from drowning, Williamsport, Pa, June
5. 1912.
j. Floyd Frasier. bronze medal an6
$500. as needed. for educational pur.
poses, Frasier. aged thirteen, schoolboy
saved Wayne X. Williams. aged sixteen
farmland. from drowning, Dulaney, Tex
May -. 1911.
schoolboy Saved Girl.
r. Kenneth Oliver, bronze medal ant
5000 as needed. for educational pur
poses. Oliver. aged eleven. schoolboy
saved Gladys NJ. Russell. aged seven
from being run over by train. Tampico
Ill. March Is. 1912.
James o. London. deceased. bronz,
medal TO widow and pension of s.!
month. with 81 month additional fo
each of four children. London. assistan
general foreman of construction. died at
tempting TO save Harry r. Hicks, ageC
eleven. from drowning, Mahoning. Pa.
June ~ 1917
f.. Gertrude Semon. silver medal and
81 =. as needed. Mrs. Semon rescued
hhazoeth q. King from burning, Gales
burS' H.. December IL. 1910.
Tram kevorkian. silver medal and
Siws'. as needed. kevorkian. a laborer
saved Henry j. IAtz. a candy maker
rom drowning. Niagara Falls. =. Y.
MAY H. 1912 Lutz fell into the Niagara
| river and was being rapidly carried to-
ward the American fall. Kevorkian. who
| could not swim. waded out twenty fee
INTO water which reached nearly to his
Hips. al point 80 feet above the brink
ana as Iutz was drifting by caught hin
| Win pike pole.
Martin p. Wade. silver medal ant
si-"", as needed Wade. a railroad flag
man, attempted TO save Raymond V
/ Ryan a Schoolboy, from being run ovel
ny train Mount Alton, Pa, March =
/ AAdIuI1dn ALSO nero.
Joseph NJ. Friel, silver medal and 81. OOU
as needed. Friel. aged twentyfour
brake man. saved Agnes f Walsh. aged
seventeen, from being run over by &
traln. RiNerton. Pa. October - 1912.
fatrich J. Reidy. silver medal arc
SI."t 70 liduidate mortgage on his prop
| ertH' Reidy. aged thirty-six. yard con
1uStot. saved Thomas Hayes. aged six
| rom oeinS run over by a train. Buffalo
y. y. June - 1906
stanisiaus Orlemanski. silver medal anC
sl'"o toward liquidating his, indebted
ness orlemanski. a crossing Waterman
| attempted TO save an unidentified mar
from beine run over by train, Erie
! Pa. July II. 1912
onaries g. Davis. Danvilie Va. silver
! Hieuai ana S-WS, needed. for educa-
,ioflai purposes. Davis aged eighteen
iaborer. saved W. Franklin German. vel
Gisser. from sunocation, Charlotte. y. G..
AiVah H. Gibson. Milwaukee. Wis. sill
yer MEGA ana S2ttl. needed. for edu-
cationai purposes. Gibson aged fourteen
neiped U save Howard G. Warren. aged