The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-09-25

teamster, sustained fatal injuries res
cuing @. G.. Campbell, aged forty-six,
president Of the American Painting
and Decorating company. and Charles
A. Whipple. aged forty eight, superin
tending of building construction, from
a runaway in Groton, Conn. Grant
grasped tine bride Of one Of the horses,
and. finding himself unable 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. He died the sec
ond day after. Award, silver medal
and $25 q month for support Of widow
during her life or until she remarries,
with IS month additional for each of
four children until each reaches the
age Of sixteen.
Theodore Il. Homer. aged thirty-two.
waiter. rescued It. Berger, aged eight.
from q runaway In Philadelphia Aug
2. 1908. Homer ran seventy feet to
meet badly frightened runaway horse
dra wing a delivery wagon containing
Berger and. grasping its bride. stopped
1t within eighty feet. Awarded bronze
medal and $500 for educational pur.
poses as needed.
George 4. McCue, aged twenty-six,
porter. saved ]. n. Herman, aged two,
from being run over by train in Gar
den City, Kan. McCue ran $50 feet,
part Of this distance on the track ahead
Of a passenger train running forty
miles an hour, and. grasping the baby
and its carriage, which had rolled on
to the track, threw them aside and
cleared the track himself. the pilot
beam Of the engine missing him by q
few inches. Awarded bronze medal
and $500 for educational purposes as
needed.
Martha Generals. aged f1fty-seven.
housewife. rescued Peter M. Malkemes.
aged nine. from electric shock in
Wilkesbarre, Pa Unable to release his
hold Of an electric light wire carrying
2,2OO volts. the boy was being jerked
about when Mrs. Generals grasped him
which temporarily paralyzed her, arm
She appealed to bystanders to aid him.
but none responded. and then she
grasped the boy again and succeeded
in pulling him free from the wire. Her
hand was disabled for a week. The
boys hand was badly burned. Award
ed bronze medal and $40 month dur
ing her life.
Harley Tomlinson, aged thirty-four.
farmer. died assisting in al attempt
to save Oscar COlsOn. coiOred. aged
twenty seven. farmer. from drowning.
Norwood. N. &. During food Of the
Yadkin river. TomlinsOn and another
man in bateau padded 400 feet from
shore to ColsOn. who was clinging to a
wrecked hatbOat. and had got COlsop
aboard when the bateau capsized
T0mIinsOn and COlson were drowned.
Award. bronze medal and SIS month
tor support OF widow during her life
ur until she remarries. with 81 a month
additional for each OF the three chill
dren until each reaches the age Of six
teen. .
Frank Forrest. aged tifty-three. farm
er, assisted In an attempt to save Os-
car ColsOn and helped to save Henry
q. Meyers. aged sixty-two insurance
agent. from drowning, Norwood, N. c.
When the bateau capsized Forrest
swan downstream 500 feet and was
rescued by his son In boat; then run.
ming along the bank mile and q
quarter upstream to get above Mey-
ers, who was in clump Of trees 400
feet from land. he secured another
boat and, accompanied by his son. res
cued Meyers. Award, bronze medal
and $500 to liquidate debt and for 9th
er worthy purposes as needed.
Albert X. Sweet, aged twenty. ma
chinist, attempting to save four chill
dren from drowning; awarded bronze
medal.
James L. Smith. aged thirty-six. pud-
der. saved Frances r. Hetrick. aged
two years. from burning. Sistersville.
w. Va. Breaking away from men who
tried to restrain him. after two or
three men had failed to enter it. Smith
crawled through a doorway under a
blast Of heat and smoke and occasional
flames into the hall Of cottage. and
then into the adjoining living room,
which was dense with smoke. and
grasped the child. who had been left
there. Smith CROPPED his way back to
the open door. dragging the child with
him, and when he reached the open
air collapsed. He soon revived. His
hands and arms and the back of his
= head were burned. The child sustain.
ed no burns. Award. silver medal and
1900 toward purchase Of home.
Boyce Lindsay. aged sixteen. delivery
boy, saved e. Reynolds Smith. aged
eleven. from being run over by a train
at Spartanburg. s. G. STOPPING over
one rail before an approaching string
Of box cars. when the front car was
but four feet distant. Lindsay dung
Smith from the middle Of the track
where he had fallen from his bicycle
As he was Strengthening up to get back
from the track Lindsay was struck on
the right shoulder and whirled around
against the side Of the car. Neither was
injured. Award. bronze medal and
$4,000 for educational purposes as
needed.