The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-19

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president of the American Painting
and Decorating company. and Charles
A. Whipple. aged forty eight, superin,
tending of building construction, from
runaway in Groton. Conn. Grant
grasped the 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 a month for support Of widow
during her life or until she remarries,
with IS a month additional for each of
four children until each reaches the
age of sixteen.
Theodore 81. Homer. aged thirty-two
waiter. rescued F. Berger, aged eight.
from a runaway in Philadelphia Aug
2. 1908. Homer ran seventy feet to
meet a badly frightened runaway horse
dra wing a delivery wagon containing
Berger and. grasping its bride. stopped
It within eighty feet. Awarded bronze
medal and $500 for educational pur.
poses as needed.
George e. McCue, aged twenty six,
porter. saved J. M. 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 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 a
few inches. Awarded bronze medal
and $500 for educational purposes as
needed
Martha Generals. aged fifty-seven.
housewife. rescued Peter NJ. Malkemes,
aged nine. from electric shock In
WiIkesbarre, Pa Enable to release his
hold Of an electric light wire carrying
1900 volts, the boy was being jerked
about when Mrs Generals grasped him
| by the neck and received n shock
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 a month dur
ing her life.
Harley Tomlinson, aged thirty-four
farmer, died assisting in an attempt
to save Oscar Colson, colored. aged
twenty-seven. farmer, from drowning
Norwood, N. G. During a food Of the
Yadkin river, Tomlinson and another
man In bateau padded 400 feet from
shore to Colson, who was clinging to
wrecked fiatboat. and had got Colsor
aboard when the bateau capsized
.Tomlinson and Colson were drowned
Award. bronze medal and $15 month
for support of widow during her life
or until she remarries. with So a month
additional for each OF the three chill
dren until each reaches the age Of six
teen. -.. ~. -.-..,.... ,..
Frank Forrest. aged fifty-three. farm
er. assisted In an attempt to save Os
car COlson and helped to save Henri!
q. Meyers. aged sixty.two insurance
agent, from drowning, Norwood, N. {
When the bateau capsized Forces
swan downstream 500 feet and wa
rescued by his son in boat; then run
ming along the bank mile and
quarter upstream to get above Mey
ers, who was in clump Of trees ~
feet from land, he secured anothe
boat and. accompanied by his son. RET
cued Meyers. Award, bronze media
and $500 to liquidate debt and for 9th
er worthy purposes as needed.
Albert K. Sweet, aged twenty. ma
chinist. attempting to save four chi
dren from drowning; awarded bronZ
medal.
James L. Smith. aged thirty six. pud
dler, saved Frances r. Hetrick. age
two years, from burning. Sistersville
w. Va. Breaking away from men VIII
tried to restrain him, after two o
three men had failed to enter 1t, Smit
crawled through a doorway under
blast Of heat and smoke and occasions
flames into the hall Of q cottage, an
then into the adjoining living room
which was dense with smoke, an
grasped the child. who had been lef
there. Smith CROPPED his way back t
the open door. dragging the child wit
him, and when he reached the ope
air collapsed. He soon revived. HI
hands and arms and the back Of hi
head were burned. The child sustain
ed no burns. Award. silver medal an
$1,000 toward purchase of home.
Boyce Lindsay. aged sixteen. deliver
boy. saved 4. Reynolds Smith, age
eleven. from being run over by trai
at Spartanburg. S c. STOPPING owe
one rail before an approaching strin
Of box cars. when the front car WE
but four feet distant. Lindsay dun
Smith from the middle Of the tracl
where he had fallen from his bicycl
As he was STRENGTHENING up to get bac
from the track Lindsay was struck Q
the right shoulder and whirled aroun
against the side Of the car. Neither VS.
| injured. Award bronze medal an
, $1,000 for educational purposes
needed.