The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
CARNEGIE AWARDS
TO THIRTY HEROES
Bronze and Silver Medals and
Pensions Given for Acts
Of Bravery.
TWO VIRGINlANS IN LIST
Announcement Made at Tenth
Annual Meeting of Hero
Fund Commission.
TWO WReINIANs IN LIS

Pittsburgh. Pa, January elm
dividual acts OF heroisn. which tho
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission has
recognized since IL was established
ten years ago. wero brought up to a
total OF 81 Today, when thirty names
were added TO the honor roll
The commission held it's tenth an
nual meeting here this afternoon. The
awards announced were fewer than
has been the case on previous occa-
tions. and although In the past ten
years sixteen gold medals have been
awarded for extraordinary cases. none
appear in this class In the announce
inent to-day.
Two virginians were awarded silver
medals. They were Johnson T. Roth
geb, Of Shenandoah. Va, helped to save
two men from drowning al Shenan-
doah. April 10, 1913.
j. wesley Manning died attempting
TO save James w. Davis and Edward
II. Hall from drowning at Shenandoah.
Va, April 10. 1918; medal to Man
ning's father. tSame accident as that
in which Rothgeb hgured.)
In eleven cases silver medals were
awarded; In nineteen cases. bronco
medals. Seventeen OF tho heroes lost
their lives. and to the dependents of
thirteen of these. pensions aggregat-
Ing $3.50 were granted, and to the
dependents of the other four who sac
rihced themselves, sums totaling $4,000
TO be applied subject to the approval
or the commission. to the Liquidation
OF Indebtedness or TO meet other eX
penses. In three cases sums aggre-
eating $4,000 were appropriated for
educational purposes, payments TO be
made as needed and approved, and in
ttHn as Il. H. m
were made TO be applied toward the
purchase Of homes or other worthy
cases.
The youngest heroes were two
twelve yearold boys of Oshkosh, Wis.
whose cases as we'll as all others re-
wardcd, are as follows:
Bronze Medals.
+. Donald Ryan and Paul j. Zenter,
each twelve years old, of Oshkosh.
OF Harland a. G. Lehnlgk, also aged
twelve, while skating on Lake Winnie
bago, December l, 1911
a. Cleveland Werner. brakeman, of
Smithville. Tex, saved a child from
being run over by train at Phelan,
Tex. June 90, 1913.
Frank o. Brake, brakeman. OF Peoria.
Ill. saved Alta NJ Naught from being
rum over by train at Paris, H.. July
%, 1911.
william Korr. 429 Cordova Street.
Vancouver, r. c., saved John Magee
from drowning at Skagway. Alaska,
November &c, 1909.
kash Strong, r. D. l, Aurora, Ill.
made brave but futile attempt 10 save
William and Ona Burden, aged three
and five. from their burning home in
Muir. KY, January .. 1911
Edward ~. Dalton, l2l West Twenty
hrst Street. Bayonne y. j.. saved Cor
don L. Granger. who himself had gone
10 the rescue OF comrade, from suf-
location In manhole at Bayonne Jan
uary 3, 1913.
Samuel Reid. Putnam. ILL.,, assisted
in attempt 10 save William Benin and
Edward p. Jones from suffocation in
mine at reoria, Ill. January 10, 1918.
Stewart l.. McLelland, OF Wilson's
Corners. Que. who died in attempting
to save Leo Dore from drowning in
canoe accident, May 70. 1911. both
men being drowned. Medal TO Nc
Lelland's sister.
Eugene w. Rife, or Hanover, Pa.
VINO died while trying to save George
H. Gordon from drowning July I,
1912 Medal to Rifes father
Raymond X. Z. Piret, OF Brooklyn.
y. T., who was drowned while attemDt
Ing TO save Edward Adams In Jamaica
Bay. June Is. 1913. Medal to Piret's
mother, a23 Onderdonk Street, Brook
Ign.
l. William Turk, ToivoIa. Mich. died
attempting TO save Gustav Kaiula
from drowning June is, 1913 Medal
TO Turks father.
BronZe Medals and Pensions.
Harry l.. Biggs. died in attempt to
save Guy w Dotson from suffocation
In mine at Douda Leando. Ia, June
IL. 1909 $25 monthly to former widow
at Sloan Ia, and So month TO three
children until sixteen
Thomas j. Jensen died in saving two
unidentified women In runaway acct
don't at Westheid, Mass, July 10. 1913;
$50 monthly 10 parents. Granville,
Mass.
George w. Brew died attempting to
save Mary !. Herbert from drowning at
Chicago, June -, 1913; $50 monthly to
his widow, 2S1S South Park Avenue,
Chicago.
Winfred C. Finn died saving Rachel
$ Dallas from drowning at Orchard
Lake, Wis. July 6, 1919; s45 monthly
to widow, 500 Lasallo Avenue, Detroit.
Mich.
Giuseppe $. V. Z. Del vecchio died
attempting to save Carlo Rtccitelli.
East Haven, Conn, July 20. 1913; sa5
monthly to widow at East Haven, and
50 monthly for each OF two children.
Michael Juhas died assisting in Mt
tempt TO save Angelo Peluso from suf-
location in manhole at Cleveland, o.,
July Il. 1913: S45 monthly to widow.
92l6 Cambridge Avenue, Cleveland
with So monthly for each of four chill
dren until sixteen.
Franceso Corsaro, OF ClyIner, Pa.
e.l, 81 N.