New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
MAYOR PINS MEDALS.
ON 5 FIRE HEROES
Admiring Throng Fills the
plaza as Brave Firemen
Line Up at City Hall.
EFFICIENCY HONOR
FOR FARLEY'S FORCE
oeicers and Men of Engine
80 Get Tokens as Reward
for Their Skill.

r;cbt FIRE heroes, headed by Cher
r,hr Kenlon and his deputies. marched
..ostordsv 10 the steps OF City Hail.
tSere 40 be distinguished by Mayor
Mitchell for their bravery. with
tb.n, we're the officers and men OF En-
me Company No SO, which was the
soa,pany winning the award for eth-
cheney in drill. and an escort OF @'V
nicked men Of the Fire Department.
Rebipd them stood an admrine
crowd Of several thousand. which com
pletelv filed the plaza. On the steps
they faced the Mayor, FIRE CommlS-
sioner Adamson and the deputy com
missioners. the motion picture cameras
and, chief Of all, those persons I0r
whom the eight heroes had literally
gone through fire. 'Commissloner Aoain-
sor told the story in his address TO the
Mayor, saying: ,.. 80.
,.;cc il regarded as a part Of the daily
voptine. and where almost every day
r~cr risk their lives. and often lose
tbem. 10 save the lives Of others, these
men distinguished themselves by their
bravery. One of them ran into a held
81 blazing oil 10 save a conTade. An
otber. SUSPENDED by the heels from the
roof of a six story building, lifted TO
safety woman just ready to drop from
the window. The other rescues were OF
the same quality Of herolsm.'
With q brief sketch of each act OF
heroism, Deputy Fire Commissioner w:
Holden Weeks, chairman of the board
~ merit. introduced the honor men TO
Navor Mitchell. who pinned the medals
on their blue coats as the spectators
cbeered and waved their hats.
The first called was Fireman John +.
Mooney. His name appears on the roll
of merit four times. He was none too
comfortable as the Mayor ran his eye
down the row of medals on his chest
and shook his hand. In his "Thank
YOU, sir" he seemed 10 be saying that
ii was easier to brave dozen fires
than one ceremony of recognition; yet
this was the man of whom the board Of
merit reported:
"Escape by roof or stairway being
cut OF, Mrs Bertha Bradley chung TO
III. sill of q window until the arrival of
Fireman Mooney and Lieutenant Slmp-
son. Mooney lay fiat on the roof and
extended his head downward over the
cornice. with the lieutenant holding his
legs to keep him in position. He then
reached down and, grasping Mrs. Brad
lev by both hands. laboriously drew her
upward. This rescue required not only
great strength, but also great courage
and GOODNESS, as any mishap or lack Of
judgment would have plunged both to
certain death IN the yard sixty feet
below"
The other medals were awarded to:
CAPTAIN Patrick Walsh, for saving
Lieutenant Schooner from the midst Of
several hundred barrels of flaming
gasolcne.
Frank j. Costello, for carrying Louis
lie Rolf and lsadore Hirschkorn, both
semi-conscious and partly burned,
through smoke and fame and out of a
sixth story window.
William McAlhster, for his quick
action i'm aiding Captain Walsh IN the
rescue of Lieutenant Schooner.
Lieutenant Frederick J. Simpson, who
co-operated with Mooney in the rescue
of Mrs. Bradley
Thomas j. Lucas. for the double ser
vice Of rescuing baby and reuvlng IT
by artificial respiration.
Julius ". Deja, for saving brother
fireman from drowning when knocked
from a burning barge.
William j.. McGrath, for carrying a
helpless woman down 35-foot ladder
enveloped with intense heat and smoke.
In addition to the bra,cry medals
the Stephenson Medal was awcrdcd to
Captain Farley Of Hook and Ladder
Company 8 for maintaining the most
efficient company in the department
during 1919. and the College Efficiency
Medals, which were conferred upon The
officers and men of Engine Company 50
for their skin in handling ladders, in
stretching hose lines and in demon
strating rescue work.
After he had disposed Of the twenty
nine medals Mayor Mitchell congratI-
lated the men on the example they have
set to the other employees Of the city,
AZ wen as for their individual acts OF
true service.
The officers and men who received
the fire college medals were: Captain
Seymour J. Guy. Lieutenant Alonzo
Weize NOW Of Engine 274) engineers
OF steamer; Joseph Turdy, now Engine
263: George J. Hubhtz, William Nc
Cough. now lieutenant; Arthur Phil
bin: Firemen Charles Fay John J.
Monahau No. I. Charles HOrak, Fred
crick lllium. Albert Keller. James j.
Oates, John ID. Leamy, William F.
Benesch, Milton ID. Adams, William T.
Murphy.