The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-22
CARNEGIE JUDGES
LIST THIRTY HEROES
Baycnnc Man Saved a Re,cuer.
and Both Get Medals
and Money.
BROOKLYN BOY Is NAMED
Gave His life for Il Comrade {:
Mother Gets Award From
Commission.
BROOKLYN BOY Is NAMED

Commission.
p,rrsavrG. Jan. 21.--At the tenth an
am, meeting OF the Carnegie Hero Fund
commission this afternoon thirty acts OF
,,-oisn, wcle recognized. In eleven cases
.rysr medals were awarded. in nineteen
sases bronze medals.
seventeen of the heroes los. their lives
ard to the dependents OF thirteen OF these
,.r.,ors asgrcgatins $3.50 a year were
Granted to the dependents of the four
o,hers who lost their lives sums totalling
a 600. to be applied. subject to the APP
sroyal OF the commission. TO the lquida-
ZION OF indeb'c lness, toward their Twins
sxpenses ..sh In other ways. were
awarded In one case n pension of SO
month was granted 70 man who as the
result, OF his act was incapacitated for
work.
In addition to these money grants in
three cases sum- aggregating $4,000 were
appropriated for educational purposes.
paymen.s 10 be made as needed and APP
moved in nine cases awards aggregat-
Ing $500 were made 10 be applied TO-
ward the purchase Of homes and to other
purposes. Payments IN these latter cases
will not be made until the benehclaries'
plans for the use OF the award have been
approved by the commission.
4 Brooklyn Hero.
Records OF some Of the cases follow
RAYMOND K l.. Pire,. deceased. e23
onderdonk street. Brooklyn. bronze medal
20 mother and cash award.
piret AGED Is. clerk. died while at
tempting 10 save Edward Adams, aged IL.
an Office boy. from drowning in Jamaica
Bay June is. 1918. Piret. Adams and
tvo other boys were ra;hirs When
Pret and Adams we're together about ten
Zee, from shore Adams suddenly went be-
meath the surface In Il hole where the
water was over six feet deep. When
Adanis'S head appeared Piret grabbed
come par; of Adamss body. but lost his
hold almost Immediately When Adams
AGAIN came up Piret tried again and
Adams seized Plret with both arms and
pulled him beneath the surface. one OF
me other boys then swan within few
Zee, OF them. prepared to render help. but
neither came TO the surface. Both were
Crowned.
Rescued the Rescuer.
Gordon T. Granger. 81 East Thirty
tafl STREET., Day Oilll', ~ SiHNi HeboA
and cash award.
Edward \. Dalton, l2l West Twenty
f-s, street. Bayonne. ". j.. bronze medal
ard cash award
Granger. aged 81. foreman OF gas
compressor plant. saved Francis +. Vetter,
ig-d 20. pipe litter. from suffoca:!cn q.
Bsyonne. January =, 1913. Netter was
overcome b. propane in "A tank ten feet
deep and Granger was called 10 the tank
BY = helper. who told him what had hap
rened.
Although Granger was familiar with
~. Gas h. did not wait for men whom
he had told 20 bring a rope, but dropped
NJ, the tank through manhoie fifteen
.reaes Ia diameter. He lifted Netter from
densest and supported him until a rope
was brought.
The volume OF gas increased steadily
and Granger began TO get weak. When
The rope was lowered he tied II around
Netter and told the men on the tank IL
hurry In getting Vetter out as he was
being affected by the gas. Some delay
occurred in getting Vetter through the
ranhole and Granger was overcome by
the gas.
Dalton went down to save Granger
after another man had refused. lie
lowered himself by means of double
,ope. men above holding the middle. Dali
ION Td1Seu anu ileO the .opt
around him. Granger was drawn up. and
.nen Dalton. who had become semi-ccn'
scious, was drawn UP. All three men vert
wvived.
Like stories of Fiction.
Two rescues which will be reminiscent
10 students of sensational fiction appear In
these verified records. They earned
bronze medals and cash awards for A.
~ St,tfh a
. Frank o. Brake, Peoria. III.
Werner. aged 2S, a brakeman. saved an
unidentified child from being run over by
train at Phelan. Tex. June 20. 1913.
The brakeman was on top OF q coal car
AZ the front end Of n heavy train when
he saw the child aged about 8. astride
rail not far ahead. He and another
brakeman gave emergency signals to
have the train stopped. but az the speed
was not reduced quickly. Werner climbed
down the steps at the side OF the car
swung around the end and when lie was
about twenty feet from the child Jumped
to the track between the rails.
At that time the train was running six
TO eight miles an hour. Werner ran
dagonally across the track. grabbed the
child without stopping and both escaped
by an extremely narrow margin. The
train was brought to stop with the
front end 14O feet beyond the point OF
Rescue
Brake. aged &c, brakeman. saved Alta
VI Vaught. aged 10. from being run over
BY train at Paris. ILL.,. July 2:. 1911
Miss Ndught was crossing railroad track
apparently without noticing train which
was approaching at speed or ten OF
twelve miles an hour. less than one hun
dred feet from her. The engineer re-
rersed the engine and applied the air
Brake was sitting on the pilot OF tn
locomotive, and when 1t was nifty fee
rom Miss Vaught he slid down and stoot
with one foot on the narrow step at tn
bottom OF the pilot, holding to rod will
Oh" hand, With the free hand he grabbed
Miss Naught and lifted her from tn
@ack. Az he did SO her body struck hl'
IN and aer head struck his Jaw. but HI
!esained his mold. He drew himself VI
Oh the rod with the girl. and although sh'
struggled and caused him TO slide alont
II" rod, held her until the train stopped
se'rnty-fve feet beyond the point O
. rescue.
FINE MORE FACTORY SMOKERS