Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-01

4 tC shoot rapids OF Niagara river in a
motorboat
| Shirley E. Gardner, Pittsheld. Mass.
| aged 10, saved nine-year-old William H
Mcnamara from drowning in Housatonic
River, April IA, 1914.
George Brennan, Amsterdam, N T.,
aged 81, saved Evelyn M. Kavanagh from
drowning, March 49, 1914
John Fl. Kruse. Decatur, III, aged a.
attempted to save Florence P. Bilyeu
from drowning at Decatur, May 10, 1914.
Flora E. Ruslander. $40 Auburn avenue
Buffalo, =. y. aged II, saved
William A. Cluchey from drowning at
Crystal Beach, Ont, July s, 1912.
H. Ollie Rogers Curve. Tenn aged
80, saved Arthur B. Carmack from
suffocation in cistern, Aug. 81, 1912.
Henry j. Sparks. Greensboro, KY;
aged "a; saved Ellis E. Gipe from
suffocation in tank-car, April 2,
1914.
Leopold F. Arnold, ST., st. Simon
Island, Ga; aged 81; saved Enmie B.
FTncher from drowning, August II.
1912. =
Glenn B. Eastman, deceased: aged
q; died attempting to save Howard
III. Rogers from drowning at lowe
Falls, Ia, August 9, 1918. Medal to
Eastman's father, Esterville, Ia
Timothy Cunningham, now deceas-
ed, aged go, saved Margaret Gleason
from drowning at Okauchee. Wis,
July IS, 1911. Medal to Cunningham :
widow, 1906 East Goth ST.. Chicago,
IL.
Joe r. Perkins, deceased, aged IS
died attempting to save John 3. Rose
from drowning at Saxton, KY, May
II, 1918. Medal to Perkins's father
Williamsburg, Ky.
Clifford A. Kaiser. deceased, aged
| IS; died attempting to save Oscar A
, Byrns from Drowning at Holland
Mich Sept. 10. 1913. Medal to Kali
sers father, Holland, Mich.
George E. Kicker. deceased; aged 10
died attempting to save Creole Dicf
from drowning at Mapleton, Pa, July
i 4, 1914 Medal to Ricker's father
Huntington, Pa.
Claude 4. Jones, deceased; aged
10; died helping TO sas-e Ethel snt
Lloyd Bechtel from drowning al Cory
t Ind. Aug. 3, 1918. Medal to Jones's
father, Muncie, Ind.
Otis r. Hall, Terre Haute. Ind;
saved Ethel and Lloyd Bechtel from
drowning at Cory, Aug. 3, 1913.
: Henry M Diggs, deceased; aged
? So: died helping to save Charles Dav
les from an explosion on board ship
at Baltimore, March :, 1918. Medal l.
| widow. sos South Potomac St, Balti-
more, Md.
Louis H. Comegys, S64 Nortf
Streeper street, Baltimore, Md; age6
&c: helped to save Charles Davies
from an explosion of dynamite OF
board ship at Baltimore, March 7
1919.
Silver Medals
Joseph A. McCabe, 60 Byron street
East Boston, Mass. aged Il, savet
Joseph 0. LYMAN, Jr., and William r
: Baker from drowning, Jan. Is, 1914.
Patrick w Mulligan,] Norristown
} Pa. aged As, saved 2-year- old Carmels
Torrlitone from being run over by ;
train Aug. ~. 1914.
Albert May, Franklin r. Ramsey
Henry Berger and Albert E. Worley o
Bryan, Tex, and Charles NJ. Watson
of Shreveport Ia. all awarded silve
medals in connection with the attemp
10 save several persons from flood 0
the Brazos river at Pittbrdge, Tex
! Dec. 1913.
A. Willis Hammerle, deceased, ageG
40, sustained fatal injuries in SAVING
George NJ. Devinney, a policeman
, from being shot by a Negro at Wheel
ing. W. Va, Nov. 20, 1913. Medal ant
$40 a month TO his widow, Belmont
Ohio.
Oscar r Miles, deceased, aged IS
died attempting to save Minnie
Bauman from being run over by
: train at Amsterdam, y. Y, Jan. 2f
f 1914 Medal and $50 month to Miles
G widow, Amsterdam, n. Y.
I William Z. Van Dyke, deceased
r aged 80; died helping to save Charlie
D Davies from death in an explosion O
dynamite on board a ship at Balti
more, Md, March :, 1913. Medal an
S55 a month to widow. S. a month 70
son until he reaches age of 16 and 81
a month for support Of Van Dyke
mother. Widow resides at sol East For
avenue, Baltimore, Md.
w l4la1u w. MaFSnal, olo N OJln MIL
ton avenue, Baltimore, Nd; helped t
: save Charles Davies in the same ac
cident in which Van Dyke was killed
William Fl. Reed, Sr., and John T
: Steinbock Of Frederick, Oklahoma
J helped to rescue Oliver H. Brewer an
Alvah Dean from cave-in in a we
? at Frederick. Okla, Oct. IS, 1918.
John S. Barrett. deceased; aged A
= died attempting to save Victor A
] Erickson from suffocation in a min
? at Negaunee, Mich, Jan. IL, 1914 Med
! al and s45 a month to widow. Negau
t nee, Mich, with S. a month additions
2 for each of seven children, until the
! reach is years of age.
: Gold Medals
Charles Zollinger, Frederick. Okla
and Julius B. Gordon of Houston
| Tex, helped to save Oliver H. Brew
er and Alvah Dean from a cave-in a
Frederick, Okla, Oct. IS, 1913 Worke
for hours, notwithstanding warnin
from onlookers that they themselve
would be buried by another cave-tn.
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