The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-01
81 MEDALS
| AWARDED
By the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission Yes
terday
TEN OF THE HEROES
LOST THEIR LIVES
Two Gold Medals, IA Silver
Medals and SO Bronze
Ones Given

Pittsburg, May l.--At the spring meet
ing of the Carnegie hero fund commits
sion here yesterday, So acts of heroisn
i'm many sections of the country wer
recognized. In two cases, gold medal
were awarded in IA cases, silver medals
and in 80, bronze madels.
Ten of the heroes lost their lives
and to the dependents OF four of these
pensions aggregating $2,760 a year were
granted; to the dependents of five OF
the others who lost their lives, sums to.
falling $500, to be applied, subject to
the direction of the commission, in va
rious ways, were granted. In addition
to these money grants, in IL cases sums
aggregating $4,000 were appropriated
for educational purposes, payments to
be made as needed and approved; and in
20 cases awards aggregating $50, 800 were
made to be applied toward the purchase
of homes and to other worthy purposes.
| Payments in these cases will not be
made until the benefciaries' plans for
the use of the award have been approved
by the commission.
The awards were as follows:
Bronze Medals.
Grace T.. Bell, 202 North Park street,
Madison, Wis; aged Is; saved Alice
Hudson from drowning in Lake Winnie
bago, June %, 1912.
Reese C. James, Lynn Haven, Ia; aged
IL; saved Mary NJ Griffith and Edith L.
Jarvis from drowning in st. Andrews
bay, July 4, 1913.
Emmett V. Headlee, league. Tex; aged
10; saved William L. Fielder from drown
ing, May II, 1913.
Henry r. Mathews, Dothan, Ala; aged
II; saved three year old Benjamin Grant
from suffocation in well, March 26,
1912.
L. Irene Sornberger, Windsor, n. Y;
aged 20; attempted TO save Aline NJ.
Austin from drowning in Susquehanna
river, July %, 1913.
Lucien Fontaine, ir., Southbridge.
Mass; aged Is; saved Edward Duquette
from drowning, March 2, 1914.
j. Joseph Blackshear. Thompsonville,
Ga; aged IA; saved three girls from
drowning in pond at Thompsonville, |
May Is, 1912.
James A. Madison, 1916 West Madi |
son street, Chicago, ILL.,; aged ls; saved
Henry ID. Bryson from drowning at Web.
ster, N. c., April 8, 1918.
Homer J. w. Ward, Cheboygsn. Mich; |
aged 10; saved John p. Davidson from
drowning in Cheboygan river, June %.
1914. davidson died later as result OF
injuries sustained in the aceident.l
Viola NJ. Brunette Ware, Mass; aged
u; saved George z. Wahlen from drown
ng at Ware, July Is, 1914.
Warren Il. Camp, Ancona, Ill.,: aged
10; saved Horace 4. Barton from drown.
ng at Eureka, ILL.,, June 20, 1913.
w. Arthur Lusby, 24l7 Nichols avenue,
ID. c.; aged IL saved three
boys from drowning in the Anacostia
liver, Jan. %, 1912.
j. Homer Oman, Finlay. o.; aged is;
ayed three girls from drowning in a
eseryoir at Finlay, July 10. 1910.
George Debaker. Walraven {. NJ.
'felchers, and Edward Delfossc. all OF
Wis, awarded medals for
attempting TO save Philip Klumb and
wo other men from drowning in wreck
ff Dykesville. Wis, Nov. -. 1912.
LYMAN l. Bober, l426 East Monument ]
treet, Baltimore, Md; aged 32; saved I
hree girls from drowning at Ellicott ]
'ity, Aug. l6, 1918. 9
William A. Pesrce, l0i East Fort ave- !
ne, Baltimore, Nd; aged 81; saved = !
assenger train from being wrecked at .
.lsmere. Del. june q. 1913. by pulling !
plank from the rails when the locomo- I
I've was within 80 feet OF him.
Daniel =. Moynihan Tin care OF Broad /,
'ay Music corporation. las West i5th
ireet). New York City; aged 20: saved i,
ames Franklin Slocum. Augusta Slocum
nd baby from runaway at Revere,
lass. July 10, 1911.
Frederick q. Preston. Niagara Fails. !
mt: aged Al; saved Peter ". Lang
aard from drowning while attempting =
B shoot rapids Of Niagara river in :
Iotorboat.
Shirley z. Gardner. Pittsfeld. Mass. J.
red 10; saved nine vcar-old William a. Z
cNamara from drowning in Housatonic ]
yer, April ~, 1914 ]
George Brennan. Amsterdam. y. y. ).
red 81. saved Evelyn ~ kasanagh
ON drowning. March - 1914.
John ~ kruse. Decatur. ~. aged q
tempted 70 save Florence Y. Rlycu
-om drowning at Decatsu, MAY No. =
M.
Fiora y. Ruslander. $40 Auburn ave
b.. Buffalo. y. ". aged NJ; helped 90
sc William a gluehey from drowning
Crystal Beach. ont. Julv :. 1914 p
r. ollie Rogers. Curve. Tenn.s aged 4
I. saved Arthur ~ Carmaek from suf 9
eati0n IN q cistern. Aug 81. 1912 p
Henry =. sparks. Osenstsoro. ny; e
20 "a saved Fliis r. Gipe from sufo- z
iion in q tauk car. April 2 1914 -
Leopold p Arnold sr ~ siu1us - 81
I'd. Ca. aeed q. saved Eumie .. 81
ncaer FROM drowning. Auf. ~. 1914 ri
Glenn q. Eastman. decease aEsd ~ 81.
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: frUrn drowning e. loves Fails. b.. ~
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