New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
MAYOR PRESENTS
25FIRE MEDALS
Winners March to CITY
Hall Plaza, Escorted
by Honor Squad.
ADVERTISEMENT.

Mayor Mitchell presented medals yes.
terday TO twenty-five members OF n.
Fire Department for meritorious acts
performed in 1915. The presentation
took place on the plaza in front Of tn.
City Hall and was witnessed by city
officials and thousands Of citizens.
At noon the medal men, escorted py
the Fire Department band and the
Honor Squad" consisting OF more
than one hundred firemen. marched
into City Hall Park. The Mayor Fire
Commissioner Robert Adamson, Chief
John Kenlon and the members Of the
Board of Merit, awaited them on the
steps of the City Hall. Nine OF the
medals went to fremen for courageous
acts in the performance OF their
duties. Fifteen medals were pre-.
scented 70 members Of the second Sec
tion of Engine Company No. %, With
headquarters az 243 Lafayette Street,
for efficiency in drill and evolution.
The administration medal, given for
the best suggestion for the improve.
ment of the force, was presented 20
Battalion Chief George J. Kuss, who
suggested the school for fremen.
The James Gordon Bennett medal
and department medal went 20 James
T. Daniels. of Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. 20. who on January 20. 1918,
rescued Isadore and Sophie Windman
in a FIRE at 1873 Madison Avenue
Daniels won the Bonner medal and
department medal in 1914
The Bonner medal and Department
medal were awarded TO Frank G., Rove,
of Hook and Ladder Company 10, for
bravery in descending into the hold Of
a ship last October without a smoke
helmet and rescuing a stevedore who bad
been overcome by sulphur fumes. The
Trevor Warren medal and a Depart
ment medal went 10 David J. Oliver, OF
Hook and Ladder Company IS, who res
cued a brother fireman, and the Strong
medal and a Department medal went 20
Francis Parks. of Hook and Ladder
Company 81, for carrying man 20
safety down a scaling ladder from the
fourth story of the building at 40 West
Thirty-sixth Street, last November.
The Wertheim medal for personal res
cue work and conduct as a commanding
officer was awarded to Captain Patrick
J. Moran, Of Hook and Ladder Company
4. for mis- participation in the rescue
work at the subway fire on January 8,
1915, at Broadway and Fifty-third
Street. Edward J. Hartten was award
ed THE Brooklyn Citizen" medal for
rescue work in the so-called Dian nd
Candy fire. in North Sixth Street,
Brooklyn. last November, where twelve
workers lost their lives.
The Hurley medal for rescue work at
the same fire was awarded TO Clarence
A. Walsh of the same company. Hart
ten and Walsh stuck 10 a ladder which
was burning beneath them until they
had made several rescues.
Captain James Sherlock, OF Hook
and Ladder Company 2, was awarded
the Crimmins medal for rescue work
at the subway fire or Broadway. re
was but a moment later than Captain
Moran In descending into the smoke
filled subway and assisting IN tie
work Of rescue until all danger had
passed. The Stephenson medal was
awarded TO Captain Lawrence ". Ne
CURE, of Hook and Ladder Company
u, for maintaining the most Efficient
and best disciplined company in ne
department for year. Captain Nc
Cures name Is on the roll OF honor
five times.
Honorable mention was made If more
than fifty firemen for suggestions Of
fered, and special mention was made
Of Battalion Chief Charles s. Dena-
rest, who suggested the use by the de-
partment of the electrically driven
centrifugal pumps for which the De-
partment of Docks had no further use.
In presenting the medals Mayer
Mitchell congratulated the Fire Depart
ment on a year Of conspicuous service
and achievement. He commended Com
average OF loss per fire and the aver
age of cost per capita 70 the city.
Commissioner Adamson detailed tho
history OF each award as the Mayor
pinned the medals on the hremen.