The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-20
Seventeen Persons Are Recog'
nized by Carnegie Hero
Fun Commission.

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Fun Commission.
PITTSBuRG, Pa, Jan. 90,
the twelfth annual meeting Of the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
here seventeen acts OF hcrolsm were
recognized. In four cases silver med
ais were awarded; in thirteen cases
bronze medals. Nine Of the heroes
lost their lives, and to the depend
ents Of four Of these, pensions aggre'
eating 1920 a year were granted;
to the dependents Of four Of the 9th
ers who lost their lives, sums total
Ing $4,000 to be applied. subject to
the direction Of the commission in
various ways were granted. In adj
dition to these money grants in one
case the sum OF $4,000 was appro-
prlated for educational purposes. the
payments to be made as needed and
approved: and in six cases awards
aggregating $4,000 were made for
other worthy purposes. Payments IN
these cases will not be made until
the beneficiaries' plans for the use
OF the awards have been approved by
the commission.
The four silver medals were
awarded as follows:
Harold w. Snow, of 1929 Crandon
avenue. Chicago. private secretary
for attempting to save Mollie Mere
dlth, an aged colored woman. from
being killed by train at Jackson,
Miss, April 2e, 1916. Snow sprane
In front of a locomotive to save the
woman, but both were struck. She
died several months later from her
Injuries and Snow was so injured that
the amputatlon Of his leg was neces-
sary.
F. Lawrence Byrne, deceased, who
was an eleven-year-old school boy
died attempting to save William s
Ward, playmate, from drowning In
a pond at Philadelphia, May 81, 1915
The medal is to be sent to his father
at 1715 South 56th street, Philadel'
phia.
Melvin Hagen, deceased, who was
an eighteen-year-old farm hand, died
attempting to save Alma E. Summer
field from being run over by a train
at Candy, Ore, Jan. Z, 1914. He at
tempted to rescue Miss Summerfeld
from trestle, but before he could
reach her a locomotive struck them
both. They were hurled from the
trestle and killed. The medal is
sent to Hagen's father, Candy, Ore.
William D. Bard, Sr., deceased. a
wire chief at Little Rock. Ark, died
attempting to save sixteen-year-old
Elsie Bussick from drowning at Ben
ton, Ark, July IL, 1915. The girl
became distressed in deep water IN
the Saline river and although Bard
could not swim well he started to her
rescue Notwithstanding that his four
teen-year-old son chung to him and
begged him not to risk his own life.
He persisted in the attempt. howev-
er, but when he was within forty feet
Of the girl he sank and was drowned,
as was Miss Bussick also. The medal
will be sent to the widow at 1121
Scott ST., Little Rock, together with
$35 a month pension, with SIS more a
month additional for each of three
children until they reach the age OF
sixteen.
The award of bronze medals was as
follows:
]. Lamar Mccain, Tuscaloosa,
Ala, student, for saving Mary T.
Hunter, and attempting to save Rex
f. Partin, a merchant, from drown
ing at Tuscaloosa, January 8, 1915,
in canoeing accident on Warrior
Fork river.
Fred G. Buskuhl. Friend, Ore. a
farmer. for attempting to save JOS
eph Ide Parke from suffocation In q
we'll at Friend. August 3, 1912.
John P. Bum, 1913 Cooper st.. At
lanta. Ca. an engraver. FOR attempt
ing to save Isaac Janko, aged 3, from
drowning in a sewer at Atlanta, May
IS. 1913.
William S. Turner, Seaside Park
NJ j., a salesman, for saving George
S. Lewis from drowning at Anisquam
Mass, July 10, 1915. The medal to
widow, 40 Walpole ST., Norwood
Mass.
Thomas McCrady, deceased, la,
borer, died assisting in an attempt to
save Robert NJ. Oliver. a mill super
intendent, and Edward J. Hettzel,
clerk. from drowning in the Monon'
gahela river at Pittsburg, January 10
1915. Medal to mother, Fredonia
Kas.
William F. Niehaus, Jr., deceased
a laborer, died assisting in an attempt
TO save Oliver and Hettzel in the &C
cldent described in the foregoing par.
agraph. Medal to father, Evans,
vile, Ind.
Horace NJ. Parham, deceased. q
farmer died attempting to save Thorn
as Johnson, a farm hand, from suffo'
cation, in a we'll at Middleton. Ca,
August 10, 1914. Medal and $40 a
month pension for widow at Austell,
Ga.
William Pratt, Austell, Ca, for at