Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
CARNEGIE MEDALS ARE AWARDED TO |
SEVENTEEN BY HERO COMM|SS|ON|
Widows Of Men Killed Are
Awarded S35 a Month For
Life or Until They Re-
marry--Each Child
So a Month.

undcrtow made no progress. Turner
went beneath the surface once or twice
more and called TO persons on shore
20 come out with buoy. Lewis was
very weak Turner left him and swan
hard for a distance OF about i2o feet
aud then waded TO shore. He was
frightened by Lewis condition and
was weak from his exertions. and his
legs tremblcd ~ he waded. Ile ran
$50 feet. got buoy and returned TO
the water. He asked n man 20 90 out
for Lewis and explained that he was
go tired that he did not know whether
he r0uld undertake the rescue or not
The man would not 30. Persons on
shore held the end Of n rope that was
attached TO the buoy. and Turner hung
the buoy on his back by means OF u
loop " rope lie waded i75 feet and
swan loo feet 10 Lewis, who was
ready 10 collapse when Turner reached
him. Lewis grasped q loop OF rope on
the buoy. aud Turner held him with
one arm while holding TO the buoy
with one hand Both were pulled 10
shallow water and helped TO shore
Lewis was semiconscious. and Turner
was exhausted.
The widow OF Arthur II. Pingree OF
Norwood. Mass, was awarded bronze
medal Pingree. a clergyman. died at
tempting 10 save Helen l. Marston.
aged nftecn. aud Helen NJ. Perkins.
aged .lfteen. from drowning ut Annis'
guam. Mass. on July 10 The two
girls ventured out and became dis.
tressed az 1856 feet. The man allowed
Miss Mnrston to bold TO his shoulder
while he drew Miss Perkins 10 the sur
face. She seized him around the neck,
causing him 70 sink. and all three were
borne OF by the current Miss Mars.
ton remained nt the surface by pad.
ding and was later rescued. Miss Per
kins was drowned Pingree was re-
covered unconscious. but efforts TO re-
wye him were fr,iitless
Heroic Attempt Fails.
The mother OF Thomas MeGrady or
Fredonia. Kan. was given bronze
medal. McGrady died assisting In an nt
tempt TO save Robert NJ. Oliver and
Edward J. Hctzei from drowning M
pittsburgh on Jan. 10, 1915. Oliver
and Hetzel were rowing on the Monon'
gahela river. Their boat was swept
against the upper end OF neet Of
anchored barges. McGrady. who had
but one leg, and another man entered
q yawl aud rowed more than 700 feet
TO the scene. Oliver stepped into their
boat and sat down. McGrady and his
companion then rowed hard and reach
ed point thirty feet upstream from
IIetzel. They lost control OF the boat,
and the current then swept II broad
side against the barges. All three men
were drowned.
The father of William 4. Niehaus,
Jr. deceased. OF Evansville. Ind. was
awarded bronze medal. Niehaus died
assisting In the attempt TO save Robert
NJ. Oliver and Edward J. Hetzel Me
haus accompanied McGrady to the res.
cue and lost his life.
The widow Of Horace NJ. Parham OF
Austcll. Gu, was awarded bronze
medal and $40 month for support
during her life or until she remaries.
Parham. a farmer. died attempting to
save Thomas Johnson from suffocation
at Middleton. Ga. on Aug. 10. 1914.
johnson was overcome by noxious
gases In well thirty.nve feet deep.
Henry II. Rogers Of Austell, Ga. was
awarded a bronze medal. Rogers saw.
ed johnson In the accident In which
Parham lost his life.
william Pratt Of Austell. Ca. was
also awarded bronze medal for at
tempting to save Parham.
The widow Of Andrew J. Atkinson OF
Vontay. Va. was awarded a bronze
medal and S35 month for support
during her life or until she remarries
with 81 month additional for her
daughter until she reaches the age ot
sixteen. Atkinson died attempting Il
save william s. johnson, aged twelve
from drowning at Gilmerton. Va. Oh
Aug. 4, 1915
4 The widow of @. Gilbert Danner OF
Fort Worth, Tex. was awarded q
bronze medal md $50 month for
life or until she remarries. Danner
died attempting to save Peter I. Skid
more from an electric shock at Fort
Worth. Tex. June ., 1915.
The father Of Melvin Hagen, de-
censed, of Candy, Ore. was awarded q
silver medal. Hagen, aged eighteen
died attempting to save Alma T., Sum
merneld. aged sixteen, from being run
over by train at Candy, Ore, on Ian
7. 1914.
Harold w. Snow Of Chicago was
awarded n SILVER medal Snow at
tempted to save Mollie Meredith, aged
sevcnty.three, from being killed By {
train at jackson, Miss., on April 20
1912
The father of II. Lawrence Bryne
deceased, OF Philadelphia. was award
cd n silver medal Rryne, aged eleven
schoolboy. died attempting to save WI
liam 8, Ward. aged twelve. from
drowning ,ou May 81. 1915.
The widow VI william d. Bard, sr.