Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-28
Albuquerque, New Mexico Saturday, October Is, 1916

man, 80 Andrews avenue. Bingham
ton, N. Y, silver medal and $50
monthly support during her life or un-
I'll she remarries, with SIS monthly adj
altlonal for her daughter until she
reaches the age of 1G. Eastman IL
a solicitor died trying to save William
Gunderman, a 14-year-old school hoy.
from drowning at Binghamton on Au-
gust 3, 1915. Gunderman, a poor
swimmer, was carried by the current
INTO deep water in the Susquehanna
river. Removing only his coat. Fast
man SWAMI $40 feet across the current
from the opposite bank and seized
Gunderman. Both were drowned.
Onc-armcd Boy saves Girls.
Donald H. Stops, Nappanee, Ind,
medal Stoops, a 17-year-old student,
saved Pauline E. Holmes, 10, and l..
Reatrice boswell, Is, from drowning
at Pickwick Park, Ind, June IS, 1913.
Stops although he had lost his left
arm eight months before, swan to
the point whore the girls were strug-
Cling, pushed one of them ahead Of
him with h-~shouider until .he.yas
in shallow water and swan back and
rescued the other girl in the same
way.
Dana S. Miller, rural delivery 4,
Butler, Ind, medal Miller 81. a
farm manager, saved Elmer Melon
aid, a laborer, from an cnraged bull
at Butler, August II, 1912. Melon
aid had been gOred and four ribs
broken. Miller attacked the animal
with a pitch fork and was repeatedly
knocked down while defending him
self with a pocket knife. Miller final
ly seized a ring in the bulls nose and
chung to it until the animal was sub
dued.
DeScends in Gas-Filled Well.
Cornaro 5. Patton, Murphy, N. c.,
medal, Patton, 81, fireman on a sta
tionary engine, tried vainly to save
Jesse Palmer. a farmer, from suffoca-
ton at Murphy, July "a, 1914. Pat
ton descended a well filled with gas
fumes, thrice being lowered in a tub
S. Flonnie Hoffman, Marshville, n
c., medal. Mrs HOLMAN, 49, a house
wife, saved 5-year-old Thomas j
Caudle from drowning at Marshville
en- October q, 1914, by jumping into
d well, although she was unable tC
swim.
John ]. Toomey Al Chelsea street
Charlestown, Mass, medal. roomey
AZ, a. laborer rescued one or more
children from death under galloplnl
horses at Boston on June 2G, 1915.
Clyde G.. Morris, Fort Towson
Okla, medal Morris, o. a student
helped to save Jesse l.. Fettis, a clerk
from drowning at Kentwood, La,
June 16. 1912.
SchoOlboy Saves Another From Ice.
James j. Donahue, SO East Water
street, North Hanover, Mass, medal
Donahue, Is, a schoolboy, saved Lee
w. Macarthur, IL, from drowning a
! North Hanover, December q, 1911
! This rescue was made after thu
younger boy had broken through tn,
ice.
Charles II. Facklam, sos Gran
street. Buffalo, n y, medal. Fack
/ lam, Ia, sustained b, Walford Ander
son, a schoolboy, in the waters of tn
Niagara river at Buffalo, August 10
1913. until rcscuers arrived,
Elijah Kawash, 1923 Chestnut street
( Lawrence, Mass, medal. Kawash, 20
weaver, saved Richard Hajar,
weaver, from drowning at Methuen
! Mass, August Is, 1914.
Blinded saving Child From Fire.
William T. Best. 1905 Lynn street
Owosso, Mich, medal. Best, q,
hostler, saved three-year-old Carne
! p. Lamphere from burning after
gasoline explosion at Owosso Janu
ary 5, 1915. Best's burns blinded hin
temporarily and disabled him for 81
weeks.
Albert C. Campbell, 38 Ascutne
street. Windsor, Vt, medal Camp
bell, 26, a machinist, saved Frank j
Moore Q, from drowning at Clare
mont, n. H., october q, 1912. Camp
! bell with the aid of another man, pre-
vented the child from being sweI
over a fifteen foot dam,
Floyd L. Young, 1912 jefferson aN
enue. Laporte, Ind medal. fouh'
23. a student, had five of his finger
frozen and was temporarily dlsaDle
in f.! vain attempt to rescue Harold
Korn. q, a student from drowning
the lev waters of the Huron river
Ann Arbor. January Z, 1916.
Saves Three Boys From Drowning
Charles A. Metcalf Jro 225 East a'
enue, Elyria, O., medal Metcalt' z
student saved John j. Pearse, /
a schoolboy, from drowning, at II
ledo, o., August II, 1914. Before re-
cuing Pearse, Metcalf saved two on
er boys.
Julian NJ. wilkinson, AbbeviIle'
C.. medal. wilkinson, a farmer save
Mary Perrin, "a. from drowning,
Calhoun Falls, S. c., July &c. 1919.
Medal to father Of William NJ. NJ
Celvey. Mt Carmel, S. C. McCelVe
80. a switchman, died in an attemi
assisting Julian NJ Wilkinson, to sa
Mary Perrin from drowning at Ga
houn Falls, S. c.
Walter B. Crowder, Zetella' 4"
medal. Crowder, Sc, a farmer say
Homer C. Blanton, a farmer Iio
suffocation in a twenty-five-toot -"
in zetella, August Is, 1915. CROWD
descended on a rope into the e
fumes.
Saves LabOrcr From ran
John Murray, 1923 Emerald az