Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
Nine Of Those Honored Lost
Their Lives In Efforts to
Save Others Who al
the Time Were
In Distress.

Four silver and thirteen bronze med
ais were awarded.
Nine OF the heroes lost their lives.
and 10 tho dependents of four Of these
pensions asgrcgating 81. 900 Il year were
granted. To the dependents OF four OF
the others who Lost their lives sums
t0taling $1,000 were granted. 10 be
applied In various ways. subject 10 the
direction of the commission.
In addition "a these money grants, Ia
one case the SUN of 5000 was nppro
priated for educational purposes. and
In six eases awards nggrcgating s4.b0D
were made for other purposes. Pay
ments Ia these eases win not hc made
until the bcnelcinrics' plans for the
use Of tho awards have been approved
by the commission.
The statement OF the cases Of hero.
ism m given by the commission fol
lows IN part
J, Lamar Mccain Of Tuscaloosa.
Ala. was awarded bronze medal.
McCann. aged twcnty.three. n student,
saved Mary 4. Hunter. aged twenty.
two. and attempted 10 save Rex u.
partin. aged thlriy-four. from drown.
ing. at Tuscaloosa. Jan. 3. 1915. Par,
tin AMI Mrs Hunter fell from their
canoe Into the Icy waters OF the War.
rior river. sixty feet from the bank.
Miss Hunter grasped partIn. who was
not good swimmer. and pulled him
beneath the surface, Mccain. who
was near IN another canoe with q
young woman. divcd aud swan about
Ave feet 10 Partln's canoe. Ills com.
pnnion used stick and slowly laddlcd
10 the bank for help. Mccain swung
the end Of pnrtin's cameo between par
tin md Miss Hunter. md they craspcd
Il. Mccann supported Miss Hunter by
reaching over the canoe aud grnsping
her arms. pnrtIn seemed 20 be dcmor
allied. lie tried twice to climb up ON
the canoe, and each time II went be.
meath the surface He disappeared
after the second attempt and was
drowned After bcIng In the water
about fifteen minutes McCann and
Miss Hunter were taken to the bank by
man who came 10 the rescue IN u
beat. They had driftcd until they were
100 feet above the overflow OF the dam.
where the drop was twenty feet. Me.
Cam wanted 10 remain In the water
md dive for Partin. Miss Hunter was
unconscious hut she wns revived.
Tried to Save Man In Well,
Fred q. Busknhl of Friend, Ore. was
awarded bronze medal Buskuhl.
aged forty.onc. a farmer. attempted 10
save Joseph |. Parke, aged tlfty-eight,
a farmer, from suffocation AT Friend
on Aug. 3. 1912. parke was overcome
by powder fumes In well twenty.
four feet deep. Buskuhl. who was
somewhat weak from n recent opera
tion. responded to tho calls OF Parke's
helper and. against the helpers pro
test. insisted upon descending. He
was lowered with bis foot In loop In
the well rope and. although dizzy from
tho fumes. he graspcd parke and call.
ed to bc raised. When the windlass
had been turned only few times
Buskuhl fell unconscious TO the bot
tom. He was removed fifteen minutes
later. but remained unconscious for
two days and was disabled Tor more
than Ave months. ,Parke died as he
was taken from the well,
Austin Hall Of Iva. 8. O.. was award.
ed bronze medal Hall. aged TWEEN
ty.two, a farmer. saved Edward Har.
ris. aged twenty.eight. a we'll digger.
from suffocation at Iva on Aug. 0,
1910.
John r. Burn Of Atlanta. Ca. was
awarded a bronze medal Burn. aged
thirty.six, an cngraver, saved Isaac
Jnnke, aged three. from drowning on
May -. 1919, Isaac fell through the
opening IN tho street curb Into cham.
Der which gave entrance 10 the shaft
of sewer. From the chamber Isaac
slid over into tho shaft and fell 10 the
bottom OF the sewer, which was nine.
teen feet below the street level Burn,
who knew nothing about the sewer, on
tered crawlcd over Into the shift and
descended. He spread his feet and got
a bearing on the bottom and sides OF
tho sewer and followed the course Of
tho water ten feet 10 where he found
Isnnc, He was not seriously injured,
Saved In the Atlantic,
william s. Turner Of Seaside Park
N. j., was awarded u bronze medal
Turner saved George 8. Lewis from
drowning at Avalon. N. j., on Aug H.
1914. Lewis and Turner swan In the
Atlantic ocean 10 n point 800 feet from
shore. and then Lewis became distress
ed IN deep water Turner swan IA
Lewis and tried to push him shore
ward. but Lewis turned and graspe,I
him at the shoulders with both hands
Lewis pushed Turner beneath the sur
face, and then Turner shook himself
free Turner tried TO swim toward
shore with Lewis. but because W nr