The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-01-24
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HEROES RECEIVE
CARNEGIE MEDALS
MANY INSTANCES OF GREAT
BRAVERY Is DESCRIBED
BY TIE .\N ARDI\G
COMMITTEE


COMMITTEE
Pittsburgh, Pa Jan @4-Twenty
four acts of herosm were recognized
by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commits
sion i'm its fourteenth annual meeting
here today,
In seven eases silver medals Were
awarded; in seventeen cases bronze
medals. Ten of tie heroes lost theiJ
lives. and to the dependents Of nine OF
these pensions aggregating S4,560 .
year were granted, In addition lC
these money grants, in two cases ST.
| 100 was appropriated for educational
purposes, payments to be made as
needed ana approved; and in eleven
cases awards aggregating $4,000 were
made for other worthy purposes. Pay
mcnts i'm these cases will not be made
until the peneiiciaries' plans for the
use of the awards have been approved
by The Commission Medals were
awarded to the following
Bronze Medals
William Norton, 600 Gunther
street. San Antonio, Texas, saved
Glenn B Reese from electric shock at
/ Austin, Texas, March II, 1916
+ Wayne Cooper, South Portsmouth
Kentucky, saved Roberta NJ Reeder
lgcd three, from being killed by 4
train a. Beatyville Kentucky, October
| 1, 1916. 40 I#R
John f Armstrong, so Riverside
avenue Santa Cruz, California saved
Sarah j Gale aged Gi!ty-six, from
lrowning at Santa Cruz, California,
October IS. 1914.
William G Kershner, 4lS Daniels
Place. Akron. Ohio, attempted to save
william L Barrett from drowning at
oalestine, West Virginia, February S,
1917.
Homer w Carson, 1854 Eleventh
avenue, W, Eugene, Oregon, saved
Lawrence II Parks, aged ten, from
browning at Springfield Oregon June
IS, 1916,
Joseph l. Pilkenton, Brodhead, Ken
ucky saved Vivion b Albright, aged
live, from being killed 10y a train at
3rodhead, Kentucky. April 16, 1916.
John f Frawley, $50 Sumner Stree
4ynn, Massachusetts, rescued ] Lee
Reardon from a runaway at Lynn
Massachusetts, August 6, 1915.
James l. Wood, 26 Colberg avenue
Roslindale, Massachusetts, saved al
unidentified woman from being killed
by fire engine at Boston, Massachu
5ctts, November 16, 1915,
Charles w Gilbert, deceased For
una, California, died attempting II
save Helen NJ Adams, aged eleven
from drowning at Petrolia, California
July 10, 1916. Medal to his mother
John + LeuX, deceased, 56 Saucol
street, Hellertown. Pennsylvania, dice
attempting to save Manuel Pois, anC
Oominges Ferriera, aged twenty, iron
suffocation at IIellertown, Pennsyl
vania, November 26, 1917. Medal an(
| iward to widow and SON
Frank Grabinski, deceased, $50 Eas
Ridge street, Nanticke, Pennsylvania
died attempting to save Frank Filipial
aged eight from drowning at Nanti
coke. Pennsylvania, August /, 1917
Medal and award to her five children
George Vuknie, deceased, 1886 Locus
street, McKcesport, Pennsylvania, die
attempting to save Ira u Shearer tror
suIfocaton at McKeespcrt, Pennsyl
vania Ocotber Il, 1917
Medals and ward to widow and son
Frank p Mullaly, 1928 Gas stree
Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, assisted |
an attempt to save Ira d Shearer frol
sutfocation at McKeesport, Pennsyl
vania, October Is, 1917.
Earl Byers, 2OO2 Versailles ayenu
! MeKeesport, Pennsylvania. attemptt
save George Vuknic from suffoct
ton at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, o,
tober Is. 1917.
, Adam Liddle, 260S Stewart stree
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, saved Ea
= Byefs from suffocation at Mckee
K mort penncvIVanin OctOhnr TX 1Q1