New-York tribune., 1919-06-13
Lifesavers Are Rewarded
for Extraordinary Feats
of Bravery Performed
During the Last Year
Presented by Mayor Hylan
Hook and Ladder Co. 4 Is
Paid Honor as Best Or
ganization in Department

Officers and men of the city's fire.
fighting force, selected from hundreds
of fremen who performed deeds of
unusual heroism during 1918, received
medals from Mayor Hylan yesterday
in front of the City Hall.
They are:
Lieutenants Francis Blessing and
Benjamin Parker, Rescue Company
No. /, and JohnSA. Cofey, Engine
Company No 33; Captains Michael
J. O'Donohue. Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. 10; Patrick T'oman, En-
gine Company No. 2Ol, and Richard
J. Collins. Hook and Ladder No 1O9;
Firemen Martin j. Mcnamara, Hook
and Ladder No. 10l; Christopher II.
McGann, Engine Company No. 2O3;
Michael j. Lawlor, Hook and Ladder
Company No. 81; Thomas Killbride,
Rescue Company No. 1, and John w.
Donohue, Rescue Company No. L..
The firemen, some of them bearing
the scars of wounds received in saw
ing the life and property of New
Workers, blushed as the Mayor con-
graduated them for their valor.
AS modest as the heroes themselves
was the report issued by the Fire De-
partment giving the names of the
men. the medals awarded them and a
feeting reference to their acts Of
heroism
The James Gordon Bennett medal
and departmental medal to Leuten-
ant Francis Blessing, Rescue Company
No. /, in connection with his effort to
save life and property at fire in sub
marine O-5, Pier L., United States
Navy yard, Brooklyn, October 5, 1918.
The Hugh Bonner and departmental
medal to Lieutenant John A. Coffey,
Engineer Company SO, for courageous
action in saving life at fire at 65 East
Fourth Street, Manhattan, March s,
1918.
The Emily Trevors-Mary B. Warren
medal and department medal to Fire
man Michael J. Law1or, Hook ana
Ladder Company 21, for heroic work
in saving life at a fire at 239 West
Thirty eighth Street, Manhattan, March
20, 1918.
The Thomas A. Kenny medal and de-
partment medal to Lieutenant Ben
iamin Parker, Rescue Company, No /,
for his efficient work in supervising
and effecting the rescue of members
of the department at a fire at 343
West 36th Street, Manhattan, January
16, 1913.
The Henri W. Van Heukelom medal
and department medal to Captain
Michael P. ODonohue, Hook and Lad
der Company 10, for his heroic action
in saving life at fire at 1 Peck Slip,
Manhattan, February 8, 1918.
The Brooklyn Citizens" medal and
department medal to Captain Patrick
Toman, Engine Company 201, for his
courageous work in connection with
saving life and property at fire on
the steamship Huttenwood, Pier 81,
foot of Thirty-frst Street, Brooklyn,
August 6, 1918.
The William S. Hurle medal and de-
partment medal to Fireman Martin j.
Mcnamara, Hook and Ladder Company
l01, for his brave act in the rescue of
brother fireman at a fire at 301 and
303 Adams Street, Brooklyn, December
IS, 1918.
Thomas E. Crimmins memorial
medal and department medal to Fire
man christopher II. McGann, Engine
Company 203, for the rescue of
brother fireman at the same fire.
Department medals were awarded to
Captain Richard J. Collins, Hook and
Ladder Company 1o9; Thomas Kill
bride, Rescue Company No. /, and
John W. Donohue Rescue Company
No. l.
The Stephenson medal, awarded an
nually to the head of the best disci-
plined and most highly efficient COM
pany in the department, went to Cap
tain Isaac Ludgate, of Hook and Lad
der Company 104.
Battalion Chief Edward J. Kenney was
awarded the administration medal in
recognition of his equipping and main
tanning an automobile with search
lights for the use of the department.
College efficiency medals went to all
the officers and members of the first
section OF Hook and Ladder Com