The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-24
HERO FUND
PARTICIPANTS
MADE PUBLIC
Recognizes % Acts of Hero
ism by Medals and
Pensions

Pittsburgh. Jan. -. The Carnegied
Hero Fund Commission, ~ its TWEEN |
tieth annual meeting here late today,
recognized % acts of hero!sm By
awalding one gold, three silver and
twenty one bronze medals in add
ton to $1,000 Il year in pensions to
the dependents of II Of the heroes
who lost their lives. The Commits
sion also awarded $3.50 to heroes
dependents to be expended under di-
rection Of the Commission; $1,000
for educational purposes, and $4,000,
for other worthy purposes.
The heroes who lost their lives
while performing deeds of valor, in
! Guiding one woman, We're:
Helen Gill Gcist, 1876 West Main
Street, Newark, Delaware; killed
while attempting to rescue Il child
from the path OF an automobile truck
at Newark, Del, on May 20. 1923;
bronze medal TO her son.
Chester o. Cox, Bolton, Texas,
saved girl from drowning in the
, Leon River, Bolton, Texas, on April
l6, 1922, but was himself drowned;
bronze medal to his father.
Arthur Washburn Severance, I'll
Bridge Street, East BridGewater,
Mass, a student, died attempting to
rescue girl from drowning in the
Atlantic Ocean at North Truro, Mass,
on July %, 1922; bronze medal to
his father.
PER- |. Oliver, Carmi, H., died at
tempting to save a girl from drown
ing in the Wabash river at New Ha-
ven. H.. on August 8, 1922; bronze
medal to his sister.
Frank L.. Van Tilbury, Cocsse., In
idana, died while trying to save AN
aged man from the path of a train
at Cocsse on March Is, 1929; bronze
medal 10 widow and benefits, $50 a
month.
Grccnvllc +. Crisp, Doolc. Texas,
died while attempting to save fcl'
low laborcr from suffocating in q
well at Brady Tex, on Sept. Is, 1922;
bronze medal to widow, and $50 Il
month with 50 a month additional
for a daughter.
Walter l.. Dye, X. ID. >, Cisne, ILL.,.
, rescue another farmer from drown
| ing in the Little Wabash River at
E Goldengatc, H.. on July ID, 1923;
, bronze medal to widow and $50 /;
month with So month additional OF
n account of each Of three children.
, Stanislaus Wiecki, 2l32 ". Eight
x ccnth Place, Chicago, ILL.,, drowned
= after saving Il child from South Ri
$ yer, at South River, n. j., on Angus
= widow monthly. with 50 additional
e for each of three children.
: Paul j. McGrain, Ovid. n. v, dice
= attempting to rescue a fellow labor
G er from being run down by a trail
| at Grove City, Pa, on October
t 1928; silver medal to son, who re
d sides with Mrs. Mary B. McCarriag
y her, Ovid, n. y.
d Philip o. Cochran, Codyvile Plan
n tation, Ma, was fatally injured res
is cuing three children from burnin
in u house at Codyvile Plantatio
en- July IS, 1921 silver medal to hi
mother.
n Bernard A. Makley, lls North Law
c ton Avenue, Tulsa, Okla, fatally in
It jured while trying to save a drille
N from burning in an oil we'll at Rar
f. ger, Tex, on May 30, 1923, silve
y medal to his father.
n Charles l.. Coe, Burkburnett, Te>
\ died while rescuing two childre
!, from burning house at Burkburnet
80 on Feb 6, 1928; gold medal to IL
widow with SOS month and S. az
ditional on account of each of thre
children.
~ The heroic deed Of Severance (;
- North Truro, Mass, brought reco
~ milton to two other heroes. Abe
=, Goodwin Ferguson, "a Garrisc
~ Road, Brookline, Mass, who rescue
~ the girl Severance tried to save W;
given bronze medal, while Calv
Hayes Elliott, as Bloomfield Avenu
rs Hartford, Conn.,, who participated
n the rescue and also attempted
as save, another woman at the sar
e. time, received bronze medal.
70 Other heroes whose names we
IN placed in the records of the Col
"a mission, were:
e. Albert M. Clark, Underwood Apal
IS. ment, New York Avenue, Allan