Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1909 — REWARDS FOR HEROES [ARTICLE]

REWARDS FOR HEROES

Carnegie Commission Recognizes the Deeds of 23 Brave Persons. Pittsburg, May 4.—The Carnegie Hero Fund commission has made awards to twenty-three persons for deeds of heroism. Pierce D. Marshman engineman, was awarded a silver medal and SI,OOO to pay a mortgage for preventing a possible wreck oil the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A freight broke loose at the top of a grade and attained a speed of forty-five miles and hour. Marsh’s passenger train was ascending the grade. He remained at his post, backed his train down the grade at such a speed that when struck the impact was slight. Amila G. Cone, sixty-one years old. of Raleigh, Fla., was awarded a silver medal for rushing into a burning building and rescuing Evaline Smith, colored, 5 months aid. Subsequently, the child died.