Eureka Reporter | 1906-07-27 | Page 11 | Get Medals for Bravery

GET MEDALS FOR BRAVERY awards made by president roosevelt to locomotive engineers abo saved lives washington president roosevelt has awarded medals of honor to charles W haight of utica N Y and george H williams of mass locomotive engineers who per formed deeds of recognition under the law which provides tor the be stowel of bronze medals upon persons who by extreme daring endanger their own lives while attempting to save the lives of others in railroad accidents or in preventing the loss of life haight is an engineer on the dela ware lackawanna western railroad he climbed out on the pilot of his en gine and picked up a child from be tween the rails while his train was running at a high rate of speed at west winfield N Y april 26 1900 williams dashed in front of a train for the purpose of saving a woman erom being run over on the saville street crossing of the new york new haven hartford railroad at quincy mass december 21 1905 williams was struck by the engine of the train ml sustained injuries which confined him in a hospital for four months