East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-02
TEN PERSONS WHO
DIED IN HERO|SM
WIN RECOGNITION
Carnegie Medals Are Awarded
to Scores of Americans Who
Have Challenged Death to
Save Others From Peril.

PITTSBURGH, Nov 2--Ten persons
some OF them mere boys and one girl
stenographer. lost their lives in deeds
Of herolsm, which today were deco
gnized by the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission at its regular fall meeting
here.
Thirty-three medals were awarded
I by the commission which, in addi-
Z ton TO minor finincial appropriations
/ recognized seven heroic acts by ap-
nropriatlng $4,000 for the education
Of those responsible. .
An additional $4,000 was applied
for the liquidation OF indebtedness and
to other worthy purposes for heroes.
The young woman who lost her life
was Karin S. Lundeberg l9 years old,
of ~ Chadwick Avenue. Hartford.
Conn. She drowned in the Farming
ton river while attempting TO saye
Evelyn NJ. Anderson, July last. a
silver medal was awarded TO her IA
ther. ~ -
To the others who lost their lives
bronze medals were awarded in oach
case. They were:
Leo Daniel Mccarthy. 400 Cobb St..
J6hnsonhurg. Pa. drowned while try
ing TO save Robert +. Henretty, oct
ober II. 1919: Roy Kenneth Davis.
age Is, 25ls West jefferson st.,
Louisville. KY, drowned while trying
to save James Alexander. September
4. 1s19;- Harold Oren Kenneth Arm,
ago I2. Flushing, Mich. drowned
while trying to save Merrill y. Al
len, December 2, 1917; Frederick
John Metzler, &c Gershon St.. Pitts
burgh, Pa. drowned trying TO save
Christian NJ. INug, July 3, 1920;
George II. Abel, age Is, 2s4O Fulton
Street. Brooklyn, drowned while trying
to save Herbert +. Vogt, July 2S,
1918: Lawrence c. Simpson, 3l7
Washington Street. Blucfiold, w. Va,
crowned trying to save Adrian A.
Lloyd, at Kingsport. Tenn, June "a,
1917: John II. Kirkmanf High, Point
n. c., drowned while trying to save
Annie T.. Burkeimer. at Wrightsville
Eeach, " c.. July 20, 1919; John
James Sullivan. 433 Kaufman Place,
indianapolis, Ina. drowned while try
ing TO save two negro boys at Indian
polls, March 2, 1920; Emery o. Cot
ton, Enterprise, Ala, drowned while
trying to save Mildred Dowling at
Geneva, Ala, May 3, 1919.
Bronze Medals Awarded
Prone medals We're also awarded
By the commission to the following:
Charles T.. Sanborn, IL Spruce
Street, Watertown Mass. attempted
to save l.. II. Chandler from drown
ing. Ocean Bluff, Mass, Sept. ;, 1917;
James L. Worth, IS Harrison Avenue
North Abingdon, Mass, saved Francis
w. Geioran. at railroad crossing, Oct
20. 1917; Alexander James Camp
bell, aged 90, Mt Sterling, Ill. saw
cd Bernicc VI. Kirkham from drown
ing. August S, la1S. Walker o. Lind
sey. Madison Ca, attempted to save
two negro workers from a collapsed
well, March 20. 1915; r. +. Drum
mond, Hampton, Va, saved two girls
from drowning January II, 1918;
William A. Cahtey, Sylvia, y. c., saw
ed two boys from burning house Oct.
.27, 1917: Gertrude NJ. Merrill, AZ
Brattle Street, Arlington, Mass, saw
ed Ruth Benner, from being killd
by railroad train, December 20.
1918; Milton NJ. Chappell, S2S West
Adams Street. Munsey, Ind. saved Ed
ward ID. winder from drowning, Jan.
90, 1918; George w. Billings, Flip
pen, Ark, attempted 10 save Virginia
l.. Hayes from being killed by a
train, April 2. 1919; William P.
Clark, Camp Meade, Md, saved F. 7.
Duckwsrth from drowning, Morgan
ton, \. c., July 16, 1915; Veronica
clougherty (Now Mrs. Rufus ]. Nor
tom 65 walnut Street, Atlantic, Mass
saved Daniel Davy from drowning
August /, 1917: Ira Burrell. Pamp'
lin. Va, rescued w. Harrison and I
w. d. Nix from well filled with dy
nanite fumes at Marble, \. c., Sept |
is, 1915.
saves Girl From Train
Charles Lewis Van Zandt, Elm
hurst, his, saved an unidentified girl
from being killed by railroad train
IN Chicago, February l6, 1918; Ell
bert w. Davis, 1889 Bonita Avenue
Berkeley, Cal, saved Victor f. Ces-
mat from drowning, Emcrcld, Cal"
May 81, 1917; Sarah Anne Leach, IL"
Fast Boerser Avenue, Fort Wayne.
Ind. saved Katherine p. Cleary from
at Rome City, Ind. August
,s.l9i7; Lloyd Il. Rogers, Ventura,
-ai; saved Joan y. Johnstone from
July -, 1919; Cora l.
Dreahim, IA years old, 47l6 S2nd St,
Portland, Ore, saved Gordon M. Law,
a baby from being killed by an au-
tomobile, July IL, 1917; L. Margaret
1904 Cursor Avenue, Los
Angeles, CAL. saved N. Marion Wood,
from drowing at Redondo Beach. Cal,
July II, 1919; Mariana 7. Goldsmith
ago 70, East Lake, Decatur. Ga, at
tcmpted to save two girls from drown
ing July l2, 1915: Charles Gregory
Hemmer, age IA, ~ Wheeler Street
Gloucester, Mass, saved two boys
from drowning February lS, 1918;
David II. Jordan, age 10, als south
Third street. wilmington. n. c., saved |
n. Elizabeth Keerans from drowning
AT Wrightsvllle Beach \. c.. July IL
1916.
silver medals were awarded to the
following:
Grover c. Hunter. 7O7 Vernon Street,
IaGrande, Ga, attempted to save j.
Thomas Carter from drowning, June