Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-30
AWARDS FOR HEROES
LIVING AND DEAD
Carnegie Commission Reco gnizcs
With Medals and Money. Sell
Sacrifice and Bravery.
By Associnted prexs TO Every Evening

Pittsbiru, Oct. 30.-Ten persons, some
Of them mere boys and one girl stem
oerapler, lost their lives In decd. OF
heroism which today were recognized by
the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission at
its regular fall meeii NJ here.
Ihirty-three medals were awarded by
the commission which, in addition To
minor financial appropriations, recognized
seven heroic acts by appropriating $40, QUO
for tho education OF those responsible.
An additional $4,000 WIS applied for the
liquidation Of indebtedness and to other
worthy purposes for heroes.
The Young woman who lost her iho
was Karin s. Lundcbcrg, ~ years old, OF
IL Chadwick avenue, Hartford, Conn.
Sho was drowned in the Huntington river
while attempting to save Evelyn Nj. Ander-
son, July 3 last. \ silver medal was award
ed 10 her father. To the Others who lost
their lives bronze medals were awarded
in each case. They were:
leo Daniel Mccarthy 400 Cobb street j,
Johnsonburg, Pa, drowned while trying
to save Robert T.. IIenretty, October IL,
1919; Roy Kenneth Davis. aged IA, 25lS
Vest Jefferson street, Louisville, Ky,
drowned while trying TO save James Alex-
andor. September 4, 1919; Harold Oren
Kenneth Arm, aged II, Flushing, Mich,
drowned while trying 10 save Merrill r..
Allen, December 2. 1917; Frederick John
Metrler, 20 Gershon street, Pittsburg,
Pa, drowned while trying to save Chris
tian NJ King. July &, 1920: George H..
Abel. aged IS, 2e40 Fulton street, Brook
lvn, drowned while trying to save Herbert
r. Vogt, July 2s, 1918; Lawrence C..
Simpson, All Washington street, Blue
u a n
save Adrian A Io y, st kincaport, Tom,
June "a. 1917; lohn r. Kirkmsn, High
Point. y. c., drowned while trying 10
save Annie T.. Burkheimer. at Wrichts-
ville Beach, N. c., July "a. 1912 Iohr
James Sullivan, 433 Kaufrnan Place, In
dianapoli., Ind, drowned while trying to
save two Negro bows at Indianapolis,
Maroh 1920, Emery o. Cotton, Enter
prise, Ala drowned while trying 20 save
Mildred bowling at Geneva, Ala, May
3, 1919
Bronze medals we're also awarded by
the commission % the following
Charles f. Salborp. IL Spruce street ,
Watertown, Mass. attempted TO save +.
II Chandler from drowning, Ocean Bluff.
Mass, Sept S, 1917; James l.. Worth, IS
Harrison avenue, North Abingdon, Mass,
saved Francis W &oloran, at railroad
crossing, October 20, 1917; Alexander
James Campbell, aged so, Mt Sterling,
Ill, saved Bernice NJ. Kirkham from
drowning. August 8, 1918; Walker o.
Lindsay, Madison, Ga, attempted TO
save two Negro laborer. from col
lapsad wall, March 20, 1919; r. Z. Dunn
mond, Hampton. Va, saved two girls
from drowning January IL, 1918; William
A Cathey, SYLVIA, \. G.. saved two
bows from burning house October "a,
lei7: Gertrude NJ Merrill, 43 Brattle
street, Arlington Mass. saved Ruth Ben
ner from being killed by abroad train
December 90, 1918; Milton NJ. Chappoll,
323 West Adams street Munsey, Ind,
saved Edward ID Winder from drowning
January ~, 1918: George ". Billings,
Flppen, Ark, attempted 20 save Virginia
l.. Hayes from being killed by train
April 2, 1919; William p. Clark. Camp
Meade, Md, saved r T. Duekworth
from drowning, Morgarton y C., July
l6, 1915; Veronica Clougherty Now
Mrs Rufus J Morton ). IS Walnut street,
Atlantic. Mass, saved Daniel Dsvy
from drowning, August ! 1917; Ira Bur
rell, Pamplin, Va, rescued w Harrison
snd W ID. Nix from well filed with dyna-
mite fumes ~ Marble y G.. September
Is. 1918; Charles Lewis Var Zandt Finn
hurst, H.. saved unidentified girl from
being killed. by railroad train in Chicago
February l6. 1918. Elbert W Da Wis, 1886
Bonita avenue. Berkeley. Cal saved
Victor +. Cesmat from drowning. Emer-
aid, Cal. MAY 81, 1917; Sarah Anne
Anne Leach, 100 Fast Boerger avenue
Fort WAYNE, Ind, saved katherine B
Clearv from drowning at Rome City
Ind, August Is. 1917; Lloyd +. Rogers
Ventura, Cal. saved Joan y. Johnstore
from drowrirg July II, 1919; Cora l.
Dreahim, IA years old, 47l6 SD street
Portland, Ore, saved Gordon NJ. Law. 9
baby from beir killed by an automobile
July IL, 1917 Z. Margaret Mackenzie
1904 Cursor avenue, Los Angeles, Cal
saved \. Marion Wood, from drownir 9
at Redondo Beach. Cal, July IL. 1919
Mariana T. Goldsmith, age II, East
Lake, Decatur, Ga, attempted TO save
two girls from drowning July l3, 1916
Charles Gregory Hemmer, age a. II
Wheeler street, Gloucester, Mass, saved
two boys from drowning February IS
1918; David B. Jordan, age IL, 2l2 South
Third street, WIlmi gton, y. G., saved y
Elizabeth Keerars from drowrirg a.
Wrightsville Beach, n. C., July IL, 1915
Silver medals were awarded to III,
following: Grover G. Hunter, 707 Vernon
street. La Grar ge, Ga, attempted to saw
]. Thomas Carter from drowning, Jun,
IS, 1918, Mary Heidcamp, 6s Pine Grove
avenue, Kingston, \. Y, saved Mary A
Geoghegan during explosion Of hanC
grenades in factory st Port Even, n. y.
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