Arizona republican., 1922-04-29
q Heroes Recognized
Officially by Carnegie
Hero Fund Commission
[RepublIean A. P. LEASED wlrel


PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 2S. =
Eight of the 2S heroes officially rec
ognized today by the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission lost their lives
while endeavoring to save some un
fortunate. A pension of $3.50 a year
was granted to the dependents of one
hero, and $4,000 will be applied by
the commission for the dependents of
five others. For those who survived
their .heroic efforts the commission
awarded $11, 200 for educational pur-
poses, and in six cases awards aggre-
esnting $500 were made for other
worthy purposes. Six silver medals
and II Of bronze were given.
The Deceased
Charles III. Bennett, SO Swezey
street, Patchogue, Long Island, tried
to save Mrs. Louis w. Heath, off Fire
Island, July 8. 1921.
David Nesbit Hamilton, 217 Wash
ington avenue. Vandergrift Pa, tried
to save Glen Fl. Elrick from drowning
at Campbells' Mills. Pa, May 80,
1921.
Worcester. Mass, mail carrier, tried
to save James Dorsey from drowning
at worcester, December 20, 1921.
William Thomas Ball, Harper,
Kansas. saved Carl E. Yoder from
being run down by a train at Har-
per, December 19, 1921.
Philip S. Lund. $40 Iowa street,
Cedar Falls, Iowa, tried to save two
women from drowning at Cedar FANS
May %, 1921.
Thomas H. Robinson, iS year old
school boy of sos Fairview street,
k4~fa m
panion from drowning at Gloucester
City. n. j., June II, 1921.
Gardner B. Aubrey. Sc Chauncey
street, Watertown, Mass, tried to
save Francis x. Cradle from drown
ing at Cambridge. Mass, May 30
4'Jo1 Joseph Cimino, 1907 Fourteenth
street. Fairmort, w. Va, tried TO
save Robert T. Hawkins from drown
ing at Weston, w. Va. June IL, 19zO.
The Living
Frederick w. Ronbeck. 1857 Dean
street Brooklyn. n. Y, saved unlden-
titled man from drowning at OAK
beach, n. Y, July 4, 1919.
Charles G. Schlabig, 1oS south
Franklin street, Dubois, Pa, saved
Helen J. Martinson from drowning at
Sabula, Pa, July 8, 1919.
James NJ. Waters, Morrisonviile,
III. saved Agassiz B. Walker from
being killed by train at Morrison
Vile, February "a, 1920.
Roy F. Barnes, sol Forty flrst
street, Moline. ILL.,, saved Milo A. Lei
fingwell from being killed by a tram
January 9, 1920. So
John II. Harper, West Tulsa, Okla,
saved John M. Jones from suffoca-
ton in tank car at West Tulsa, May
THOMAS A. o'Brien, SIS Spring
street, Latrobe, Pa, saved one glri
and tried to save another from
drowning at Darlington, Pa, August
8. 1919. ia
Dona A. Mccullough, 16-year. .olo
stenographer, of 926 Rose sreet, NC
Keesport, Pa, tried to save Mary W =
Hays from drowning at Aehenopie'
Pa, August 21. 1921.
John Edward Laughery. 14-year-
old school boy of Mill Run, "a,
saved Bertha G. McCormick IRON o1
drowning at Mill Run, July 20, lszl
otto Reid, 12-year-old school poy
Of Burning Springs. KY sayeo
| companion from drowning at Onelual
Powell r. Lindgren, 500 NORTH
church street. Charlotte, N. c.. saveo
Edith B. Taylor, from drowning a.
Asbury Park, n. J., May 29, 1s2o.
Howard r. willard, 216 Centra-,
street. Georgetown, Mass. saveo
Henry f. Baxter from drowning
Georgetown, February II. 1919.
Wesley n. Fain,, Grand oa,,ed PTa1Tfe Ed.
wsrd w. PASSING from drowning a.
Glenn GIu Allen. Miss. July y. 1918.
Her Herbert Aaron Friedrich, Cooper
Carlton Hotel. Chicago, saved ed Kay. as,
mond Kraft from an impendlng Ia.
in Glacier Park. Mont, August Q
1919. Is assisting him to a place Of safe. e
ty under the most perilous conditions pms
George T. Gerard. $50 East \ Nor 1a9
ris street. indianapolis, lnd', saTg, 1;on
two boys from drowning at Marion
Ind, January 9. 1919. - e.s.
Alex Neshkin, 1870 Sixty -iirs,
street. Cleveland. Ohio, saved
school boy from drowning at CleVe'
land February %, 1916.
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