Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-04-29
% AWARDS BY - S !.
CARNEGIE HERO
FUND COMMISSION

the % heroes officially recognized to-
day by the Carnegie Hero Fund Com
mission lost their lives while endeav-
oring to save some unfortunate. 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 $1,000 for
educational purposes, and in six cases
awards aggregating $500 were made
for other worthy purposes. Six silver
medals and II of bronze were given.
The deceased:
Charles II. Bennett, 60 Swezey
street, Patchogue, Long Island, tried
to save Mrs. Louis w. Heath, off Fire
Island, July 3. 1921.
David Nesbit Hamilton, 217 Wash
ington Avenue, Vandergrift, Pa, tried
to save Glen H. Elrick from drowning
at Campbell Mills, Pa, May 80, 1921.
Timothy r. Connor, l Ames street.
Worcester, Mass, mail carrier, tried to
save James Dorsey from drowning at
Worcester December 20, 1921.
William Thomas Ball, Harper. Kan
sas, saved Carl L. Yoder from being
run down by train, at Harper, De-
cember 10. 1921.
Philip S. Lund, 80 Iowa street, Ce-
dar Mills, Iowa, tried to save two
women from drowning at Cedar Falls
May %, 1921.
Thomas II. Robinson, 13 year old
hn, of E>air Sfr
Camden, n. j., tried to save compan-
ion from drowning at Gloucester City,
n. j., June II, 1921.
Gardner Is. Aubrey, Sc Chauncey
street, Watertown, Mass, tried to save
Francis y. Cradle from drowning at
Cambridge Mass, May 80. 1921.
Joseph Cimino, 1907 Fourteenth
street. Fairmont. w. Va. tried to save
Robert T. Hawkins from drowning at
Weston, ". Va, June II, 1920.
The living:
Frederick W. Ronbeck. 11G7 Dean
street. Brooklyn, n. Y, saved uniden-
titled man from drowning at Oakbeach,
\. Y, July 4, 1919.
Charles G. Schlabig, 10S South
Franklin street. Dubois, Pa. saved
Helen j. Martinson from drowning at
Sabula, Pa. July s. 1919.
James NJ Waters. Morrisonville,
ILL.,, saved Agassiz 3. Walker from. be-
ing killed by train at Morrisonville,
February "a, 1920.
Roy f. Barnes. sol Torty-first street,
Moline. H., saved Milo A l-effingwell,
from being killed by a train, January
9, 1920.
John II. Harper. West Tulsa, Okla,
saved John NJ. Jones from suffocation
in tank car at West Tulsa, May is,
1920.
Thomas A. OBrien, 31s Spring
street, Latrobe, Pa. saved one girl and
tried to save another from drowning
at Darlington. Pa, August s. 1919.
Dona A. Mccullough. 16 year old
stenographer. of 926 Rose street Nc
Keesport, Pa. tried to save Mary J.
Hays from drowning at Zeiienople, Pa,
August 81, 1921.
John Edward Laughery, IA year old
school boy, of Mill Run, Pa. saved
Bertha c. Mccormick from drowning
at Mill Run. July 20. 1921.
QUO Iclu, IL year Olu SCHOOL boy OIL
Burning Spring, Kentucky, saved a
companion from drowning at Oneida,
Ky. June II. 1919.
Powell r. Lindgren, 900 North
Church street. Charlotte, y. c., saved
Edith B. Taylor from drowning at
Asbury Park. N. j., May 29. 1920.
Howard r. Willard, A16 Central
street. Georgetown, Mass, saved Hem
ry +. Baxter from drowning at George
town, February IL, 1919.
Wesley n. Fain. Grand Prairie,
Texas. a IA year old boy, saved Edward
w. PASSING from drowning at Glenn
Allen, Miss, July 81. 1918.
Herbert Aaron Friedrich. Cooper
Carlton Hotel, Chicago, saved Ray
mond Kraft from an impending fall in
Glacier Park, Mont. August 6. 1919.
assisting him to a place of safety
under the most perilous conditions.
George T. Gerard $50 East Morris
street, Indianapolis, Ind. saved two
boys from drowning at Marion. Ind,
January 9, 1919.
Alex Neshkin, 1870 Sixty-frst street,
Cleveland. Ohio, saved a school boy
from drowning at Cleveland February
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