The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-03
CARNEGIE HEROES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Charlotte Man Among the Twenty
Three who will Receive Awards.


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 $500 year was granted to
the dependents Of one hero, and 81 900
will be applied by the commission for
the dependents Of five others. For
those who survived their heroic CT
forts the commission awarded 1000
for educational purposes and in six
cases awards aggregating $4,000 were
made for other worthy purposes. Six
silver medals and seventeen of bronze
were given.
The deceased
| Charles II. Bennett, 60, Swczey
street, Patchague, Long Island, tried
to save Mrs. Louis W. Heath, off Fire
Island, July 3, 1921.
David Nesbit Hamilton, 217 Wash
ington avenue, Vandergrif, Pa, tried
to save Glen III. Elrick from drowning
at Campbells Mills, Pa, May 80, 1921.
Timothy r. Connor, i Amcs 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 e. Yodcr from being
run down by train at Harper, De-
cember 10, 1920
Phillip S. Lund, 80 Iowa street
Vftl1 10 I,,s>
women from drowning at Cedar Falls
May 30, 1921.
Thomas II. Robinson, thirteen year
old school boy Of sos Irairvicw street,
Camden, N. j., tried to save a COM
panion from drowning at Gloucester
City, N. j., June If, 1921.
Gardnern B. Aubrey, Sc Chauncey
street, Watertown, Mass, tried to
save Francis x. Cradle from drown
ing at Cambridge, Mass. May 30, 1921.
Joseph Cimino, 1407 Fourteenth
street, 'Fairmont. Nv. Va, tried to save
Robert It. Hawkins from drowning at
Weston, w. Va, June 12, 1920.
The living:
Frederick wv. Ronbeck, 11G7 Dean
street, Brooklyn, N. Y, saved UNI
identified 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
lSabuda, Pa, July s, 1919.
!, James M. Waters, Morrisonvi:.o ILL.,,
saved Agissiz B. Walker from being
tkilled by a train at Morrisonville,
February "a, 1920.
Roy +. Barnes, sol Forty-frst
: Istsreet, Moline, ILL.,, saved Milo A. Lef-
. fingwel, from being killed by q train,
: January 8. 1920.
John II. Harper, West Tulsa, Okla
saved John M. Jones from suffocation
. In tank car at West Tulsas, May Is,
1920.
i Thomas A. OBrien 31S Spring street
Latrobe, Pa, saved one girl and tried
to save another from drowning at
Darlington, Pa, August 3, 1919.
Dona a. Mccullough, sixteen year
old stenographer, Of 926 Rose street
lMckeesport, Pa, tried to save Mary
j. Hays from drowning at zelienople,
} Pa, August 81, 1921.
John Edward Laughcry, fourteen
year old school boy, Of Mill Run, Pa,
isaved Bertha G. Mccormick from
drowning at Mill Run, July 20, 1921.
otto Reid, twelve year old school
Iboy of Running Springs, Kentucky,
saved companion from drowning at
Oneida, Ky, June II, 1919.
| Powell r. Lindgren, GOO North
Church street, Charlotte, N. c., saved
Edith B. Taylor from drowning at
Asburg Park, N. j., May 20, 1920.
Howard IL. willard, PIG Central
street. Georgetown, Mass, saved
Henry +. Bexter from drowning at
Georgetown, February IL, 1910.
| Wesley N. F'ain, Grand Praric, Tex,
a fourteen year old boy, saved Edward
w. Passino from drowning at Glenn
Allen, Miss, July 81, 1918.
Herbert Aaron T'riedlich, Cooper-
Carlton Hotel, Chicago, saved Ray
mond Kraft from an impending fall in
Glacier Park, Mont, August 6, 1919,
assisting him to a,Dlace of safety un-
der the most perilous conditions.
George T. Gerard $50 East Nor
ris street, Indianapolis, Ind, saved two
Iboys from drowning at Marion, Ind,
iJanuarv q 1910