Evening star., 1927-05-01
27 HEROES GET
CARNEGIE AWARDS
Seven of Those Honored by
Commission Lost Lives in
Attempted ReScueS.
By the Associated Press.

Attempted ReSCueS.
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April 30.-Seven of
the q heroes rewarded by the Car.
negie Hero Fund Commission at its
meeting here late yesterday lost their
lives in the commission of heroic
deeds.
Two silver medals and % bronze
medals, together with financial awards
totaling more than $25 600. were given
to heroes and their dependents as pen
sions and for educational and other
worthy purposes. The citations, her.
aiding new heroes and heroines. COW
cred the cases of six girls, ranging in
age from II TO u years.
The seven who died in the COM
mission of heroic deeds, were:
Lester G. Durham of rural route /;
Pulaski. Mich, 11-year-old schoolboy,
who, after rescuing one girl from
drowning at Pulaski on March II,
1924, lost his life when he went to
the aid of a second girl. His father,
NJ. NJ. Durham, Pulaski, received a
silver medal.
Drowned Attempting Rescue.
Clayton Statskey, Whiting road,
rural route, Webster, n. Y, died at
tempting to save a boy from drown
ing at Rochester. \. Y, July s, 1926.
Bronze medal 10 his father, Charles
Statskey.
Carl Donner. rural route /, Saint
Clairsville, Ohio. drowned when he
tried TO rescue girl from drowning
at ST. Clairsville, September z 1928.
<5ay 1.t1 Got ~
S. Donner.
David II. Siff. Hotel Earle, 10S
Naverly place, New York City, IL
year-old student, died attempting to
save a girl from drowning at Griggs-
town. \. J.. June 90, 1926. His mother,
Mary /. Siff, received a bronze medal.
Santi Violante. 331 Washington
street, Dedham, Mass, 16, drowned
when he tried to save a boy from
Charles River. Dedham, November 80,
1925. Rose Fabiani, his mother, re-
ceived a bronze medal.
William d. Price, Level Green, KY,
a crossing watchman, killed by train
when he attempted to save woman
from being struck by the locomotive
at Hartwell, Ohio. June q, 1925. Fred
Price, his son, received a bronze medal
and death benefits for a dependent
daughter.
Died Saving Girl.
Thomas jefferson Tackett, 4243 Oak
street, New Boston, Ohio, saved one
girl and died when he went to the aid
of another who was drowning at East
Liverpool. Ohio, June 27, 1925. John
NJ Tackett, his father, was awarded
bronze medal.
The six girls cited as heroines and
awarded bronze medals are:
Susan Ruth Sherwood, 1884 Garfield
road, Cleveland, Ohio, aged IL years,
saved a companion from drowning at
Lakeside, Ohio, July 1, 1925.
Betty c. Taylor, 10, of ID Ripley
place, Buffalo, n. Y. saved a man
from drowning at West Irving, n. Y,
August %, 1925.
Susanna Mizerak, II, of 81 Mohawk
street, Little Falls. n. Y, saved a boy
from drowning at Little Fails, Septem-
Der 81, 1924. Janice B. Mcmahon, II,
of Rural Route /, Pulaski, Mich, at
tempted to save girl from drowning
at Pulaski, March IL, 1924.
Alverna NJ Mcconnell, II, of 632
Railroad avenue, East End, East
Liverpool, Ohio, attempted to save a
girl from drowning at East Liverpool
on June 81, 1925.
Hazel Irene Webb, 81, in care of the
General Hospital. Ashtabula, Ohio,
saved a companion from drowning at
Ashtabula, July 13, 1925.
Other Heroes Cited.
Other heroes cited were:
John w. Lawrence, 1856 n. Highland
avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa, saved a man
from drowning at Seabreeze, Fla,
March %, 1925.
Willis III. Parkinson, Rural Route
2, Wadsworth, Ohio, saved girl from
the path of a train at Wadsworth
April 80, 1925.
Attilio Pallygus, 1912 Arthur avenue,
Ohio, saved three men from
suffocating in a coal mine at Dunbar,
Pa, May 6, 1925.
Ashby B. Paul, 3423 Montour street,
Paxtanc Harrisburg, Pa, tried to
rescue man from drowning at Aque-
duct, Pa, July IL, 1925.
Paul H. Chadwick, sos n. Second
street, Harrisburg, Pa, who saved
both Paul and another man in the
Aqueduct rescue.
Alfred w. Kuehnel, 239 Fifteenth
avenue, East Moline, ILL.,, saved boy
from drowning at Davenport, Iowa,
January q, 1924.
John j. Martin. 254 Glenwood ave-
nue.. Hazelwood, Pittsburgh, saved
child from being killed by a train
at Pittsburgh, August 26, 1925.
Saved Drowning Girl.
Floyd F. Reece. Box 691, Tahoka,
Tex, saved a girl from drowning at
Post, Tex, July 5. 1925.
Edward J. Williams. 1850 North
Main street, Wichita, Kans., saved a
man from being burned in an oil tank
fire at Wichita, July 16. 1925.
Karl r. Davis, 1873 Broad street,
Ohio, saved boy COM
panion from drowning at Sharon
Center. Ohio, August 10. 1925.
d. Chester Connor, 621 Lafayette
street, Lancaster, Pa, saved man
from drowning at Stoneharbor, n. j.,
"a, 1924.
Arthur Ray Shearer. Rachel, w.
Va, aged 10, attempted to save a
boy from drowning at Rachel, June
Z, 1926.
Curtis L. Bradley, Troy, S. c., aged
u, attempted to rescue a man from
at Troy, June 20, 1924.
Francis NJ. Mead, 296 Concord
avenue, Belmont, Mass, saved boy
from drowning at Belmont, March 90,
1924.
In all these cases bronze medals
were awarded except one. Mead was
given silver medal.