Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-31
THREE V|RG|N|ANS
CARNEGIE HEROES
honor Awards Are Given Trio
for RescueS at Risk
OF Lives.

~ tire Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. Pa. October 81 ~
T'free virginisns are among "a per-
aOnx who todaY wege recognized by
the Carnegie Hero Fand Commission
- having performed outstanding feais
OF heroisEs At the risk Of their own
ESes
Bronze medals were awarded to thr
three heroes. They are Charles T
Mort. H. OF ITO West Boscawan street.
winchester Carlisle S. Lentz 81.
Charlottesville. and Clyde r. German.
30. Gloucester
In its citations the commission said
Mort. . schooIboy. attempted 70 save
Roy G. Hickman, aged IA, from drown
ing at Yellow Spring. W Va. August
9. 1929. While Hickman vas swim
ming in Cacspon River he became dis
tTeshed ~ point 40 feet from the
bank and called for help. Charles
swan eight feet 10 him and Hickman
pushed him under the surface and
climbed on him. Charles support ed
Hickman briefly and then freed him.
self and rose. He then took hold OF
HICKMAN, and after a struggle. in
which he momentarily submerged at
least twice, he finally freed himself
just as strong swimmer arrived, who
took hold of Hickman and supported
him while he waded under water 10
shallow water. Charles then swan to
the bank. Hickman was dszed
Lentz, a hospital superintendent
helped TO save Ethel " Won Poellnitz
and John G. Flanagan from drowning
~ Moultrieville, S. C.. August %. 1881
Lentz. who was not accustomed to
ocean swimming and who was suffering
from fractured toe, swan I35 feet to
Ethel Holding her, ne swan 20 feet
70 John, whom he supported while he
swan rs feet TO wadable water Upon
reaching the shore, Lentz collapsed from
exhaustion
Rescued Power Worker.
German, a lineman, rescued Eugene
y. Rhodes, ir., 49, a lineman. from
electric shock at Mathews, Va, July 2g.
1923. While Rhodes was sitting on a
double crosS.arm on pole 20 feet above
the ground. his foot touched a switch
which was charged with a current of
5000 volts OF electricity, and he was
shocked. becoming unconscious, and
hung head down from the crosS-arm
with one leg between the two arms
German, whose hands and clothing
were damp from perspiration, climbed
the pole and took hold OF an insulated
handle to open the switch, but the
switch was locked.
Believing that ne would be shocked
II he touched Rhodes. he struck Rhodes
foot two sharp blows with the back of
his hand and knocked 1t away from
the switch. He sustained a slight
shock through his leather glove at each
blow. Two other men had climbed the
pole BY that time, and in attempting to
lower Rhodes one was shocked and be-
came unconscious when Rhodes foot
accidentally got into contact with the
switch.
German then received rubber gloves,
opened the switch by pulling copper
ring, and lowered the unconscious man
TO man on o ladder. The man was
revived. Rhodes in the meantime was
revived and was assisted down the pole
Silver Medals Awarded.
silver medals were awarded to Dana
r Moody, "a. Eiixabethtown, Tenn.
for his attempt to save two persons
from drowning at Hunter, Tenn; Theo-
d0re n. Wall. %, ship engineer, Jersey
City, N. J.. who died IN San Francisco
January 2. 1880. trying to save smother
man from suffocation in q ships hold;
Crescencio ID. Fernando. go chauffeur,
Cambridge, Mass, for saving q man
from drowning at Nahant, Mass.
Pensions aggregating $4.l40 q year
were granted to the dependents of I'VE
of the ten heroes who lost their lives
The parent of another was awarded
$1,000, to be applied as the commission
may sanction.
Numerous minor awards also were
announced.