Source: Riverside Independent Enterprise (Riverside,
CA) Page: 1
Dated: Jan. 19, 1922
ELEVEN OF 25 HEROES LOST THEIR LIVES
Attempts to Save Others Proves Fatal in Some Cases.
MEDALS ARE AWARDED
Appropriations are Made For Educational Purposes.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 18. - Eleven of the 25 persons
who were today formally recognized by the Carnegie Hero Fund
commission as heroes in civil life, lost their lives while
attempting to save others. Of the 25 medals awarded, four
were of silver, and pensions aggregating $7,320 a year, were
granted. One hero suffered such injuries that he was given
$500 as a disability benefit. In five cases awards
aggregating $8,000 were appropriated for educational purposes in
the nine cases, awards aggregating $9,000 were made for other
worthy causes. The commission also granted $3500 to the
dependents of four persons who lost their lives.
The awards follow:[OTTAWA CO., OHIO]
Clarence Henry, 213 Eighteenth street, Toledo,
Ohio, silver medal. Henry died trying to save two
boys from drowning at Port Clinton, Ohio, July 4, 1921.
Howard E. Hawk, 1012 Rawson Place, Fremont,
Ohio, silver medal. Hawk died attempting to save
two boys from drowning at Port Clinton, Ohio, July 4, 1921.
[LOUDON CO., TENN]
William D. Nichols, Lenoir City, Tenn., silver
medal, Nichols died trying to save Lee Huffman
from suffocation in a well at Lenoir City, September 29, 1921.
[DAUPHIN CO., PA.]
Warren A. Hoy, Elizabethville, Pa., silver
medal. Hoy died trying to save three tunnel workers
at Rausch Creek, Pa., January 21, 1921.
[WALLINGFORD CO., CT]
Julius Hassel, North Farms, Wallingford, Conn.,
bronze medal. Hassel, age 15, died trying to save
Nathan Dorman from drowning at Wallingford, August 12,
1920.
[NEW YORK CITY, NY]
Henry Deninkamp, 324 East 50th street, New York
city, bronze medal. Deninkamp died trying to have
two girls from drowning at Deal Beach, N. J., August 22, 1919.
[HARRIS CO., TX]
Leon Hassel Brewer, 1612 Labranch street,
Houston, Texas, bronze medal. Brewer died trying to
save a farmer from drowning at Waco, Texas, September 6, 1920.
[FAYETTE CO., IN]
Michael J. Risch, R. D., No. 6, Connersville,
Ind., bronze medal. Risch died trying to have a
farmer from drowning at Milton, Ind., July 31, 1921.
[SOUTH BOSTON, MA]
William H. Goff,,,,, 819 East Broadway, South
Boston, Mass., bronze Medal. Goff died trying to
save a bridge carpenter from drowning at Biddeford, Maine,
September 24, 1920.
[STRAFFORD CO., NH]
Walter Perkins, 256 Washington street, Dover, N.
H., bronze medal. Perkins, a railroad conductor,
died trying to save C. William Kelly from being killed by
a train at North Berwick, Maine, Oct. 11, 1921.
[VERMONT]
Walter D. Wheeler, St. Johnsbury, Center, Vt.,
bronze medal. Wheeler died trying to save a girl
from downing at St. Johnsbury Center, July 2, 1921.
[VERMONT]
David C. Liff, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, bronze medal.
Liff saved two children from their burning home at Era,
Ohio, January 8, 1919.
[CONNECTICUT]
John Reed Helfrick, 250 Fitch street, Westville,
New Haven, Conn., bronze medal. Helfrick tried to
save a brother lineman from being burned at New Haven, Mar. 2,
1919.
[NEW YORK]
J. Albert Kelk, St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn,
N. Y., bronze medal. Kelk tried to save a boy from
drowning at Cairo, N. Y., June 18, 1919.
[PENNSYLVANIA]
Ivan Podrebarac, 7317 Burton street, Swissvale,
Pa., bronze medal. Podrebarac attempted to save his
master mechanic from suffocation in a nit at Swissvale, Pa.,
June 5, 1817.
[PENNSYLVANIA]
Elmer W. Killcrece. Homestead street,
Swissville, Pa., bronze medal. Killcrece attempted
to save Ivan Podrebarac from suffocation in a pit at
Swissvale, Pa., June 5, 1917.
[MINNESOTA]
John Robert McAllister, Pine River, Minn.,
bronze medal McAllister, age 15, saved a school boy from
drowning at Pine River, Minn., July 26, 1919.
[BOSTON, MA]
Isabel England, 38 Hemenway
street, Boston, Mass., bronze medal. Miss England,
age 14, saved a woman from drowning at Bryant Pond, Maine,
August 24, 1918.
[MINNESOTA]
Lenneth E. Long, Merifield, Minn., bronze medal.
Long, age 11, saved a woman from drowning at Merrifield,
August 10, 1918.
[OHIO]
George Lee Stults, R. D. No. 3, Radner, Ohio,
bronze medal. Stults, age 15, stopped a runaway
team at Magnetic Springs, Ohio, October 21, 1919 and prevented
it from colliding with an omnibus in which were 19 children.
[CONNECTICUT]
Robert Stewart 42, William street, New Haven,
Conn., bronze medal. Stewart, a street car
conductor, tried to save a child from electric shock, at New
Haven, August 14, 1918.
[SANDUSKY CO., OH]
Lyle Allen Willard, 832 Stilwell avenue,
Fremont, Ohio, bronze
medal. Willard tried to save a man from drowning at
Port Clinton, Ohio, July 4, 1921.
Emery J. Meinke, 1028 White avenue,
Fremont, Ohio, bronze
medal. Meinke tried to save a man from drowning at
Port Clinton, Ohio, July 4, 1921.
[PENNSYLVANIA]
Peter C. Rumpt, Tremont, Pa., bronze medal.
Rumpf helped to save two men from suffocation at Rausch
creek, Pa., January 21, 1921.
[NEW JERSEY]
Frank Carter, 25 Hudson street, Fort Lee, N. J.,
bronze medal. Carter saved a man from suffocation
at Rausch Creek, Pa., January 21, 1921.
NOTE: This was also published in Duluth News-Tribune
(Duluth, MN) Vol: 53 Issue: 250 Page: 1 dated Jan.
19, 1922 |
