Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-31 | Page 1 | Farmington Man Wins Recognition for Saving Two

Farmington M Man n Wins Whis Recognition for Savin Two Iwo Carnegie Medal Comes to Hero Who Plunged In Into to Raging Torrent at Risk of Own Life I Take me Take me Come get me Shrilled In Inthe the frightened voice of a year old baby girl over oyer the roar of the ton Farming flood on August 13 1923 these words were destined to save a little life and incidentally to make a hero of Dr R. R Clarence Robinson of Farmington Farming Farming- ton According to word received in Salt Lake today Dr Robinson for his bravery has just been awarded award award- ed a bronze medal by the Carnegie hero herb fund commission which met metin metin metin in Pittsburg Friday Two lives were saved by Dr Robinson Robinson Rob Rob- inson upon that occasion but the most perilous was the rescue of ot 2 year-old year Barbara Christensen of Farmington whose father Arr Ari Arnold ld Christensen lost his life trying to save the childs child's mother The other was that of an aged woman Mrs N. N O. O Pebley whom the doctor rescued rescued rescued res res- cued from a log to which she she- was clinging as it was hurled along the torrent by pulling her t safety by her hair The heroism which won the bronze medal for Robinson was of ofa ofa a dramatic quality a storm being In progress and his rescues rescues rescues' being made from a swirling torrent by the aid of flashes flashes' of lightning He HeI I was standing on the porch of his home Just at dinner time a convalescent convalescent convalescent con con- from influenza when he heard faint cries coming from the flood which was yards wide and was sweeping stoves tents and trees along with it Plunging into the water he waded to the center where he found Mrs Pebley PeNey Theres a child in there someI somewhere some- some I where Mrs Pebley gasped as the doctor with his legs almost bent double pulled her to safety He Ha plunged ba back k in and then he heard the wee voice crying Take me Come get me After searching sarching H he glimpsed a little face peering through a mass massof massof massof of debris and by the aid of the lightning reached her Just a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred feet below him the flood was pounding through a viaduct under the tracks and the torrent torrent torrent tor tor- rent was sucking him toward it and certain death Weakened from his illness and the shock of his ex experience experience ex- ex in the water he managed however to pic Jick his way back bac to tolan lan Yi his arms arms- arms arms- The Carnegie CarneSI commission also made an award to the family of James M M. Hermansen of Elsinore who was killed at Widtsoe Utah April 17 1924 while attempting to save a boy from a a. runaway team This consists of a bro bronze ze medal together together to to- gether with 45 a a. month and 5 55 additional for each of five children which goes to the widow