He is a Carnegie Hero under the following citation (discrepancy of 3 years in age):
EARL A. AMES
Olathe, Kansas
Earl A. Ames, 20, student, saved Ernest A. Albright, 21, student, and attempted to save Rollo W. Eastman, 19, and Thomas A. Herrman, 21, students, from drowning, Olathe, Kansas, December 25, 1906. Ames skated to a hole in the ice on New Lake 100 feet from the bank, where the water was eight feet deep, and pulled Albright out with a strap, breaking through the ice himself with one foot. He then threw the strap to Eastman and Herrman, but they sank while trying to grasp it. 1475-205
EARL A. AMES
Olathe, Kansas
Earl A. Ames, 20, student, saved Ernest A. Albright, 21, student, and attempted to save Rollo W. Eastman, 19, and Thomas A. Herrman, 21, students, from drowning, Olathe, Kansas, December 25, 1906. Ames skated to a hole in the ice on New Lake 100 feet from the bank, where the water was eight feet deep, and pulled Albright out with a strap, breaking through the ice himself with one foot. He then threw the strap to Eastman and Herrman, but they sank while trying to grasp it. 1475-205
He is a Carnegie Hero under the following citation (discrepancy of 3 years in age):
EARL A. AMES
Olathe, Kansas
Earl A. Ames, 20, student, saved Ernest A. Albright, 21, student, and attempted to save Rollo W. Eastman, 19, and Thomas A. Herrman, 21, students, from drowning, Olathe, Kansas, December 25, 1906. Ames skated to a hole in the ice on New Lake 100 feet from the bank, where the water was eight feet deep, and pulled Albright out with a strap, breaking through the ice himself with one foot. He then threw the strap to Eastman and Herrman, but they sank while trying to grasp it. 1475-205
EARL A. AMES
Olathe, Kansas
Earl A. Ames, 20, student, saved Ernest A. Albright, 21, student, and attempted to save Rollo W. Eastman, 19, and Thomas A. Herrman, 21, students, from drowning, Olathe, Kansas, December 25, 1906. Ames skated to a hole in the ice on New Lake 100 feet from the bank, where the water was eight feet deep, and pulled Albright out with a strap, breaking through the ice himself with one foot. He then threw the strap to Eastman and Herrman, but they sank while trying to grasp it. 1475-205
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Burial: 18-Sep-1956
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