Carter Harrison Updated 6-20-09

The Carter Harrison Award is given for bravery to Chicago Firefighters and to Chicago Policemen. The Police get the award one year and the Firefighters the next

 

**** New ****Mayor Carter Harrison was shot to death in his home at 231 Ashland on October 28, 1893 by Eugene J. Pendergast. Pendergast was hanged on July 13, 1894 in the rear yard of the County jail. The jail is behind the rear wall of Engine 42. and the gallows was where the apparatus floor of Engine 42 is now. I wonder if the firemen ever hear strange nosies at night

 

1886: Chief Eward W. Murphy of Battalion 5, received the award

 

1887: Captain William A. Cowan of Truck 8, received the award

 

1889: Pipeman John Canty of Truck 12, received the award

 

1914: Fireman Thomas W. Crockatt of Truck 2, received the award

 

1922: Fireman Otto C. Dahl of Truck 2 received the award

 

1928: Fireman Albert Zuris of Engine 2, received the award

 

1924: Fireman William J. McMahon of Engine 16 received the award

 

1933: FF Peter Hanrahahan of Truck 18 received the award

 

1937: Pipeman Frank A. Kunz of Engine 51 received the award

 

1939: Lt. Joseph Flahive of Squad 2, received the award

 

1943: Fireman Bernard A. Morgan of Truck 3, received the award

 

1953: Fireman Willard N. Meeker of squad 1, received the award

 

1963: FF Richard Munsun of Squad 5, rescued a seven year old child from a fire on the 3rd floor at 6917 S. Bennett

 

 

1975: Lt. Joseph Baldwin of Engine 20, for the rescue of a 4 year old girl at 1431 N.Ashland. Unfortunately the girl died 3 days later

 

1984: FF Clarence Parker of Truck 20 rescued a child a child trapped in a fire on the second floor at 6532 S. Harvard on December 4, 1983. He retured four times to rescure 5 people

 

1986: FF Bruce Rheinwald of Engine 77 on September 13, 1985 rescued three children from a fire in a townhouse located at 1200 S. Kedzie. All three children later died. The father started the fire

 

2000: Patrick McDermott asigned to Truck 11 was off duty on January 7, 2000 and was driving down State street at one in the afternoon when he smelled smoke and looked around for the fire. He saw smoke coming from the 6th floor of a public housing building at 2036 S. State. He pulled over and ask people to call 9-11 and ran up the stairs to the 6th floor. When he open the door to the hall it was full of heavy smoke, at the apartment he used his elbow to break some windows to ventilate the area. He did broke down the apartment door and was met with blistering heat and smoke, neverthe less he searched the apartment and found 3 children and carried them to safety.

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