Carl J. Hibbard, 21, machinist, helped to save Mary E. Dana, 60, and assisted in an attempt to save John P. Dana, 60, auditor, and two others from drowning, Athens, Ohio, March 14, 1907. In an old 16-foot boat, Hibbard and a companion went 150 feet from dry land and rescued Miss Dana from a house in the seething floodwaters of the Hocking River. While Hibbard and another man were trying to reach the Dana house again, their boat capsized. Hibbard got into the house and was later rescued with the occupants, but the other man was drowned.
3628-278Carl J. Hibbard
Athens, OH