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The Ohio Daily Express
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
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Grover A. Harris, 65, received a Carnegie Hero Fund bronze medal for rescuing four-year-old Della Mae Robinson from a house fire in Joplin, Mo., last April. The girl died from severe burns, while Harris recovered from minor injuries.
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PITTSBURGH (ANP)- The Carnegie Hero Fund commission announced last week the award of a bronze medal to Grover A. Harris, 65, for his heroism in rescuing a four-year-old Negro girl from a fire in Joplin, Mo., last April.
Harris, a retired iron molder, went through dense smoke and flames to carry Della Mae Robinson from the crib in her bedroom when her parents' one story frame house was afire. No one else was in the house. Della suffered third degree burns of the upper body and arms, and died later that day. Harris suffered minor burns, but recovered.
spectacular of his accomplishments.
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Joplin, Mo.
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Last April
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della mae robinson suffered third degree burns and died later that day; grover a. harris suffered minor burns but recovered; bronze medal awarded to harris.
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Grover A. Harris rescued four-year-old Della Mae Robinson from a fire in her parents' one-story frame house in Joplin, Mo., carrying her from her crib through dense smoke and flames. No one else was in the house. The Carnegie Hero Fund commission awarded Harris a bronze medal for his heroism.