"A human life has been held by the courts to be worth $5,000. If Capt. Charles Carland, of the Evanston U. S. Coast Guard Station, had been paid this amount for each life he has saved or helped to save in his 30 years of service he would now be worth $25,000,000, for he has been instrumental in the preservation of some 5,000 lives."
"The Eastland Disaster in 1915, in which 1,031 persons were drowned, was a high spot in Captain Carland's life. He and his crew saved the lives of eighty-four persons and recovered the bodies of 500 dead. Some few days later he received from the coroner a package containing a letter of thanks and a silver star bearing a reproduction of the Eastland and the inscription, 'For valued services rendered to the coroner. Eastland disaster, 1915.'" www.eastlanddisaster.org
In 1918, he was credited with rescuing 54 orphans that were stranded in the Great Ohio River flood.
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Capt. Garland, Retired Coast Guard, is Dead
(from the Chicago Daily Tribune published Tues., Jun 25, 1940)
Capt. Charles Carland, who retired in 1922 after 30 years service in the United States Coast Guard died yesterday at the age of 76 in his home at 3708 North Tripp avenue. Capt. Carland was in charge of the former coast guard station in Evanston for four years before his retirement. Prior to that he was in charge of the station at the mouth of Chicago river for 16 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel at 3918 Irving Park road. Burial will be in Acacia Park cemetery. Surviving Capt. Carland is a son, Frank.
"The Eastland Disaster in 1915, in which 1,031 persons were drowned, was a high spot in Captain Carland's life. He and his crew saved the lives of eighty-four persons and recovered the bodies of 500 dead. Some few days later he received from the coroner a package containing a letter of thanks and a silver star bearing a reproduction of the Eastland and the inscription, 'For valued services rendered to the coroner. Eastland disaster, 1915.'" www.eastlanddisaster.org
In 1918, he was credited with rescuing 54 orphans that were stranded in the Great Ohio River flood.
"Copyright © 1998-2012 Eastland Disaster Historical Society.
Capt. Garland, Retired Coast Guard, is Dead
(from the Chicago Daily Tribune published Tues., Jun 25, 1940)
Capt. Charles Carland, who retired in 1922 after 30 years service in the United States Coast Guard died yesterday at the age of 76 in his home at 3708 North Tripp avenue. Capt. Carland was in charge of the former coast guard station in Evanston for four years before his retirement. Prior to that he was in charge of the station at the mouth of Chicago river for 16 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel at 3918 Irving Park road. Burial will be in Acacia Park cemetery. Surviving Capt. Carland is a son, Frank.
"A human life has been held by the courts to be worth $5,000. If Capt. Charles Carland, of the Evanston U. S. Coast Guard Station, had been paid this amount for each life he has saved or helped to save in his 30 years of service he would now be worth $25,000,000, for he has been instrumental in the preservation of some 5,000 lives."
"The Eastland Disaster in 1915, in which 1,031 persons were drowned, was a high spot in Captain Carland's life. He and his crew saved the lives of eighty-four persons and recovered the bodies of 500 dead. Some few days later he received from the coroner a package containing a letter of thanks and a silver star bearing a reproduction of the Eastland and the inscription, 'For valued services rendered to the coroner. Eastland disaster, 1915.'" www.eastlanddisaster.org
In 1918, he was credited with rescuing 54 orphans that were stranded in the Great Ohio River flood.
"Copyright © 1998-2012 Eastland Disaster Historical Society.
Capt. Garland, Retired Coast Guard, is Dead
(from the Chicago Daily Tribune published Tues., Jun 25, 1940)
Capt. Charles Carland, who retired in 1922 after 30 years service in the United States Coast Guard died yesterday at the age of 76 in his home at 3708 North Tripp avenue. Capt. Carland was in charge of the former coast guard station in Evanston for four years before his retirement. Prior to that he was in charge of the station at the mouth of Chicago river for 16 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel at 3918 Irving Park road. Burial will be in Acacia Park cemetery. Surviving Capt. Carland is a son, Frank.
"The Eastland Disaster in 1915, in which 1,031 persons were drowned, was a high spot in Captain Carland's life. He and his crew saved the lives of eighty-four persons and recovered the bodies of 500 dead. Some few days later he received from the coroner a package containing a letter of thanks and a silver star bearing a reproduction of the Eastland and the inscription, 'For valued services rendered to the coroner. Eastland disaster, 1915.'" www.eastlanddisaster.org
In 1918, he was credited with rescuing 54 orphans that were stranded in the Great Ohio River flood.
"Copyright © 1998-2012 Eastland Disaster Historical Society.
Capt. Garland, Retired Coast Guard, is Dead
(from the Chicago Daily Tribune published Tues., Jun 25, 1940)
Capt. Charles Carland, who retired in 1922 after 30 years service in the United States Coast Guard died yesterday at the age of 76 in his home at 3708 North Tripp avenue. Capt. Carland was in charge of the former coast guard station in Evanston for four years before his retirement. Prior to that he was in charge of the station at the mouth of Chicago river for 16 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel at 3918 Irving Park road. Burial will be in Acacia Park cemetery. Surviving Capt. Carland is a son, Frank.
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