A. Cleveland Werner, 28, brakeman, saved an unidentified child from being run over by a train, Phelan, Texas, June 20, 1913. Werner was on top of a coal car at the front end of a heavy train when he saw a child about three years old astride a rail in front of the train. He and another brakeman gave emergency signals to have the train stopped, and the air was applied. As the speed was not reduced quickly, Werner climbed down steps at the side of the car, swung around the end of the car, and, when he was about 20 feet from the child, jumped to the track between the rails. At that time the train was running 6 to 8 m.p.h. Werner ran diagonally across the track, grabbed the child without stopping, and cleared the track just as the front end of the train passed him. The train was brought to a stop with the front end 140 feet beyond the point of rescue. 11368-842
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