Henry Naumann

Henry Naumann saved Adeline D. Robinson from being killed by a train, Hammond, Indiana, June 16, 1924. Mrs. Robinson, 56, walked under lowered gates at a crossing and onto a track on which a passenger train was approaching at a speed of 18 m.p.h. Naumann, 46, crossing watchman, who was standing at his post holding a sign, saw her and ran 25 feet to her and pushed her across the track. Naumann’s heel was struck by the locomotive, and both fell to the ground beside the track but received only minor bruises. The train did not reduce its speed.