Lemuel M. Purcell, 38, engine foreman, saved Sadie L., 27; Thelma B., 4, and Ona L. Prose, 1, from being run over by a train, Reno, Nevada, November 2, 1908. Mrs. Prose was pushing a baby carriage containing the children across a railroad track when the front wheels of the carriage became blocked against a rail. Purcell jumped from the car at the front end of a train that was approaching her at a speed of 4 or 5 m.p.h. and ran 26 feet between the rails ahead of it to the group on the track. He grabbed Mrs. Prose with one arm and the carriage with the other and stepped forward with them, but just as he was about to take another step, the train struck him, knocking all to the ground outside the rail. Some part of the truck pushed Purcell slightly as he lay. None was seriously injured. The train stopped 50 or 60 feet beyond the point of rescue. 6193-793
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