Lillamae Formby, 22, school teacher, saved Ethel R. Y’Blood, 19, from being run over by a train, Waldo, Arkansas, August 2, 1912. Miss Y’Blood and Miss Formby were running to cross a track ahead of a passenger train, which, although gradually reducing its speed for the station stop, was approaching at a speed of 12 m.p.h. When Miss Y’Blood reached the track, she fell across it and was unable to getup. Although the train was but 325 feet away and she was tired from her run, Miss Formby ran 30 feet to Miss Y’Blood, grabbed her feet, and tried to pull her off the track. She was unsuccessful. She then ran across the track and grabbed Miss Y’Blood’s shoulders and pulled, but she still could not get her off. The locomotive was then 175 feet away, and Miss Formby stepped back to a place of safety. A moment later, she ran to the middle of the track, grabbed Miss Y’Blood’s arm and skirt, and pushed and swung her to a position parallel to the rails. Then she stepped outside the rail and pulled and rolled Miss Y’Blood off the track, a moment before the locomotive passed over the spot where she had been. Neither was injured. 9019-728
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