Philip L. Stickel, 41, bartender, saved Hilda P. Gomes, 4, from being run over by an electric train, Oakland, California, November 24, 1912. Hilda stopped between the rails of a track on which a train was approaching at a speed about 20 m.p.h. Stickel saw her danger when the train was 80 feet from her. He ran 40 feet, grabbed her with one arm as he crossed the track at full speed, and swept her off the track without stopping. As he cleared the track, the train passed less than a foot from him at a speed of 8 m.p.h. 9515-929
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