Rossa R. Rickner, 33, carriage trimmer, sustained fatal injuries attempting to save George H. Gribling, 66, farmer, from being run over by a train, Mansfield, Ohio, April 13, 1914. Gribling was driving toward a track on which a passenger train was approaching at a speed of 55 m.p.h., and apparently he did not realize his danger. Rickner grasped the bridle of one of the horses when it was about 20 feet from the track and tried to stop the team, but the horses trotted steadily onward. Making frantic efforts to stop the team, Rickner was carried on to the track on which the train was. Rickner let go of the horses, but before he could reach safety, the locomotive struck the horses, and Rickner sustained injuries, which caused his death three days later. Gribling and the horses were killed. 12973-1010
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