Silas M. E. Dennis, 21, car-checker, saved Ruth R. Bolich, 3, from being run over by a train, Ottumwa, Iowa, January 29, 1907. Dennis jumped in front of a moving freight car, placed his feet upon the brake beam, and, with one hand holding to the handrail above the bumper, reached under the car and picked up the little girl, who was being pushed along by the car. He then jumped to the slippery ground with the child. 1625-144
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