Thomas W. Erwin, 29, railroad yard foreman, saved Jetta W. Caudill, 17, from being run over by a train, Clyffeside, Kentucky, September 5, 1910. Jetta stopped in the middle of a track on which a locomotive was pushing several cars toward her at a speed of 6 m.p.h. Erwin ran 10 feet, stepped between the rails, and attempted to pull her off the track. She did not appreciate her danger or his intentions and jerked her arm away from his grasp. He then placed one arm around her waist, and, as he was swinging her from the track, the train struck them and knocked them from the track. Jetta rolled 15 feet. Some part of the first truck of the train caught Erwin’s overalls and ripped them down one leg. He then rolled away from the track. Neither was severely injured. 5588-646
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