Walter Perkins, 47, railroad conductor, sustained fatal injuries saving C. William Kelly, 86, from being killed by a train, North Berwick, Maine, October 11, 1921. Kelly stopped on a track on which an engine, pushing three box cars, was approaching at a speed of 15 m.p.h. Perkins ran 25 feet to him, grasped him at the back, and pushed him, but both were struck by the car and thrown off the track. Kelly was seriously but not fatally injured. Perkins died from his injuries the following day. 21896-1699
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