Alonzo Dawson, 45, crossing watchman, saved Virdie Mae Mathews, 5, from being killed by a train, Cambridge, Ohio, August 23, 1921. Virdie Mae started over a track in the path of a train approaching at a speed of about 12 m.p.h. Dawson ran 15 feet to the track and pushed Virdie Mae violently ahead of him as he continued to run across the track. He barely cleared the locomotive, but neither he nor Virdie Mae was injured. 21940-1817
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