Arthur Lockett, 33, fireman, saved Claude H. Potter, 3, from being run over by a train, Jefferson, Georgia, May 9, 1912. Lockett was in the cab of a locomotive running 25 m.p.h. when his attention was attracted by a scream from the engineer. He saw Claude on the track 150 feet ahead of the locomotive. Although the locomotive was swaying under an emergency application of the brakes, he ran along the running board, jumped to the steam?chest, thence to the bumper?timber, and, when the pilot was less than 10 feet from Claude, he jumped to the track in front of the locomotive, which was then running 8 or 9 m.p.h. He fell forward as he struck the ground and grabbed Claude as he fell. With two strong, quick jerks, he threw himself and the child off the track to safety. The locomotive was stopped when the pilot was 35 feet beyond the point of rescue. 8491-818
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