Gertrude M. Merrill, 30, clerk, saved Ruth Benner, 3, from being killed by a train, Arlington, Massachusetts, December 20, 1918. Ruth got midway between the rails of a track on which a passenger train was approaching at a speed of about 10 m.p.h. Miss Merrill ran 10 feet to her and took her across the track, both barely escaping from being struck by the train. 19320-1581
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