James A. Hamma, 37, physician and surgeon, saved Rosetta R. Morrison, 44, from being run over by a train, Carnegie, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1913. Mrs. Morrison attempted to cross a track in front of a passenger train running 20 m.p.h., but she tripped and fell headlong on the track when the locomotive was 20 feet distant. Hamma leaped eight feet and landed in a crouching position with one foot in the middle of the track when the train was 10 feet from him. He grasped Mrs. Morrison and threw himself backward, the front wheels of the locomotive striking her feet. Hamma and Mrs. Morrison spun around and fell close beside the track, where they lay until the train was brought to a stop with the locomotive 200 feet beyond the point of rescue. 11876-898
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