James H. Johnson, 27, locomotive fireman, saved Henry L. Baker, 2, from being run over by a train, Chilhowie, Virginia, April 9, 1913. Henry got on a track on which a freight train was approaching at a speed of 30 m.p.h. Johnson saw him and went along the running board of the locomotive to the bumper timber. He stooped, put his right hand on the bumper and his left on top of the bumper timber, and lowered his feet to the bottom of the pilot. There was no foot support, and his weight rested on his hands. He put one foot forward and attempted to push Henry off the track. The train was then running about 11 m.p.h. Henry’s weight forced Johnson’s ankle against the pilot, his toe catching under the flange of the rail and his heel under the pilot. Henry rested on the rail and against Johnson’s foot, and his head was nearly under the pilot. Henry was pushed along the rail for a distance of 12 feet, and then Johnson got his foot free and kicked Henry off the track. The train was then going 7 m.p.h. Henry was not seriously injured. 10453-984
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