John Lemmon, 53, blacksmith, saved Leta McC., 1, and Ida McC. Collins, 46, from being run over by a train, Churchville, New York, September 16, 1911. Leta was in a baby carriage, which Mrs. Collins was attempting to lift over the rails of a track on which a passenger train was approaching at a speed of 60 m.p.h. The train was but 500 feet from them when Lemmon, who saw their danger, ran 80 feet to them and, having placed one foot between the rails, grabbed the carriage and jerked it from the track. Almost at the same instant, he grabbed Mrs. Collins and, when the train was but five feet from him, threw her and himself off the track. He was weak and nervous from fright. 7704-786
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