Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1911 — Saved Child From Engine. [ARTICLE]

Saved Child From Engine.

Standing on the pilot of a train that was bearing rapidly down upon a little girl in the center of a bridge spanning the Scioto river, near Kenton, 0., J. W. Smuck of Carey, reached out and lifted the child from the track as the engine passed over the spot where she had stood. The child, about six years old, was crossing the bridge when she saw the train, which had been switching in the yard, approaching. Screaming, she crouched to leap to the river 40 feet below. The scream attracted the attention of the brakeman on the pilot. Realizing that it was too late to stop the engine, Smuck made his heroic rescue. He collapsed after bearing the child to safety, and the girl ran away before her name could be learned.