Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1912 — Kick Saves a Child’s Life. [ARTICLE]

Kick Saves a Child’s Life.

Milo C. Dodge, fireman on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paufyrailroad, caved the life of Gerald Allard, the two-and-one-half-year-old son of L Allard, a South Dakota farmer, by crawling out on the engine pilot and kicking the child from the track as the train sped by. The little boy, who landed in a ditch by the track, suf- 1 sered minor injuries about the head and body. Engineer Ben A. Rose observed a tiny form playing on the track and strained at the brakes while the whistle shrieked alarm. The child was picking up pebbles, the train approached at 35 miles an hour. Seeing the train could not be stopped Dodge jumped out on the running-board and made his way to tie pilot. While the train was .going 15 miles an hour he' reached out with his foot and knocked the little boy from the track.