Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1910 — MIRACLE SAVES MAN'S LIFE [ARTICLE]

MIRACLE SAVES MAN'S LIFE

Lewis Bample, Uninjured, Although Train Passes Over Body. ■ 1 " o Scottsburg, Ind.. Feb. 18. —Although three cars of a freight train passed over him while he was lying between the railroad tracks near here, Lewis Cample of Louisville, Ky., is alive to tell of his experience. Sample was walking down the track when a freight train on the switch backed upon hhn and knocked him down between the rails. Realizing his precarious position he began to dodge the axles and break beams until three of the cars had passed over him. Then he saw the firebox of the engine coming toward him. Realizing that his only chance for life was to attract the attention of the train crew, he yelled as loud as he could, “Stop your engine.” A brakeman happened to be near enough to hear the cry, and he signaled the engineer, who stopped his engine just as the tender was directly over Sample’s body.