Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1901 — LITTLE GIRLS PREVENT WRECK. [ARTICLE]

LITTLE GIRLS PREVENT WRECK.

Snnbonnets Used to Flax Train Before It Reaches Burning Trestle. A freight on the 'Panhandle was saved a disastrous wreck near Aneka Junction by the prompt action of Edna Keener, aged 12 years, and Emma Turnbaugh, aged 14 years. The girls, while playing along the track, discovered that a trestle over a small creek was on fire. Hearing the train coming, they ran down the track and with their sunbonnets flagged the train just in time to save it from going into the ditch. The train crew made np a purse for the little girls and the matter has been reported to the officials, who may remember the girls for their bravery.