Show MEDAL FOR Girl Rescued Baby Niece F Fi I Onrushing Train Two Rolled Down Embankment Safety Story Safety Story Reached the Inte Intel state Railroad Commission Recognition Followed Fairmount Ind LeapIng Leaping in front of a passenger engine rushing towards her at the rate of ot 50 60 miles an hour I Miss Nettle Nettie Caskey grabbed her baby niece from the railroad ad track and and the two rolled down an tc safety vAnd A And d President Taft in re recognition cog of ot her heroism has award awarded d a 4 saving life medal to her and sent t tc her with a personal letter of ot comme k dation 1 It was wa late In tho afternoon wh whet when t Martello Martelle 3 years old was missed from tram the Caskey home where sho she was visit lug ing Nettie Nettle who Is 16 years old looked looke around the house for the child and then down the road There was wai little Martelle i toddling toward t the railroad crossing and to Nettles Nettle's horror hor hoX horror when she reached the point wherE th the wagon road cros crosses es the tracks Mt started down the railroad To T miles away Nettie Nettle could hear the Pi passenger train thunder thundering thundering ing along Down the wagon road she ran an and J turned down the tracks Martelle I Martelle she screamed as she ran but the little one was full of the jO joy of running away and trotted on The engine was now closing upon Nettle and Martelle Nettle Nettie glanced back to see hon n much margin she had then put all hei het strength into a final effort caught Martelle an and and turning off ot tho the tracks rolled down into the ditch with the tha baby in her arms The west-bound west train was running Into a bright sun which hung close to the horizon and the view of ot the en en- Ineman gineman was obstructed by the glare In his eyes He saw Martelle with Net Neb I Is C sr r tie In pursuit when It was too late to stop but he did all an he could The sand valve was opened the emergency air applied and the engine reversed The engineer turned his head at the moment he thought the engine had struck the girl and the baby both killed he groaned Then he turned to the fireman sayIng saying say say- Ing Old man you take a alook look I cant can't bear to see that dead girl and child The fireman looked looke-d back just as Nettle Nettie had helped Martelle to her feet teet and was starting toward home Look there have he shouted shout shout- a look ed ed as he grabbed the engineers engineer's head and pulled it around I never felt so so thankful in my Ute sadi the engineer afterward as when I saw that little tot with her dress all dirty from rolling In the ditch being led away safe and sound It took an awful load off my mind The train didn't stop as no one was yas injured but the crew carried carrle the news of th the thee farmer girls girl's heroism to the end of ot the line The Incident was reported to the Interstate Interstate In In- Commerce Commission an anthe and the medal was awarded on the reco recommendation of the commissioners |