Coalville Times | 1901-06-07 | Page 6 | Bridge Named for a Heroine

Ill la rTamail (or m Heroine, A rullruad brldgo across tho Des lllvcr, near Hoone, la , la to bo called Kato Shelley Urldge, utter n heroine who "0 years ago saved a pasaenKT train from destruction there 8ho was then a girl of 10 and was Seated In her mothers cottage when otio night she saw an cuglno fnll through n bridge during a raging flood Lighting n Ian-tern, Ian-tern, aho aped away throufh the atorm to Molngona, told ol the disaster and saved a passenger train from follow-tng follow-tng the III fated inglno to a watery grave The atata ot Iowa gavo her a medal for her bravery, her name has been celebrated In poetry and prose, and as a lasting monument to her heroic he-roic deed. It has been decided to name tho strucluro now In process of construction con-struction tho Kato Shelley Ilrldgo