Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-31 | Page 4 | Conductors' Wit Saves Life of Boy Asleep on Track

CONDUCTOR'S WIT I SAVES LIFE OF BOY I ASLEEP ON TRACK P "MTEI,l- Ma.. July 3 1 , Asloep on the railroad track on th- Delco ranch near here, a boy was saved from death by the cool action or conductor J. nenolkln. according to word received In the city this morning. Conductor Benolkln was In OnargS of a train which was bucking buck-ing a number of cars onto a siding sid-ing near Delco. when he noticed nn object lying on the track some forty feet ahead. He Immediately pulled tho airbrake, stopping the train within a few feet of the object, ob-ject, which proved to be a boy about 12 years of age. who had been herding rattle In nearby field, and was sound asleep on the track. When awakened the boy was so frightened that ho turned .md ran SWay before his name could bo determined.