LEAP IN FRONT OF TRAIN.
STATIONMASTER SAVES CANON. The King awarded the Albert Medal to Mr. Thomas Williams, stationmaster on the Great "vTcstern Railway, at Pembroke, in recognition of his gallantry in saving life. On March 13, as a train was entering Pembroke station, an elderly gentleman, Canon Bo wen, of Pembroke, in stepping aside to avoid a luggage barrow, fell off the platform on to the rails. The train was not more than 30 yards away from him when he fell, and was travelling fast. The stationmaster at once jumped down in front of the engine, and just succeeded in rolling Canon Bowen off the track and holding him down alongside the rails until it was safe to allow him to get up. Although the brakes were applied, it was found impossible to bring the train to a standstill until the engine and two coaches bad passed the spot whers rescued and reecuer were lying.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)
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