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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8779, 16 November 1906, Page 4

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Anxious Parent: "Doctor, my daughter appears to be going biuid, and she is about to be married." Doctor* "Let her go right on with the wedding. If anything can open her eyes, marriage will. ' A feat which seems unique in the way of life-saving was performed by Norman Wight, the engineer driving the train running from Nominingue to Montreal, on the Laurentian branch 01 the Canadian-Pacific Railway. About a mile before the train reached St Jerome, says the "Montreal "Witness," he flaw an object on the track, and when but a ( bare train's length- from it discovered it wae a child. He put on the emergency brakes, then, rushing through the front window' of the cab, ran along the footboard, climbed down on the pilot, and, holding on to a greasy rod with one hand, he made a sweep with the other, just grabbing the child and pulling her into' safety as the engine overtook her. In another length the engine stopped with a jerk, and the startled passengers rushed out- to see the- triumphant engineer with .a little tot of a girl in his arms, who apparently was not in the least upset by the oocurrenoe, ]