The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-25
BUM SAVED THEIR LIVES.
IN a LEAP HE KNOCKED a MAN AND
WOMAN FROM TIKI TRACK.

To no It ne HAD to Jump Six Feet and Hump
the N1sn with Els shoulder. and tho Three
wero Not Fiat on tho GROUND when the Ex-
press. NJ sixty Miles an Hour. whirzed Fast
But for the courage and swiftness to act of
Albert NJ. Bum, Jr, there would bave been o
double tragedy at the Richmond Hill station
Of the Long Island Railroad yesterday morn
ing in the presence Of fifty or sixty persons.
Bum, who In 10 years old, and 10 now employed
In q brokers' Office In this city, was last year
one Of the leading athletes in Trinity School,
and It In doubtless due to his training and
strength that he was able to save two lives
yesterday at the risk Of his own
An early contingent of commuters from the
village Of Richmond Hill takes the s:09 morn
ing train to this city. and the usual crowd had
gathered at the station at that time. Instead
OF the local train o belated express came rush.
ing down the track at u speed close upon sixty
miles an hour, and tho crowd, which had
started across the track toward the far platform
at the sound Of tho oncoming train, scattered,
some running back, some keeping on until the
platform was gained. Among those who had
started to cross were Mrs. Yennow, who 10 an
elderly woman, and her daughter, Mrs. Spahr.
Hearing the shouts Of warning, the younger
woman turned back, but the mother stood
Come backi" shouted part of tho crowd.
platform Da' Keep er'' on S acrossl Rum" inc '0f'N'f
In e0nfHsion Mrs; Yennow faced around
ttSSe cn .t Sa . nsa II w sispp pSri SpGlS te Clear sEae * a the
not a hundred yards from her and was rushing
down at her a mile u minute. From the crowd
architect. He Seized tho woman and pushed
she saw tho train and the terrible stupidity Of
panic seized her: She 6raced her feet against
tSr.s 'S coat : as she sank. Il seemed absoiutoiy
certain that both would be killed, and the shrin
shrek Of the locomotive whistle as the engt-
neer saw them sounded almost over them.
Young, Bum had been, in the rear of the
crowd when the confusion began, and had not ut
Foster and the woman, he realized the peril,
and sprinted with all his might. toward the
ei1 %sn Is oq 70 t tssek i hi@ s to sSine t and pfsn a sSif tGy
IN the severest strain of action. As he ran
ton Of q fraction of a second, There would be
no time to catch and drag the pair from the
:5ssti ns seeing ssRa I'll him. sn SolI S"s that a third
Life was to be dashed out before their eyes.
lea S,e for forward ard" through the air, and With his
shoulder STRUCK, Foster in the middle Of the
ter and the WON Woman M" he had risked bis lie for,
only a few inches clear Of the track. but It was
enough, and over them both rolled the young
AtnlcCe. b6IOt0 IuOy "GEt uAl On INC kTOuilu
the locomotive was on the spot where they had
been.
further side, whose view had been momentarily
shut OF, saw, instead OF what they had dreaded
to. see, Mortimer Foster trying to pull the
stunned, but quickly revived. The woman was
bruised and in bowiidermenr from fright, but she
recovered In time to take tho local train when
It came along. Foster had a large assortment
Of cinders stuck in his hands, besides some
bic. and q Whitefsoed fireman ran back along
the track. b..
Nobody killed. he said. Il thought al
ever saw done"
Bum and Fostsr arc the heroes OF the vii
lnge, and have had this fact 90 thoroughly
dinned into their ears by their admiring fellow
townsmen that they are inclined to take TO thu
woods now whenever any one says train" Il
them. Bum Is o son OF the Rev. Albert NJ
Bum. d. p. rector Of the Church Charity Foun
superintendent Of tho Congregational Sunday
school at Richmond Hill.