The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-25
ATHLETES DARING RESCUE
SAVES TWO PERSONS FROM DEATH
 ON THE RAILS.

Long Island Express Surprises Commuters Woman and Man in the Crowd on tho Track Fail to Escape in Time-Bunn Knocks Them Almost from Under the Wheels.
 New York, June nights New York Evening Sun says: The New Workers who live at Richmond Hill, L. l., suburban village on the edge Of the new Forest Park, saw sight this forget They saw two persons threat ened with instant death by an express train running at top speed, and just when it seemed as if nothing short of miracle could save them, they saw the miracle done.
 The body of a young athlete shot across the track in front of the shriek- ing engne, struck the two full tilt and knocked them off the track out or the way. Then, like flash, 1t was all past and crowd of men and women, silent and white, remained on the platform, while the three picked themselves up unhurt and the express came to stand in the woods and sent back brake man to learn the extent of the disas- ter.
 Both the platforms at the little sta tion were crowded with commuters waiting for the S:O9 train. In its place came a belated express laundering along at sixty miles an hour. The ,v5 hoI ayopa5 tn across the tracks from the station to the far platform before they recognized it's character. There was no station agent to warn them. The train was fairly upon them before they realized their danger and fled right and left.
 An elderly woman and her daughter were among them. The younger heard the warning cries and turned back. The other continued across.
 She was directly in front of the on- coming train, stepping upon the track, when Mortimer Foster, young arch1- tect and until recently the superintend- ent of the Congregational Sunday school in the village, ran up to help and urge her on.
 It was her only chance, but it came near being his death as well as hers Bewldered, the woman halted, saw her danger and stood helpless. Foster tug ged at her. Their chance of escape passed swiftly as lightning, and was gone. The engineer of the express saw it. His whistle shrieked madly; those on the platform stood dumb and help less.
 That instant a body shot across the track in front of the locomotive. It cleared the track and struck the two like a human catapult, knocking them down and sprawling upon them as they fell beside the track.
 The express swept past, shrieking, while the onlookers, limp and pale, held their breath. Those who were on the west-bound platform caught confused glimpse under the passing cars of struggling heap, of young Foster part ly rising and pulling at the others. Then it was gone and over.
 The three picked themselves up, un- nerved, the woman half senseless with fright Beyond few bruises, no one had suffered any injury. But the es- cape was so narrow as to send a shud- der through those who saw it. all the way in to the city.
 The young man who made the leap was Albert M. Bum, jr., son of the ". of the Church Charity Foundation of Brooklyn.
 He is employed in a brokers office in this city. Young Bum is an athlete, who, in his last year at Trinity school, took all the prizes. No one but an ath- lete with muscles and nerves of steel could have done what he did. No one else would have attempted 1t, and had he done so three would have been killed instead of two.
 The commuters from Richmond Hill rode to town in silence this morning. No one who saw the thing done felt like trusting himself to speak. The woman who had so narrow an escape trembled more violently as she realized what had happened. She is Mrs Yennow of Elm street, Richmond Hill. Her daughter, Mrs. Spahr, was with her and witnessed her mothers peril.