The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-13
CHILD SAVES FOUR LIVES
FLAGS TRAIN AND SAVES FOUR
INJURED BY AUTO.
Mother Throws Babe Out and Leaps
After It-OtherS Go Over En-
bankment.

Spartanburg, Aug. 9.-Flagged by
a little girl years old. Southern rail-
way train No. 13 was stopped above
Landrum station this evening just in
time to prevent the lives being crush
ed out of four persons who lay upon
the track unconscious, where they
had been thrown from their automo-
bile, which had skidded and fallen
over a thirty-foot embankment. The
injured parties were placed aboard
the train and taken to Tryon, where
they were given first aid treatment.
Later they were put aboard train No.
10 and brought to Spartanburg and
placed in the hospital.
The little girl who tagged the train
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
G. Caldwell, of Campobello, and the
parties whose lives were saved
through her brave effort was that of
her uncle, Thomas Caldwell; Miss
Noette Reid, of Greenville; Mrs. A.
c. Miller, of Enterprise, Oregon, and
Mrs. Jerry NJ. Caldwell, all whom
were more or less seriously injured
as a result of the accident, in which
their automobile ran over the en-
bankment and dumped them upon
the railroad track in a deep cut.
Out Automobiling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Caldwell and
baby, with their guests, Mrs. A. c.
Miller, Miss Noette Reid and Mrs.
Jerry NJ. Caldwell, were out automo-
billing. There had been heavy rain
and the road was muddy. Mr.. Cald-
we'll, who is said to be inexperienced
at the wheel, was running the car.
Just above Landrum the machine be-
gan skidding and the driver losing
control. Mrs. Thomas Caldwell threw
her baby out and jumped after it.
The skidding car continued on its
zigzag course until it went over the
embankment and dumped the occu-
pants on to the railroad track in an
unconscious condition, where they lay
with fractured bones and suffering
from internal injuries.
Brother to Rescue.
It so happened that Mr.. J. G. Cald-
we'll, brother to Thomas Caldwell,
was automobiling with his family
Their car was ahead. Looking back
and falling to see his brothers car in
sight; Mr.. ]. G. Caldwell turned
around and went back to see if any
trouble had befallen the party. He
soon came to the place in the road
where signs pointed Enthusiastically to
an accident of a serious nature. Peer
ing over the embankment, the injured
parties were seen lying upon the rail-
road track. The Southern's passen-
ger train No. 13 was bearing down
upon them and there was no time
time to lose. Mr.. Caldwells little
daughter ran up the track for a good
distance and tagged the train down
The injured we're taken aboard and
carried to Tryon, where they received
first aid, and were later sent to Spar
tanburg aboard No. 10. They were
placed in a hospital, where their in
juries received medical attention
While it is known that the four are
seriously hurt, at late hour tonight
the correspondent was unable to learn
if any of them had received injuries
that might prove fatal. 1t is under
stood that the baby thrown from the
car and Mrs. Caldwell, who jumped
after it, were not seriously hurt.
The automobile in which Thomas
Caldwell and party were riding was
damaged beyond repair.