Brave act saves boy from oncoming locomotive in Oldtown
The Bangor Whig reports an 18 year old, Luther Soaper of Oldtown, leaped onto the track as a locomotive on the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad neared a seven year old boy. He seized the child and hurled him to the platform, then narrowly escaped the engine himself. Bystanders cheered the heroic rescue.
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