Cook County IL Archives Obituaries.....Nolls, John 1907
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Cook County Herald, Mar 15, 1907
Cook County Herald, Arlington Heights IL
Mar 15, 1907

Loses Life to Save Son

Heroic Deed of Father May Have Been in Vain After All

John Nolls, 48 years of age, a teamster, sacrificed his life in his attempt to 
save his 8-year-old son Michael from being ground under the wheels of an 
eastbound Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad passenger train at Morgan 
and Sixteenth streets, Chicago. The father had just grasped his son by the arm 
to throw him from the tracks when the pilot of the engine struck them. Nolls 
was thrown on top of his son and the heavy train passed over both. When 
several employees of the railroad company reached their sides the father and 
son were unconcious. They were removed to the county hospital, where Nolls 
died a short time later. The boy, according to the attending physicians, is in 
a serious condition. His skull is fractured and he is hurt internally.


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