Four Oaks, May 1—Last Thursday afternoon, Bill and Ralph Canaday Jr. decided time was too valuable to lose in waiting for a train to clear the main street crossing. They gently slipped under a box car and started on across to the opposite side of the track. About this time the train started off. The boys seemed to be forewarned by Providence or some unseen power and crouched down to avoid being struck by the moving train. All they seemed to be interested in was blowing the saxophone they were carrying.
A man standing nearby saw the boys and gave a signal to the engineer to stop He did this as quickly as possible and thus helped to save the lives of these adventurous and innocent children. This has been spoken of man as miraculous as well as evidence of the hand of Providence.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning May 4, 1926
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