Kate Shelley was a young woman that was noted for risking her life to save over a hundred train passengers. Those who worked for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad honored Kate Shelley in their own special way in that;
On the evening of July 6, 1881, a heavy downpour caused the collapse of bridges through which trains passed. Two engines were sent from Moingona to check the conditions of the rain.
John O'Neil a section foreman that led one of the engines fell off from a bridge to his death near Shelley's farm.
Seeing that the bridge had collapsed and a train will be passing through it by midnight with a lot of passengers, Kate Shelley undertook an arduous journey to warn the train station before the train departed.
She got there on time to save a lot of lives.
The train station awarded her for her bravery b giving her a gold medal, coal, flour, and a lifetime pass. The government and other notable personalities paid off her mortgage, helped her pay tuition fees, and honored her.
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