N&W and Virginian in 1909--Jobs, etc.

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You can bet that the driving force was financial! Lawsuits? Mandatory 
retirement payouts?
Other settlements?

Tom Cosgrove

NW Mailing List wrote:

>

> It's really hard to believe all of the accidents that happened to 

> railway employees in the early 1900's. I know that the N&W went on to 

> win awards for safety, does anybody know when the N&W began to become 

> more safety conscious and what were the driving reasons? Thanks.

>

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>

> Mike Weeks

>

> Charlotte NC

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> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> April 1, 1909

>

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>

> IN CITY AND COALFIELD

>

> ------

>

> **Yard Master at Princeton**

>

>      Frank Shaffer, of this city, left yesterday for Princeton, where 

> he will be yardmaster for the Virginian Railway.

>

> ------

>

> **Get Jobs on Virginian**

>

>     Harve McCoy and Ferd [sic] Melcher left yesterday for Princeton, 

> where they have secured positions with the Virginian Railway.

>

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>

> **Both Legs Cut Off**

>

>     Kyle Wheeler, brakeman on the Norfolk and Western work train which 

> operates between Roanoke and Radford, had both legs cut off at Walton 

> yesterday.  He was taken to the Radford hospital.  His condition is 

> said to be serious.

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>

> [//I suspect that the Bluefielders who found employment with the 

> Virginian were N&W employees who saw greener grass on the other side 

> of the fence for whatever reason.//]

>

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>

> Gordon Hamilton

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Tom Cosgrove
N2VFK
NREMT-B
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