N&W in 19090--Wreck

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Only if he had GoogleEarth . . .

EdK
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  Peebles is lat. 38 degrees 56' 05"

  Portsmouth is lat. 36 degrees 45' 14"

  As the reporter saw it, going from Peebles to Portsmouth would be southbound wouldn't it?

  Gordon Hamilton
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    Southbound freight?  On the Cincinnati District?

    Wow!

    EdK
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      Bluefield Daily Telegraph
      July 28, 1909

      BLUEFIELD MAN KILLED IN WRECK
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      Remains of J. D. Norton, Brakeman, Will be Brought Here Today for Burial
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      FATHER MET SIMILAR DEATH FEW WEEKS AGO
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      Smash-up at Peebles on Scioto Division Tears Down Eight Bents of Bridge and Thirty-five Cars Leave the Track
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      GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT GOES TO SCENE TO INVESTIGATE

          An accident occurred on the Scioto Division of the Norfolk and Western yesterday morning at 8:30 near Peebles, Ohio, which resulted in the instant death of J. D. Norton, a brakeman residing in Bluefield and the wrecking of 35 cars.
          The definite cause of the wreck has not been stated by the local officials of the company, but the matter is under investigation.  For some reason or other the train, which was a southbound freight, jumped the track on a bridge over a small stream, tearing down eight bents of the bridge and badly wrecking the cars.
          General Superintendent George P. Johnston left at noon yesterday on a special train to investigate the trouble and take charge of repairing the damage.
          Mr. Norton was a married man, twenty-nine years old, and the son of J. D. Norton who was killed a few weeks ago at the Norfolk and Western passenger station while attempting to alight from a moving train.  The remains will be brought to Bluefield for burial.
          According to the reports received at the local division office no one else was injured.  The damage to the bridge and the rolling stock, however, was considerable, and it will take some time to complete the repairs.  The telegraph wires were torn down on the bridge, and only a meager report of the wreck was received yesterday morning.  This did not indicate that so much damage was done.  Later reports gave fuller details.  Peebles is a small place thirty-six miles north of Portsmouth, Ohio.
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      Gordon Hamilton


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