N&W in 1910--Derailment

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
September 13, 1910

EIGHTEEN CARS DERAILED
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Tramp Had to be Chopped Out of Wreckage But Was Not Seriously Injured
    Eighteen cars off the track two miles west of Finney delayed passenger train No. 6 over three hours last night.  When the cars left the track they piled up and a tramp who was stealing a ride on one of the cars got caught in the wreckage to such an extent that he could not be removed until wreckers with axes appeared on the scene and chopped the timbers which bound him down.  After considerable work he was released and to the surprise of all the wrecking crew and trainhands it was found the man was not seriously injured.
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Gordon Hamilton
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