N&W in 1911--4 items

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 18, 1911

IN CITY AND COALFIELD
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Injured Railroaders Doing Well
    Fireman Hunter, who recently had his foot cut off, W. C. Houchins, a brakeman who had his foot mashed, and Fireman Conley, who was badly scalded a short while ago, and all of whom are in the Bluefield Sanitarium, are reported as getting along nicely and will soon be out again.
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Passenger Train Delayed
    Passenger train No. 6, on the Clinch Valley, was delayed three hours at Cleveland last night on account of engine failure.
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Washout Near Chillicothe
    According to a report received here early this morning there was a severe wind and rain storm on the Scioto division last night.  A washout on the Norfolk and Western is reported about two miles east of Chillicothe.
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Run Over by Train
    While trespassing on the Norfolk and Western at Eckman yesterday, Garfield Parish, colored, was run down by a freight train and had his left leg cut off below the knee.  He was taken to a doctor's office at Eckman.
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Gordon Hamilton
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