VGN in 1912--Injury

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Rick,

I used the online "mytopo Historical Maps," @ 
http://historical.mytopo.com/index.cfm?CFID=9674984&CFTOKEN=36403021, Clicking: "Virginia," "Town Index," "Eggfeston [ sic]," "Pearisburg - 15 1937," "Southeast."

A modern topo map of the Eggleston area can be found at Microsoft Research Maps:
http://msrmaps.com/Default.aspx
Search for "Eggleston, VA," and click on "Topo Map."  You can up-size the map and zoom in if desired.

I hope this helps.

Gordon


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  Gordon, 
  Would you please provide the topo map quadrant name?  I share your clippings with a cousin who is a history buff.  She is also doing a family genealogy and many of her father's side of the house came from that area of Giles County mentioned in this clip.   She would like to get a copy of the map for her research.
  Many thanks for your help and for sharing these tid-bits of local history.
  Rick Huddle
  Delaware, OH
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    Bluefield Daily Telegraph
    Fri., May 17, 1912

    PRINCETON DAY BY DAY
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    Brakeman Nickle Injured
    On Wednesday evening at Sinking Creek in Giles county, T. J. Nickle, a brakeman, while on an engine on the Virginian railway, slipped and fell, falling a distance of forty feet and suffering internal injuries. He was brought to the Princeton Hospital Wednesday night and will undergo a surgical operation. At the time of the accident, the engine was standing on a bridge, Nickle falling from the engine under the bridge. Strange to say there were no bones broken nor any outward wounds other than a few small bruises.
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    [Topo maps show Sinking Creek flowing east to west in Giles County, and true to its name sinks in the porous limestone near New River.  These maps show the mouth of Sinking Creek (or at least its dry creek bed) located a mile or two west of Eggleston on New River.]

    Gordon Hamilton

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