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<DIV>The way I understood the article (reading somewhat between the lines) the
fireman was trapped between the boulder and the tender in such a way that he
could not be extricated until the special train and crew from Bluefield
arrived. As soon as the crew removed the boulder that had the
fireman trapped he was loaded on the train for the rush trip to
Bluefield.</DIV>
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<DIV>The reporter could have clarified the situation better than he did.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gordon Hamilton</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:46
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: N&W in 1909--Another
fatality</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Today if the dying man was left sitting for "hours" while the
rock was moved<BR>the lawsuits would be amazing. In EMS circles we speak of
the Golden Hour and a<BR>Platinum 10 minutes for a trauma patient. If I don't
have the patient on the operating table<BR>one hour after the accident, we've
failed.<BR><BR>Tom Cosgrove<BR><BR>NW Mailing List wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>February 10,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>FIREMAN DIES OF INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN TRAIN
STUCK BOLDER</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center>------</DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG>Engine and One Car Hurled From Track by Rock
Weighing Over a Ton</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Dislodged from the bank of a cut near
Wittens Mills, an immense boulder weighing over a ton rolled on the Norfolk
and Western track after midnight yesterday morning and train No. 85 crashed
into it with the result that the engine and one car were thrown from the
track and the fireman, Will Kensinger, was caught in some way between the
bolder and the tender of the engine.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> A wrecker was rushed from this city to
the scene of the accident with Dr. St. Clair on board so that he could give
medical assistance to the wounded fireman. The crew then worked for
several hours trying to remove the boulder and as soon as this was finished
the special train made a hurried return trip to this city with Kensinger,
for whom everything that the doctor could do was being done. An
ambulance met the special at the local station and the man was hurried to
the Bluefield Sanitarium where it was found that he could not live, as he
reached the local hospital in a pulseless condition. Within a few
minutes after his arrival here he died and was later taken to the home of
his mother, Mrs. Mary A . Kensinger, on Allen street.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The dead man was 24 years old and was a
member of Grace Methodist church and also member of the B. of L. F. & E.
[<EM>Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen</EM>].</DIV>
<DIV align=left> He is survived by his mother, four
sisters--Mrs. C. C. Walker, and Misses Ada, Mary and Pearl Kensinger and two
brothers--James and Guy Kensinger. The funeral will be held from Grace
Methodist church this afternoon at 2 o'clock under the auspices of the
Brotherhood of Firemen, and the services will be conducted by Rev. T. S.
Hamilton and Rev. D. E. Hawk.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>Whitten Mills is in Tazewell County on the Clinch
Valley line to Norton, VA.</EM> <EM>Also, Feb. 9th was a Tuesday so it
is interesting that Dr. St. Clair made the trip to the accident scene even
though his practice must have suffered that day. Finally, the Rev. T.
S. Hamilton was my grandfather.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon Hamilton</FONT></DIV><PRE wrap=""><HR width="90%" SIZE=4>
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