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You can bet that the driving force was financial! Lawsuits? Mandatory
retirement payouts?<br>
Other settlements?<br>
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Tom Cosgrove<br>
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NW Mailing List wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">It’s really
hard to believe all of
the accidents that happened to railway employees in the early 1900’s. I
know that the N&W went on to win awards for safety, does anybody
know when
the N&W began to become more safety conscious and what were the
driving reasons?
Thanks.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Mike Weeks</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Charlotte</span></font><font
color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> NC</span></font></p>
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size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">-----Original
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org">mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org</a>] <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>NW Mailing List<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, February
20, 2009
7:59 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 3VGN Ry Yahoo
Group; 2N&W
Mailing List<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> N&W and
Virginian in
1909--Jobs, etc.</span></font></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Bluefield Daily
Telegraph<br>
April 1, 1909</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"
align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 13.5pt;">IN CITY AND
COALFIELD</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"
align="center"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Yard Master at
Princeton</span></font></b></strong></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Frank Shaffer, of this city,
left yesterday for Princeton, where he will be yardmaster for the
Virginian
Railway.</span></font></p>
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align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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align="center"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Get Jobs on
Virginian</span></font></b></strong></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Harve McCoy and Ferd [sic] Melcher
left yesterday for Princeton, where they have secured positions with
the
Virginian Railway.</span></font></p>
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align="center"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Both Legs Cut Off</span></font></b></strong></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Kyle Wheeler, brakeman on the
Norfolk and Western work train which operates between Roanoke and
Radford, had
both legs cut off at Walton yesterday. He was taken to the Radford
hospital. His condition is said to be serious.</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[<em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">I suspect that
the Bluefielders who found employment with the Virginian were N&W
employees
who saw greener grass on the other side of the fence for whatever
reason.</font></i></em>]</span></font></p>
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face="Comic Sans MS" size="6"><span
style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Gordon Hamilton</span></font></p>
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Tom Cosgrove
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