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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>June 9,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>TERRIFIC HAILSTORM</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Railroad Tracks Blocked Between Shawsville and Big
Tunnel</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> According to Captain W. J. Hutton, conductor
of west bound passenger train No. 1, one of the most terrific hail storms in
history occurred yesterday afternoon in the Alleghenies between Shawsville and
Big Tunnel. He said that the hailstones ranged in size from a hulled
walnut almost to an ostrich egg. They were the largest he ever saw, and
the railroad track ws blocked for the space of forty-three minutes. It
became necessary for his crew to get out and clear away the hail stones before
the train could proceed. Captain Hutton sayss that much damage was done to
the growing crops in that section of the county.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> These was a heavy downpour of rain in
Bluefield yesterday afternoon accompanied by some hail, but no damage was
done.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>Big Tunnel is now known as Montgomery Tunnel (twin
tunnels).</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>