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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>July 24,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>ARMS AND LEGS CUT OFF</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Thomas Klimonds</STRONG> [<EM>Microfilm blurred.
Best interpretation shown</EM>.] <STRONG>Found Under Train at Vivian Still Alive
at Last Report</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Thomas Klimonds had both legs and both arms
cut off last night at Vivian yards by extra No. 83 westbound freight, Captain
Kitts. It is not known from the reports received at the division office
how the accident occurred. The conductor found Klimonds under the train,
and it was not explained how he got there. There were no injuries to any
of the man's vital organs, and he was still living when the report was
received. His relatives reside at Vivian, and he was turned over to them
by the railroad people.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>This is another example of how accidents were handled when
they occurred away from medical facilities in the early 20th Century.
There have been several accounts of victims being carried to their homes, or in
this case to a relative's home, to either recover or die.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>