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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>July 12,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>THE GRAHAM DAILY NEWS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> The thirteen-year-old son of Chas. Gray,
colored, of east Graham, was run over by a freight train west of Graham and his
body terribly mangled under the wheels. The boy was on his way to Falls
Mills, where his father was employed at the stone quarry of the Walton Company,
when he met his death. It is presumed the lad had stepped from the
westbound track to allow a westbound train to pass, only to step in front of an
eastbound train. The body was taken in charge by the section gang and as
soon as his identity became known his father was notified of the accident and
came home and conveyed the remains to his home. Interment will take place
today in the colored cemetery in west Graham.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>It is surprising how many articles of that era in the
Bluefield newspapers reported that people were killed by stepping out of the way
of one train only to step in front of another on the double track. Also,
to us today it is hard to imagine how common it was for a body to be taken
directly to the deceased's home, but that was often done according to many of
the newspaper articles of that time.</EM>]<EM> </EM></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><EM><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></EM></DIV></BODY></HTML>