1908 - Landslides Cleared

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Roanoke Times - April 5, 1908

LANDSLIDES CLEARED

Reports From N. & W. Offices Say That All Tracks Are Clear

   Report received at the Norfolk & Western headquarters here 
indicate that troubles occasioned by the numerous landslides in the 
Pocahontas coal field are now things of the past. Both passenger 
trains and freights are now running through without any very serious delay.
   The rains, which caused the trouble, came to an end on Thursday, 
and it is reported that the weather is favorable throughout the territory.
   No new landslides have been reported.
   A washout west of Naugatuck was the last slide that caused delay. 
The work of clearing away the rock and earth from the tracks in the 
dozens of places in the coal fields where slides occurred has been 
pushed along rapidly by the regular section hands and hundreds of 
emergency laborers.

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- Ron Davis, Roger Link