N&W in 1909--Accident

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
July 24, 1909

ARMS AND LEGS CUT OFF
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Thomas Klimonds [Microfilm blurred.  Best interpretation shown.] Found Under Train at Vivian Still Alive at Last Report
    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.
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[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.]

Gordon Hamilton
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