N&W in 1910--Coaches derailed

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
July 6, 1910

IN CITY AND COALFIELD
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Two Coaches Derailed
    Train No. 1* had a slight derailment at Bluestone Junction yesterday when two coaches next to the dining car left the track as a result of a split switch.  The train was making very slow speed at the time and as soon as the cars left the track the emergency brakes stopped the train.  Several of the passengers in the two coaches which left the track were slightly shaken up but no one was injured.  It took the wrecking crews nearly three hours to get the train on wheels and moving.  The derailment occurred just west of the Bluestone tower.
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    *Lv. Lynchburg 6:45 a.m., Ar. Welch 3:39 p.m., making all stops exception Walton and Cooper--June 1915 Official Guide.

Gordon Hamilton
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