N&W in 1910--Wreck

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
December 2, 1910

ONE WAS KILLED AND FOUR HURT IN WRECK
Two Freight Trains Carrying Heavy Loads Collide Head-on at Sharp Curve
    One man was killed and four were injured in a head-on collision on the Norfolk and Western, one mile west of Perintown, Ohio, at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning.  Two freight trains carrying heavy loads running at a high rate of speed came together on a sharp curve in a deep cut.  Six cars were piled along the tracks and traffic was delayed for several hours.
    W. J. Hull*, Wayne, W. Va., head brakeman, eastbound freight No. 84, was instantly killed.  The injured are Roland Jacobs, Portsmouth, fireman eastbound train, leg broken; Clifford Smith, Portsmouth, engineer eastbound train, back wrenched; J. H. Clowe, Portsmouth, head brakeman, westbound train, bruised; Carlos Pyles, engineer westbound train sprained back.
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*Name indistinct on microfilm.  Best interpretation is shown.

Gordon Hamilton
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