N&W in 1910--Another fatality

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
December 13, 1910

COLORED BRAKEMAN KILLED
    Charles Hester, colored, died yesterday afternoon as a result of an accident which befell him yesterday morning shortly after 3:30 o'clock, when he fell beneath the wheels of a moving freight train in the west yard and lost both legs.  The man was carried to a hospital, but the doctors were not able to save his life.  Hester was head brakeman on train No. 84 and 83 and had been with the railroad for a number of years.
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[Mail Listers who have been following these postings will notice that this was the forth fatal accident to an N&W employee in the twelve days, Dec. 1 thru Dec. 12, 1910.]

Gordon Hamilton
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