N&W in 1911--Trespasser

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"When it came to a dead stop the pilot of the engine was within a foot of
the man's head."

I thought that only happened in Hollywood!

Mike Weeks
Greenville NC

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:06 PM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


>  Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> June 14, 1911

>

>     THOUGHT SLEEPER WAS DEAD AND FLAGGED FLYER

> ------

> *Train No. 4 Stopped Near Chillicothe By Peculiar Occurrence*

>         Discovering a negro [*sic*] asleep on the N. & W. tracks above

> Chillicothe and train No. 4 due within a few minutes, some tall hustling was

> done to get a lantern to flag the flyer.  The two men who found the negro

> making a bed of the tracks thought he was dead, and fearing to remove the

> body, flagged the train.  When it came to a dead stop the pilot of the

> engine was within a foot of the man's head.

> ------

> Gordon Hamilton

>

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