N&W in 1911--Connecting road accident

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This is intersting and sad. Imation being on the same train when your father died. My question is, how many logging railroads did the N&W connect with? My assumption is a few since the N&W does run right through the heart of Appalachia.

-Brad



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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:10:44 -0400
Subject: N&W in 1911--Connecting road accident

Bluefield Daily Telegraph
August 121911

IN CITY AND COALFIELD
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Crushed to Death

    Elliott Sanders was crushed to death on the Honaker Lumber company's lumber railroad Thursday afternoon when a train composed of seven box cars and eleven log cars got away on the stretch of road which extends along Russell Creek back into the mountains of Buchanan from Richlands.  It appears that the log cars got away and pushed the rest of the train on ahead until the wreck came.  Sanders' body was frightfully mangled and one of his legs had not been found up to yesterday.  His son, who was employed by the same company, was working on the train when the accident occurred.
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Gordon Hamilton