N&W in 1912--Accident at Dry Fork

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In a message dated 10/17/2011 6:55:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Bluefield Daily Telegraph
February 10, 1912

RAKE USED TO PULL BODIES FROM WRECK
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Conductor and Two Brakemen Cremated in Smash-Up Near Belspring
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PASSENGER TRAIN PLUNGES INTO FREIGHT
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Operator is Generally Blamed by Railroad Men for Letting No. 15 Pass His
Station When Another Train Had Not Cleared Block
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There was a similar rear-end collision which occurred on November 29, 1906
at Lawyers, VA
on the Southern Railway (south of Lynchburg) caused by the operator at
Rangoon (near the Lynchburg airport) allowing No. 37 to enter a block
occupied by No. 33. At the investigation, the Rangoon operator claimed the
operator at Lawyers had reported No. 33 clear, but the Lawyers operator denied
it and the
blank slot on the train sheet confirmed his statement. This collision was
notable because seven of
No. 33's passengers were killed, including Samuel Spencer, Southern's
president. Harry Bundy
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