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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