N&W in 1912--Accident at Dry Fork

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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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BODIES OF VICTIMS BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION

[This was a rear-end collision at Dry Branch, next station west of Belspring along New River on the Radford Division.  The newspaper article was over two columns long and most was too indistinct on the microfilm to transcribe.  It was possible to make out some gruesome descriptions that elaborated on the primary headline above.  The ICC report on this accident can be viewed at http://ntl1.specialcollection.net/scripts/ws.dll?websearch&site=dot_railroads]

Gordon Hamilton
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