. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . p; Curtin Company atCurtin, W. Va., was one of the heaviest losers. The Cherry River Boom & Lumber Com-pany came to our assistance at Richwood withmen to build the lines from that end. It isunderstood that the Gauley River never wasknown to be so high since 1861. No livesreported lost at any point. On February 26, while extra west 570 and1209 was coming down Salt Lick Valley nearHeater, W. Va., Bridge 58-B was partly washedout. Engine 1209 and five cars went down inthe creek. Engineer W. D. Moore, on engine570, was killed, and engineer M. T. Hall in-ju
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . p; Curtin Company atCurtin, W. Va., was one of the heaviest losers. The Cherry River Boom & Lumber Com-pany came to our assistance at Richwood withmen to build the lines from that end. It isunderstood that the Gauley River never wasknown to be so high since 1861. No livesreported lost at any point. On February 26, while extra west 570 and1209 was coming down Salt Lick Valley nearHeater, W. Va., Bridge 58-B was partly washedout. Engine 1209 and five cars went down inthe creek. Engineer W. D. Moore, on engine570, was killed, and engineer M. T. Hall in-jured. The repair forces at the Grafton Shops aredoing their bit to help win the wrar by get-ting into service with classified repairs allthe locomotives that it is possible to turn outof the shops. They were asked to get a statednumber out of the shops during the month ofFebruary. When a summary of the monthsoutput was made it was found that they haddone better than the request, having turnedout fifteen engines from the Grafton shops,. THE MARCH FLOOD AT KICHWOOD, W. VA. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 65
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