Accident at Twin Branch WV

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Does anyone know if this man was also kin to Freddy
Steel, a preacher who often broadcast out of Beckley?

Thanks

Mark Combs 
--- nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> I wonder if this Steele was kin to Walter D. Steele,
> who was an engineer on the Pokey in the 1950s?
> 
> EdKing
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>   Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 6:34 AM
>   Subject: Re: Accident at Twin Branch WV
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> 
>   Very interesting story. I found it almost
> gruesomely amusing, the amount of detail of his
> injuries. Now it would be politically incorrect to
> publish such information. Thanks for sharing.
> 
>   Bob Welsh
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>     To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org 
>     Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 9:15 PM
>     Subject: Accident at Twin Branch WV
> 
> 
> 
>     Hi ever one. Thought I would share his story
> with the list in hopes of finding more information
>     on the matter. This story told by my grandfather
> many times to me as a young man . About
>     his uncle Henry getting killed on N&W. Having a
> profound interest in the N&W all my life.I
>     did a little research a couple years a go and
> found the follow article in the Bluefield paper.
> 
>      Article in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph on
> August 13, 1907:  
> 
>      William H. Steele, fireman on Engine No. 422,
> was crushed to death beneath the wheels of his train
> at Twin Branch early Sunday morning. The train was
> running at a speed of about 15 miles an hour when
> the engine became detached from the tender hurl- ing
> the fireman to the track below.  A number of cars
> passed over his body,which was fearfully mangled,
> the left arm torn off at the shoulder joint, the
> left leg crushed off at the hip and his skull
> crushed in.   The remains were brought to Bluefield
> on No. 4 Sunday morning and prepared for burial at
> Crocketts under taking parlors, after which the body
> was removed to the home of his mother in East
> Graham, and from there was taken to Baptist Valley
> and laid to rest by the side of his father.   Mr.
> Steele was aged about twenty-two and for two years
> had been a fireman on the Pocahontas division.  He
> was the son of the late W. R. Steele and was reared
> in Tazewell County.  He was a young man of good
> character and was very popular with his employers.  
> C. W. Moss, the agent, is authority for the
> statement that he carried $1,500 life insurance, the
> policy being in the Travlers.  
> 
>      Incidentally  William Steele's mother was Nancy
> Virgina Claytor a distant cousin of Robert B
> Claytor. Any early photos of class M 422 or
> information would be much welcomed.
> 
>     Thanks
>     Larry Evans
>     Kenova, WV
> 
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