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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 2003

Page

2

Milk Spills Flood Welch Underpass After Truck Crash

A milk truck collided at 7:50 a.m. on McDowell Street near Welch Community Hospital, getting hung up on a low underpass and spilling milk products across the road. Police Chief R K Bowman confirmed the load could not be cleared, blocking traffic.

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Milk truck stuck underpass near Welch Hospital

Police say a milk truck too large for a Welch underpass became stuck at 7:50 am. Operated by William R. Canterbury of Oak Hill the truck carried various milk products. No injuries or citations. Cleanup by multiple agencies took over four hours.

Bowman William R. Canterbury Oak Hill Charles Owens Cowens Bottonline

Nub Porterfield 88 longtime Bluefield public servant dies

Arnold G. Nub Porterfield, 88, a former Bluefield police chief and city firefighter, dies after time in Bluefield Regional Medical Center. A dedicated book collector with 30,000 volumes, he donated his Concord College library holdings in 1993 and was honored by Concord in 1999. He served in World War II and the Korean War, ran Appalachian Book Store, and remained active in community circles until his death.

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