Trains Collide On WV Tracks After Night Crash
Two Chessie trains on a single track in the Eastern Panhandle collided head on killing a female engineer Barbara Jean Hopkins age 26 of Cumberland Maryland and injuring five crewmen. Four locomotives and 15 cars derailed. Officials seek cause while hoping to reopen one track soon.
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Orleans Cross Road
W.va
Panhandle
Chessie System
Chessie
Barbara Jean Hopkins
Cumberland
Potomac
Cacapon
Baltimore
G.N. Griffith
Engineer killed in Brunswick West Virginia train crash
Barbara Jean Hopkins, engineer of one Chessie System freight train, was killed in a dawn collision of two Chessie freights east of Cumberland on a curved track near Berkeley Springs. Nineteen cars and four locomotives derailed. cause under investigation. Friends and YMCA colleagues remember her as skilled, friendly, and deeply devoted to the railroad.
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James K. McKenzie Jr
Frostburg
Lindsey Bryan
Keyser
Morgan County War Memorial Hospital
Berkeley Springs
Charles M. Adams
Cumberland
William P. Merritt
le Vale
Robert Cavanaugh
Williamsport
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
McKenzie
Lloyd Lewis
Chessie
Cleveland
Brunswick
The
YMCA
Frank Miglio
Barbara Jean Hopkins
West Virginia
Miglio
Ms. Hopkins
G.N. Griffith
Lewis
Frederick Mayor skips King memorial service citing no invitation
Frederick Mayor Ronald N. Young said he did not attend memorial services for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at First Missionary Baptist Church because he had no invitation and could not attend all county meetings. He noted inviting Rev. Willis Wilson to lunch and a Kiwanis meeting, and discussed the Coalition formed by black ministers to advocate for minority rights. The article also covers efforts to boost Black representation in city services and Jobs via new industries, plus a Dean's List student at Villanova.
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Frederick
Ronald N. Young
Martin Luther King Jr
First Missionary Baptist Church
Young
Frederick City
Dr. King
Willis Wilson
Quinn Ame Church
Kiwanis Club
Wilson
Coalition
NAACP
Peeters City
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Mt. Airy
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USA
Esky
Reo & Derick Drug
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Prince Avliance
Matchabelli
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Luden
Laer
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Hallmark
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REA and Derick, Inc
Francis Scott Key Mall
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