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ENGINEER WILEY KILLED. ' Fatal Wreck on Roanoke South- j, ern Near Wright's Siding.A terrible engine wicck took place 1 t-3.nu..lay riming Just iwfnr dtmh a; Wright r» Sid.hr on the Tloanoke an I ' Southern eomlT ton mile* south of this i I olty. Atoiit tbo time mentioned. a i •work train engine In t-barg*- of Mr. 1 Coy M. Wiley. had commenced »q bark .slowly off a bridge near Wrights, when ! with sK rush n double headed freight frame around the cure In frontI and crashed. down upon the : work train. Botlh engines were! sent toppling and broken over the side many feet below. Engineer Wiley at-I tempted to Jump from the work en-1 §lne but was caught between the engine nnd cab erasing bis form In a terrible mannr. Arthur T. Spencer, J who had charge of the first freight engine was badly scalded by st-nm and w'ns brought to Roanoke as quickly as ---_-—Wo-4-pltal where he now lien In nserious condition. The third engineer escaped Injury. The accident 1- said to have been-Vanned by the flagman j having l»een removed too soon by the work train, and the proximity of the I freight was not discovered In the sleet j that prevailed-«rn til they cnme in aud-i den contact. The freight was-coming down grade and running very r ipldly \ at the time of the collision. Wiley's remains were brought to Roanoke nnd .1 taken charge of by Oakey fc Woo'wlnc. ', until direction for burial were obtain- j I e(| from his people, who are %nld to I Jve at Rust buret. Ckmpbrll county. I The deceas'd engineer was an Elk and ' members of the local lodge will take | au iu-ilve part In the funeral arrange- | menu*. Wiley was very popular «I*o among hUVMflow* ami had many friends. He fill five brothers, one of w'bom In ^ien «M. Wiley, also an engineer. on The N. A W.road. The de-CMiefl man boarded at Mr*, Lane's 17 \ Campbell avenue.Arthur T. Spencer la a married man and roaidea .at M* \town»ain nwni« aouth west. *Hare your i^) work ^ae ^ Fal. Ion. and It will be done right. Greenhouses. Luck avenue. New ’Phone. 267.Hush-Stop-and See! ||
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Roanoke Evening News
Roanoke, Virginia, US
Mon, Jan 26, 1903
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