Tragic boiler blast at Backus Mountain mill kills three
A boiler explosion at the Harvey Fox saw and grist mill on Backus Mountain killed three workers and scattered debris across a broad area. The blast ripped through the mill, sent the boiler aloft, and hurled a boulder into an orchard, with rescuers and residents scrambling to assess injuries and missing equipment.
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Backus
Gamel Creek
Harvey Fox
Backus Mountain
Beckley
Walter Pugh
Roland Pugh
McKendree Hospital
Mene
East Gulf and Nearby Towns Personal News
East Gulf West Virginia society notes list visits and social calls across Wytheville Sophia Beckley Mullens Harper Hinton and Washington. Families include Armbrister Farmer Meadows Reynolds Meador Gross Bish McGuire Mason Jackson and others with towns Wyco Beckley Mullens Har pr and Rhodell cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Armbrister
G. E. Farmer
Wytheville
J. M. Jessup
Sophia
B. E. Meadows
Winding Gulf
T. E. Gross
W. F. Clark
Kitty
Chadestor
C. Gross
Wellington Bosworth
Mullens
Mr. Smith
Clarence Smith
Black Eagle
Adolph Averio
Beckley
Harvey Funeral This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah P. Harvey, 79, who died recently, are announced for this afternoon. The family requested privacy as pallbearers and service details were not disclosed.
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Sarah P. Harvey
Funeral at Bolt Home for Mrs Harvey After Illness
Friday at her Bolt residence after a brief pneumonia illness a funeral will be held at 2 o'clock led by Reverend Grant Stephens. Burial follows in the family cemetery by Caffee Undertakers. Mrs Harvey is survived by her son O J Harvey of Bolt.
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R. R. Noel
Lewis Honaker
Oak Hill
Fred Nonaker
Nolen Blake
Minden
Lacy Ellison
Charleston
A. M.shannon
Mr. Shannon
Raleigh General Hospital
Hubert
A. E
Chas. Stover
Bolt
Grant Stephens
Caffee
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Raleigh County Court
Lis
Raleigh County Whittlers Club
Moody Dillon
Chap Wiley
Joe Slick Willams
Fred Lily
East Beckley
Ameagle
Katherine Myers
Red Cross
George W. Bright
Point Pleasant
Bright
Raleigh County
E. M. Payne
Jericho Road
Glen Morgan
W. Va
Delbert Noel
Anne
Harry Noel
C. F. Noel
Forest Noel
Covinington
John Eisner
Walter Ford
Frank Turner
Dorthea
Emogene
East Gulf, W. Va
W. L. Hylton
Charles McGuire
Mary’ McGuire
Granville Trivett
Harper
B. L. Bish
Beatrice
Albert
Carbonell
Rock Wick
Ray Surbaugh
Hinton
W. G. Mead
John Marlin
Thomas McEwan
Elizabeth
Mollie McCawley
Kew
Ple
Otis Harvey
Paul Brice
Rhodell
W. L. Hutton
Ottaway Wyatt
Irene Lockhart
Virginia
Chester Taylor
Paul Gillispie
Eee
Beckley Hospital
Bish
O. G. Hudson
J. Cc. Reed
B.L. Bish
L. W. Mason
Connie Jackson
W. A. Gilmore
Vernon Gross
Afr
T. C. Gross
Washington, D. C
Harvey
DODGE
Plymouth
D. A. Phillips
W. L. McCray
Somer
Stephenson
Dick Lewis
F.S. Hayes
Slab Fork
Clyde Montgomery
Marsh Fork
J. Edward
Tom Lewis
Walter Marcum
Trap Hill
Jess Thompson
Clear Fork
H. E. Brammer
Shady Spring
Richmond
I. G. Farmer
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