Thaxton Wreck in 1889 Remembered

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Dan Casey, Roanoke Times columnist, reports on the efforts to get a
historical marker placed near the site of the 1889 wreck of N&W
passenger train No. 2, which killed 18 and was one of the worst train
wrecks in Virginia. The wreck was near Thaxton, east of Roanoke.

Casey: "A long-forgotten train wreck is remembered" - Roanoke Times: News

http://www.roanoke.com/news/casey-a-long-forgotten-train-wreck-is-remembered/article_d6a90182-15b3-502a-a01c-6629c28e1ab5.html#.VD0rcPEPvU4.gmail

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