From the Tazewell Republican, Volume 17, Number 27, July 2, 1908 TWO MEN DIE IN WRECK Engineer Patrick Wyrick and Fireman Meadows Killed at St. Paul Engineer Patrick Wyrick, of Bluefield, and Fireman A. L. Meadows, of Dante, Va., were killed in a disastrous freight wreck at St. Paul, Va., on last Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Mr. Meadows, the fireman, was killed instantly by being caught beneath the engine when it plunged down an embankment. Engineer Wyrick was terribly scalded about the head and breast, dying in a short time after receiving his injuries. Besides the engine, four loaded and two empty cars were derailed and piled high into the air, blocking the traffic on this division for about eight hours. The train which was wrecked was fast freight No. 86, eastbound, and was pulled by engine No. 386, which is of the M class and is the heaviest and most powerful type of engine used anywhere on the Norfolk & Western system, and to this fact is attributed the cause for the awful accident, the rail on this division being entirely too light for such heavy engines. Engineer Wyrick was one of the best known and most popular men in the train service of the Norfolk & Western, and had been very fortunate in being in but few wrecks. He leaves a wife and five children. Fireman Meadows’ home is at Dante, in Russell County, to which place his remains were taken for burial.
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