[PDF] Lost At Thaxton eBook

Author : Michael E. Jones
Publisher : Thaxton Press LLC
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category : Accident victims
ISBN : 9780989004602

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A storm like no one had ever seen caused tiny Wolf Creek in Thaxton, Virginia, to rage in the darkness of night. An earthen fill that carried the railroad over the creek could not withstand the power of the rising water, and Norfolk & Western passenger train Number Two plummeted into a hole in the earth. There in the valley beneath the shadow of the towering Peaks of Otter, passengers and crew scrambled from the wreckage and water in a life-or-death struggle. The best and worst of humanity were on display in the small hours of the night, as some worked heroically to rescue those trapped in the debris while others stood by concerned only for themselves. A terrible fire ensued, and those who remained trapped were consumed by the flames. The bloodied and battered survivors suffered through four more hours of isolation and torture in the rain alongside the burning wreckage before help would finally arrive. Written and extensively researched by the great-great grandson of the railroad section master at Thaxton, Lost at Thaxton tells the forgotten true story of one of the worst railroad accidents in the history of Virginia and the people who lived and died that night.

Author : Michael E. Jones
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,93 MB
Release : 2022-07-02
Category :
ISBN : 9780989004633

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In 1889, a massive storm caused a tiny creek in Virginia to turn into a raging river, and the rushing waters washed away an embankment where the railroad crossed. Eighteen souls were lost when a passenger train plunged into the washout.

Author : Emily Nunn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 33,75 MB
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1451674201

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A former "New Yorker" editor chronicles her quest to overcome the convergence of the sudden loss of her brother, being dumped by her fiancé, and being evicted from her apartment by cooking her way across the country while staying with friends and family.

Author : Ralph Thaxton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,9 MB
Release : 2008-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521722306

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Thaxton argues that the memory of the great famine under Mao shaped villagers' resistance to the socialist state.

Author : K. P. Vorenberg
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781432729776

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It was to have been her wedding day. It became a day of utter treachery and madness. Lily's life changes drastically when she finds herself entangled in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. Suddenly the unwilling guardian of encrypted documents and a stolen fortune, Lily engages in a dangerous game of unmasking the men behind the crimes. But solving the mystery is not enough--will Lily and her true love survive the consequences of learning the truth? Set against the backdrop of territorial days in New Mexico, a Gibson Girl heroine and an unforgettable cast of characters sift through clues on two continents in their search for truth, justice, and love.

Author : V.C. Andrews
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 33,19 MB
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1982118024

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A young woman struggles with her past and a future thrust upon her with threats coming from the past and now the present. Does she have the strength to withstand and grow? From #1 New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina). In her grandmother’s fine, labyrinthine Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreams of a wonderful new life of new friends, the best schools, beautiful clothes, and most important, love. She is determined to make the Casteel name respectable, find her long-lost brothers and sisters, and have a family again. But even in the world of the wealthy, there are strange forebodings, secrets best forgotten. And as Heaven reaches out for love, she is slowly ensnared in a sinister web of cruel deceits and hidden passions.

Author : Virgil W. Dean
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 47,29 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0826265197

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"Examines Charles Brannan's agricultural plan, the farm policy debate, and Harry S. Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program. Assesses Truman's relationships with farmers and with politicians and the search for a workable peacetime program, especially as it related to the parity price foundation and price supports"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Larry G. Aaron
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 45,33 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1614230579

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The cause and aftermath of the horrific railway disaster, examined by an award-winning historian. With Fast Mail train No. 97 an hour behind schedule, locomotive engineer Steve Broady, according to legend, swore to “put her in Spencer on time” or “put her in Hell.” Through eyewitness reports and court testimonies, historian Larry Aaron expertly pieces together the events of September 27, 1903, at Danville, Virginia, when the Old 97 plummeted off a forty-five-foot trestle into the ravine below. With more twists and turns than the railroad tracks on which the Old 97 ran, this book chronicles the story of one of the most famous train wrecks in American history, as well as the controversy surrounding “The Wreck of the Old 97,” that most famous ballad, which secured the Old 97 a place within the annals of American folklore.