"Fatal Run" - Cliff Carlisle
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member fatcat161
N 37° 39.012 W 080° 52.637
17S E 510825 N 4167012
WV 3, 0.8 miles from junction with WV 3/WV 20, Hinton, WV. This is near the intersection of Hwy 3 and Pine St.
Waymark Code: WM732Q
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Team Farkle 7
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Marker ?Inscription: Across Greenbrier River, on October 23, 1890, engineer George Washington Alley (b. July 10, 1860) was scalded to death. Engine #134, pulling Fast Flying Virginian from Cincinnati to Washington, hit a boulder on tracks. Lewis Withrow & Robert Foster, firemen, injured. Alley, pinned in cab, died before rescuers & family could free him. Solemnized in verse & song "The Wreck on the C&O" & Fatal Run. (visit link)

The song by Cliff Carlisle was published in Long Steel Rail. The Railroad in American Folksong. (visit link)
Musician: Cliff Carlisle

Name of Song: Fatal Run

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