POWHATAN-ARROW
Dateline: Wednesday, June 12, 1946:
Two Bluefield railroad men were killed and two others injured in this Norfolk and Western train wreck at Powhatan, West Virginia, 18 miles west of Bluefield, WV. Engineer Grover C. "Nap" Roberts and fireman Beecher Lawson were killed when the eastbound crack stream-liner "Powhatan Arrow" left the tracks on this date over fifty four years ago. Eleven passengers were hurt in the wreck. This deluxe train was eastbound from Cincinnati, Ohio to Norfolk, Virginia. Several thousand people from Mercer and McDowell counties were attracted to the wreck. It was reported that automobiles lined both sides of the highway for more than a half mile. The "Powhatan Arrow" had made it's maiden run on 27 April 1946.--Below are men killed: "
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( Photo by United States C & C Co. and furnished by Kermit Blizzard, BHS Class '46 )
POWHATANA- ARROW WRECK-MEMORIALS:
GROVER CLEVEND "NAP" ROBERTS-"FIND-A-GRAVE"
ALBERT "BEECHER" LAWSON-"FIND-A-GRAVE"
ANOTHER EXCELLENT SITE THAT FEATURES THE N & W J#603 CLASS TRAIN
