| In
1926, on a warm summer July evening, a Carnival was in the town
of Whitesville. It was now getting dark and everyone was having a great
time, this being a very secluded little town with not a great deal of
entertainment. During a free show, many in the crowd
gathered on the old swinging bridge across the Coal River to watch a
carnival man set himself ablaze and slide into the river on a wire. At that
moment, the bridge gave way..... |
