Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-05
OF "HEARTFAlLURE.'
ma. N. n. STEWART, or LuNeNeuae,
PASSES AWAY IN PETERSBURG.
\ Masylander's Terrible Accident on =
Freight rain--Preseutstfon OF
Gavsi 70 A. r. mn Camp.

fCorrsspondcnce o. tho Richmond Dispatch-l
PFrxEsBrsa. VA, March mir. n. II.
Stewart, prominent farmer OF Lunenburg
county, aged ss years. was found dead In
his bed at the boarding-house of Mrs.
Moody. on Sycamore street. this morning.
He came 10 town several days ago with
some tobacco TO sell. which he left at Gen.
tire Warehouse. Yesterday he seemed to
I've very Respondent. being sufferer from
IN attack Of the grip. and spoke TO MIR.
Freeman Jones. one of the INSPECTORS oil
the warehouse. telling him to get the best
price he could for the tobacco, ard that II
he mover saw him any more alive please to
remit the proceeds of tho sale TO his poo
pIe In Lunenbure.
pr1So-DXAp.
Last night he ate supper aud vent ont
on the street with some friends and re-
turned early and went 10 bed. This morn
ING about O'Clock his two friends, VINO
slept in an adjoining room, heard MI.
Stewart breathing very hard and went
in 10 see what the matter was. They
found him dying. and before physician
could be summoned he was dead. The
doctor said that death was the result OF
heart-failure Within the past two months
Mr.. Stewart lost his wife and daughter.
His remains were sent home to-day Tor
burial.
rxoBlBLY FATAL ACCIDENT.
Charles Edward DurkiD. a very neatly;
dressed and intelligent man citizen OF
Howard City, Md, left Atlanta. Ca. on
Monday for Norfolk. whore he says he has
friends Beng without money. be con-
ccaled himself as best he could on the
trains, and at Burkeville he boarded a
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train bad reached the eiehty-seyen mile
post, about five miles west of this city. ne
fell from his position upon the track. and
his night leg was badly crushed between
the knee and the hip, and entirely cut or
about half way between the knee and the
ankle. The officials Of the train knew
nothing Of the accident, and came on to
Petersburg with their train.
UNCONSCIOUS.
When the special passenger-train from
Bedford passed the point the unfortunate
man WAS seen lying UNCONSCIOUS on the
side OF the track. He was taken up anu
brought to town and taken to the Home
for the Sick, where surgical attention wa.
given hun. He is so weak from the loss OF
blood that it is not thought he can live.
His right leg was lacerated but no bones
broken.
GENERAL NOTES.
After the meeting of the A. p. Hill Camp
held last night Rev. DR.. c. X. Hams
rector of ST. Paul's church. in handsome
address presented 10 the camp beautl-
tut eayel made by himself, which was re-
ceived with an appropriate response. q,
The wrecking-car OF the NortolK anu
Western Railroad Company has been busy
all this week removing the wreck at the
scene Of the great accident three miles
west OF this city. Some thirty cars loaded
with wreckage have been sent 10 Roanoke.
The last Of the wreckage will be removed
by tomorrow. ,,,,
A lodge of the Protective order oil LiHs
will soon be organized in this CITY.
A colored boy. son of Daniel Robinson,
in Prince George county, fell down stairs
at his home this morning and broke his
right leg.