The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-24
nan ms sKULL CRUsHED.
A Terrible Accident to n Young Man In
Petersburg -Iast Time.

,,r.rrpsrIrrG VA. oct. Especial
,,n,ng man named 1. G. Ward was al
most Instantly BILLED TINS morning about
3 o'clock at fleei-streei 1Iosstls, III ,nis
riding on fat car on the NOrtoih anu
Western railroad, which was loaded win
railroad ties, and were on their way from
Crcwe to Petersburg.
of the stills struck car Whlch was stdhI-
ing on a side track. and nylnS bhSK stIuSh
Ward back of the mead. cru5nihg t he
Home for the Sick with the injured man,
hut before he got there he died:
The deceased was son OF MI. d. =.
Ward. an engineer on the Atiahuc toast !,
Union. He was employed IN rhe machine
SHOPS at Crcwe. The unfortunate man
was shortly to have been married 10 d
Young lady of Chesterfield county.
The works OF the Virginia Brick ana
Stone Company at broadway, on the APP
nomatfox river. have stopped temporarily
10 put in additional machinery.
Tine Swift Creek cotton mills, IN Chcs-
terrified county, about two miles and a
half from Petersburg. which nave been
closed for the past two or three years.
will resume operations about the first OF
neYt month. New machinery has been
mt i'm the mills and other costly i'm
Srovements made When these mills are
running on full time they give employ
ment 10 a large nuinOcr Of men, women,
and children. ,-. g.,
Chesterfield county a short .lgrlnce from
Petersburg Mr.. W. t.. iiarshaw killed
four fine ones this morning, which he
brought here and sold
Woodland fires are burning over a large
area of ground in Prince George county,
near Disputdntd.
The remains Of the late Virginius john
son arrived here this afternoon on the J 40
train from Richmond and were taken di-
rect to Blandford Cemetery, whore the in
terment occurred. Rev. DR.. Young, pas
Tor Of Park-Pla"e Methodist Episcopal
church. conducted the burial services. A
large number of fricns Of the deceased
came over in a special car. among them
were Mr.. Ncnable Johnson. son Of the
deceased: Miss Mary Johnson. a sister;
MIR. and Mrs William White. Major Fred.
II Scott. Mr.. Thomas Scott. Collector OF
internal Revenue William Ryan. Dallan
Barksdale. Mr.. McAdams. Charles La
rhrop. Blair Pegram. Mrs General An
derson, and Rev. Or. Young
The remains Of Mrs Nirsinius W. liar-
rison also came over from Richmond on
This train. and were taken direct 10 St.
Pauls Episcopal church. where the iu-
neral services were held at o'clock. The
services were conducted by Rev. X. A.
Goodwin. rector Of ST. Johns Episcopal
church. Richmond. assisted by Rev. &. X.
Hams. II. D., and Rev. Thomas spencer.
Major T.. II. II. Myers. general sNp"rin-
tendent Of the Richmond and Petersburg
and Petersburg and Weldon railroads !;
Major X. NJ. Sully. superintencent; j. y:
Fountain. assistant superintendent or
transportation: Morton Riddle. road mas
ter and other officials. made their an
nual in~pection OF the road between Rich
mond and Weldon. y. c., to-day. me
party arrived here this afternoon from
Weldon. and Inspected the belt extension
of the Atlantic Coast Line around Pc
tersburg. II is reported that some very
fast time was made 10y the special tram
on which these officers rode to-day.