The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-23
THE COCkADE CITY,
Many Matters to interest Petersburg
erS in Norfolk.

ers i'm Norfolk.
Special Dispatch to the vircnisu.
PErEhsDuHG, Va, August 22.-Nenr
Pamplins Station, on the Norfolk and
western knIlroad, eighty miles west of
petersburg. there WAS this ,noruiny
about o'clock, u most disastrous
wreck. 1t Id said that q WAGNER in
crossing the track, where the wreck
occurred, dropped uunoticed on tho
track, one of the logs with which his
wagon was loaded. The log fell in the
frog" and caused tue freight to run
from the main line on side track.
where there was standing material
train anu collision followed. When
the collision occurred the locomotives
OF the freight train was overturned and
the engineer, w. ii. Wysons, and
John Il. Smith, his fireman, were
caught under it. Wysong was in
atantly killed and Smith died huff an
hour after he was gotten out of the
WRECK.
Wysong was brother OF j. l.. Wv.
song, who resides at Roanoke. and who
Is al engineer on the western division
OF the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
His remains were carried to Roanoke
for interment. Twelve cars loaded
wrecked, as were also the flats of The
material train. The track was torn up
for some distance .and all trains were
delayed. The east bound passenger
train duo In Petersburg ut $40 n. IN,
did not arrive here until $40 a. M.
the delay having been occnsioned bv
the transfer of passengers and baggage
to special train which WAS sent from
Crews to the Gccne of the wreck.
The family OF Mr.. John L. plummcr
who resides on Pine street, is visiting
friends in Dinwiddie county, This
morning about ~ O'Clock, when
MIR. Plummer went homo he found a
negro man III his yard. He asked him
what he WAS doing there. aud his re.
ply was that he was looking for a
woman, whose name he gave. Mr..
Plummer told the negro that no such
person resided ON his lot. The negro
then left. On going into the house
Mr.. Plummer discovered that his dwell
ing had been entered by the negro and
sundry articles stolen.
About noon to day two young men
arrived here from Clifton, Ontario
Canada, having travelled tho entire
distance on horseback. They gave
their names As w. NJ. Nc
Gregor and G. WlImot. Each
of them carried rifle strapped
to the pummel Of their saddles while
behind them were strapped their
blankets. They stated that they were
on an overland journey to Texas, aud
that the incentive which prompted
them to undertake the journey was a
bet made OF the Fremont Club in
Montreal. The men would not give
amount of the bet OF any particulars
regarding Ii. They said that they left
Clifton about eight weeks ago. aud had
| no specified time i'll which to reach
| their objective point.
Rev. j. w. Pitcher, d. d., has beeu
| absent from the city large part OF
the summer attending meeting of the
| District Baptist Associntion. He began
with the Dover Association at West
| Point July 23d, and has attended one
or two each week. Sometimes near ths
sea shore. sometimes near the Ten
nesseo line, seven III all. DIR. Pitcher
came home from the Appomattoa AS
socmtion this morning Us he leaves to
morrow Tor Caroline county, where ho
will preach aud speak in "A two days
| missionary meeting. lie will also 90 to
| Greene county to attend the Shiloh As
|
full of WORK for him. He will attend
the association meetings in Louisa
equity. Clifton Forge, Lee county, Scott
| county and the Portsmouth Associa.
tlou, which includes the Baptist
| Churches in Petersburg and meets
September 4th in SOUTHAMPTON county.
| Fourteen of the twenty four Baptis;
| District Associations have met aud tho
| question OF the consolidation of the
Sunday School Bible Board OF this
city with the State Mission Board in
Richmond has tboen settled against
consolidation.
Scott Wood, we'll known colored
man of this city. And editor and owne,
OF the Petersburg Herald, weekly
newspaper published here IL the inter
est OF the colored race, has been elected
an Instructor in the primary depart
ment OF tue Bishop Payne DIVINITY and
Industrial School here.
| Several exhibits Of writing, copyipo
etc.. have been sent from the colorec
public schools here to Atlanta for Q.
hibltion at the Exposition.
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