The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-09
TERRIBLE Deaf
OF LUTHER WELLS.
Piece Of a Bursting Fly Wheel Cuts
His Body in Two,
The CAUSE OF The ACCIDENT
Was the Slipping Of the Ia.d from the
Governor Oh the Ensinc-:A Couple
Eiopc 10 Halifax, n. c., and
are Married.

= PETERSBURG, VA, Feb. S-Speci2l.-
Luther Wells suffered a horrible death
TUESDAY afternoon ut the saw-niiil OF
C. L. Gillian, in Sussex county.
z The belt on the governor" of the en-
g.ne had slipped OFF and the fireman,
hcoming frightened. ran away. Mr.
Wells. who was employed as sawyer,
seeing tha; the engine must be stopped TO
prevent the breaking Of the machinery,
approached The engine. and just as he
usas about to shut off the steam the
large Ay wheel OF the engine, which was
revolving rapidly, burst into fragments
and the iron was sent into all directions!
A large piece of The wheel struck ar.
Wells in tlae side ana passed through
his body, cutting him in two. Another
piece struck, mis- right leg and broke it
in several places.
AR. Wells was only twenty-eight years
of age and was unmarried.
AN d1LOPEMENT.
MIR. A. w. Anderson and Miss Sadie
Ja1nison went TO Halifax, n. C, this
morning and were married in that city
this afternoon.
Buffy Fields. the negro who was ar
rested here q few days ago, charged
with housebreaking, was before the
Mayor to-day and was sent on for trial.
In 1897 Fields broke into the store of
MIR. ]. A. Emory, OH Harding street
and stole a lot of goods. since that
time he has kept his wanderings 50 con-
ecealed that the officers could not find
him. He came to Petersburg on a visit
"a few days ago and was detained.
HARD TO BEAT.
chief-of-Police Ragland will be a can
didate for reelection. There will be
other candidates. but the friends of mir.
Ragland feel sure that he will be elected
MIR. Harry Slratton has returned 10
Petersburg after j weeks trip TO north
ern cities
MRS +. A BROWN
Mrs. +. "A. Brown died suddenly at her
home on High street this morning al II
o'clock from apoplexy. Mrs. Brown rose
this morning in her usual health and
was attending TO her housekeeping when
taken i'll. She lived only a few minutes.
She was seventy years of age aud had
been for many years member of the
First Baptist church. Two sons survive
her, Mr.. Charles Curtis, booN-kecper FOR
armstrong and Company, and Mr.. Jo-
seph Brown, manager for c. D. Menney's
store in Petersburg.
MIR. Hill Beasley has been appointed to
a position as book-kceper in the National
Bank.
BANKS INCREASE HELP.
The increase Of business at the hank
mecessitated additional force. Hereto
fore the summer business has been dull.
The past summer there was no falling
off and as the fall came on business in
creased in the same ratio before.
The Petersburg Savings and Insurance
Company will doubtless secure addition
al help as soon as they move into their
new building The Petersburg Banking
and Trust Company. which has recently
been organized. will be ready for business
next week.
DIR. j. NJ. Davis. of Dinwiddie. reports
considerable sickness in his county.
Measles is an epidemic, and there are
several cases of pneumonia. typhoid fe-
yer and malarial fever.
Mrs. .McKenny, wife of postmaster at
Dlden Place, is extremely H.
Mr.. John Bowles. of Amelia county, is
critically i'll with pneumonia Both lungs
are affected.
Mrs. Iona Andrews sustained painful
Injuries from fall at the corner of
Washington and Sycamore. streets last
night.
RAN AWAY.
Two spirited horses owned and driven
by Mr. ]. ii. Harris. of San Marino, were
frightened by the strcet-cars on Halifax
strect this morning and ran away.
They ran into a ncgro's wagon and
smashed it to pieces. No one was in
burcd..
Mr. J.. w. Phillips, of Norfolk, was in
Petersburg to-day.
Nliss Marie Steel is visiting at City
Point.
Y lot of tobacco, owned by DR.. J. NJ.
Davis. OF Dinwjddic, sold at the Farmers
Warehouse yesterday for SIG per hun
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