Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-03-29
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TERRIBLE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Isaac Simmons, OF Roanoke COuaty, Loses an
Arm-Two Children Burned to Death In Nor
folk Couny..A Negro Shot to Death In Hail.
fax Coun!y..Mr. William CcwIes' Residence
Destroyed by Fire-.0the Live News

There was terrific explosion OF
dynamite on J. A. Hoover's Buena
Vista home, near Roanoke. and man
lies on a cot in the City Hospital with
half an arm gone, while his home is
wrecked. Excavations for a cIstern on
the Hoover farm were in progress, and
when a big rock was struck 1t became
necessary to use dynamite, and Isaac
Simmons. one OF the men, went into the
house of his brother to warm 1t up
preparatory to blasting Mrs. Simmons
and three young children were in the
house at the time. The dynamite was
before the fire warming up when MI
Simmons picked up three sticks. lhey
exploded in his hand, tearing that mem
Der off at the wrist. He fell to the floor,
while the woman and children fled.
The ceiling OF tt room was blown out
and the window sash were thrown rs
feet from the house and the building
wrecked. Strange to say, Mrs. Sim
mons escaped with slight cut on her
arm and the children were not injured
in the slightest. The injured man was
taken to the hospital, where his arm
was amputated half way between the
elbow and wrist. He also had bad Cit
in his thigh and some slight bruises.
There has been considerable activity
in the real estate market IN Clarke
county recently and several farms have
changed hands Mr.. D. P. Pierce
bought from Mrs. U. V. Hout two
tracts Of land near Wadesville, both OF
which he shortly afterward resold to
Messrs. Lewis Pidgeon, John Locke
and Dir. w. ]. Best. These lands
brought about $50 an acre. Mr.. Charles
Wynkoop sold house and lot near
Berryvile to Mr.. John Carlisle for $500
and bought from w. T. Whttacre
farm OF 50 acres for $4,000. Mr.. Thomas
Hyde, OF Washington, D. C., has sold
his farm of 100 acres at Boyce to Mr..
Thomas NJ. Nelson. This farm has very
fine Improvements and is said to have
brought about $4,000.
Some time last year Andrew Carnegie
gave $500 to the Alexandra Library,
and the letter of his secretary says:
Mr.. Carnegie lived for some time in
Alexandria during the unfortunate UNI
pleasantness between the North and the
South and would be disposed to do
something for it in remembrance OF 1t,
especially since Washington was so in
terested in education there" No move
ment in the direction OF erecting a
library building or OF making such an
extension OF the school system as would
invite Mr.. Carnegie's aid has ever been
made. but now it is proposed to buy the
old court house and use it for public
library and literary institution.
Fire destroyed the residence OF Mr..
William Cowles. on West Main street,
Williamsburg. The next house, which
was occupied by Messrs. Fred and
Thomas Davis, with their families, was
partially consumed. The fire depart
ment from the Eastern State Hospital
saved one building from complete de-
struction and prevented the fire from
spreading. The fire started in an out
house, and was thought to have been
the work OF an incendiary. All the
furniture was saved, but in damaged
condition.
Without leaving their seats the jurors
in the case of w. d. Fender, of Nor
folk, against Alexander Brown, of Bal
timore, for $4,000 damages, which
terminated in the United States Court,
at Norfolk, Friday, rendered verdict
in favor of the defendant At the con-
clusion of the plaintiffs evidence the
defendant submitted that no case had
been made out and asked the court to
instruct the jury to that effect. This
Judge Waddill did Exceptions were
noted and the case may be appealed.
News reached Roanoke from Shoot
ing Creek, Franklin county, remote
section of the State from railroad and
Geographic communication, that Elem
Thompson, who runs a whisky distill-
cry. had been burned to death in his
own fire. When found his head and
face only could be recognized, his body
being burned to crisp. His son,
Fleming Thompson, Jr., was burned to
death in a similar manner at the same
distillery about one year ago.
Georg. Barnett, an old colored man
who had been living with Mr.. James
Bell, near Castleman's Ferry, met with
a terrible death one day recently. In
attempting to cross a place where the
mud was very deep and sticky he be-
came imbedded and was found just as
ne was expiring.
A negro sent to court by a Halfox
county magistrate on the charge OF
burning the stables of Mr. DeJear-
netee, was taken by some fifty unknown
men from a constable who was taking
him to the county seat, and shot to
death. None OF the mob could be
identified.