Southampton-Dinwiddie County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Accident, 1910 

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FATAL ACCIDENT IN SAW MILL PLANT 
(Special to the Times-Dispatch) 

   Suffolk, Va. - September 17 - The slip of a lever at the sawmill plant in 
Arringdale to-day caused the death of two men, the maiming of two, and others 
injuries. 
The dead: 
Walter J. Harrell* 
John A. Livesay 
Badly maimed - Walter Mountcastle, one leg broken; 
               Thomas Chapman, both legs broken; may die. 

   All of these, except Chapman, are white. 

   George Mountcastle, a brother of Walter, was badly lacerated. 

   The mill plant is owned by the Camp Manufacturing Company, of Franklin.

   Harrell was the sawyer in charge.  There was a ratchet lever on the 
carriage which conveys the logs to the saw.  The men were working on a "steam 
nigger."  The Negro who handled the lever got excited and threw the lever the 
wrong way.  He lost control of the carriage.  There was a smash, and a pile of 
men were rammed between the steam-forced carriage and the bumpers.  Some were 
run-over.  The crunching of bones was mingled with yells of agony and dying 
groans.

   A portion of the mill plant was flowing with blood.  The head of Harrell 
was nearly severed from his body.  The body of Livesay will be taken to 
Petersburg for burial.  Harrell’s funeral will take place at Drewryville. 
Both leave large families.  The injured men were taken to a Norfolk hospital.


"Fatal Accident in Saw Mill Plant," 
Camp Manufacturing Co. Arringdale Mill, Butterworth, 17 Sep 1910, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 18, 1910, p. 16 

*Tombstone gives William J. Harrell. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 


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