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...............	1904-01-14 Tuscon Daily Citizen LARGE HOARD OF GOLD BURIED IN THE EARTH RICHMOND. Va. Jan 14- Gold in glittering heaps was turned up in the corner of an ancient building at Worrels, Southampton Co, VA., while following the directions left in the will of Benjamin A Worrell, who died a few days ago after a long life spent in the accumulation of property. The entire sum aggregated $8,500. Worrell was considered the richest man in Southampton Co, and although he had a mortal dread of banks, no one knew that he was secreting his money in the earth. He made his will some months ago while in good health, and tehre was no mention of his golden store beneath the ground. He left to his heirs house lands, stocks and bonds, constituting a large fortune. Just before the end came, he asked that his will be again brought to him. He was in bed with almost his last strength, he wrote on the margin of the document in characters which were almost illegible, "Dig in the southeast corner of the smoke house for buried treasure." Then he died. Immediately after the funeral, his directions were followed and the hoard of gold was found in a tin box, two-feet square. SUBMITTED BY: Barb Ziegenmeyer	...............
	1821-01-03 Died: on Dec 24, after an illness of some months, Mr John Kelso, prop of the Bell Tavern, Richmond. SOURCE: Daily National Intelligencer, JAN 3, 1821 - Submitted by K. Torp
	BIBB, Lt. Lucien J., of the U.S. Army, died at Bellona Arsenal, VA (pub Sep 12, 1831). SOURCE: Submitted by K Torp, National Intelligencer as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967.
	Shocking Explosion Richmond (Vir) September 15 It is our duty to place before our readers an event which must shock every heart that can fell for the woes of others. Near 3 o'clock P.M. on Wednesday last, this city was shaken by three distinct and tremendous convulsions: the houses shook as if under the operation of an earthquake; the windows rattled, and the furniture was thrown into considerable agitation. Crowds rushed into the streets - some conceived it to be an earthquake - some the fall of large buildings - and orders as first supposed it to be the discharge of artillery, a seu de joie, on account of the departure of the tent and knapsack wagons for our citizens of the west. But the shocks were unaccompanied by those loud and distinct explosions which artillery rings in the ear. Some voices cried out it was the Powder mills; the same exclamation new became general and the curls of smoke, which began majestically to rise to teh clouds in that direction, soon gave too much "body and shape" to this alarming presentiment. It was too true. The powder mills occupied by Messrs. Page, Brown and Burr of this city about 2 miles to the east from the centre of of this place with other buildings appropriate to the manufactory, was found blown to atams. What a dreadful spectacle was presented to the view! The mangled remains of fifteen unfortunate beings emplyed in the buildings were stewn almost in every direction - legs broken, sculled fractures, carcases almost cut in two; arms torn off were scattered about in horrible profusion. One corpse was thrown a hundred yards into the trunk of a tree - an arm and hand driven three or four hundred yards from the scene of woe. Almost every lineament of every fact lost; and the white and the negro almost defied distinction but by the greater or less degree of crisp of his hair - seven of the former and five of the latter have perished -the former were artists and carpenters. Source: The Centinel, Gettysburg, Pa, September 30 1812 - Transcribed by N. Piper