N&W in 1912--To Grundy; Stray bullet

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tue., March 26, 1912

RAILROAD TO GRUNDY
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Two Sets of Surveyors Heading for Buchanan County Seat

    Two sets of surveyors are busy heading for Grundy, the county seat of Buchanan county, Va. These are employed by two rival railroad companies and the chances seem very bright for railroad connection into Grundy in the near future. This will be a busy season along all lines of building for Grundy. Several homes will be built, a new public school building and.a handsome stone structure for the M. E. church, south. More than $4,000 has been spent the last season in cutting stone and material for the building and a force of men started last week to finish this work. The corner stone will be laid with Masonic honors on April 19 and following that the building will be pushed to completion.
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STRAY BULLET STRUCK HIM
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Blacksmith Shot in the Head Has Even Chance for Recovery
    R. D. Boone, a blacksmith employed in a contractor's camp on the Iaeger-Southern branch, about thirty miles from Iaeger, in McDowell county, was shot in the head by a stray bullet early Sunday morning, The bullet struck him in the forehead and penetrated the skull, lodging in the brain. The injured man was taken to Roanoke on train No. 4 yesterday and placed in the Jefferson hospital. It is said that his chances for recovery are about even. His home is at Burnsville, N. C, where he has a wife and five children."
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Gordon Hamilton


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