VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
TURKEY COCK MOUNTAIN
Franklin/Henry Counties
November 28, 1949: "Left alone at home while his relatives attended church, a 72-year-old paralytic perished in a fire yesterday morning on the Mountain Valley road six miles north of here (Axton).
The victim was William Pleasant Haley.
The four-room frame cottage was destroyed by the blaze which is thought to have started from a faulty flue in the attic of the home, according to Henry County Sheriff Morton Prillaman.
Mr. Haley, whom Prillaman said was paralyzed from the waist down, had been left seated in a chair. His remains were found in the ashes some six feet from the door.
Paradoxically, one of his sons, Carl, is a fire-watcher and had gone to his job at the fire tower atop Turkey Cock Mountain, not far from the home. Others were at church at the time." (Danville Bee)
The victim was William Pleasant Haley.
The four-room frame cottage was destroyed by the blaze which is thought to have started from a faulty flue in the attic of the home, according to Henry County Sheriff Morton Prillaman.
Mr. Haley, whom Prillaman said was paralyzed from the waist down, had been left seated in a chair. His remains were found in the ashes some six feet from the door.
Paradoxically, one of his sons, Carl, is a fire-watcher and had gone to his job at the fire tower atop Turkey Cock Mountain, not far from the home. Others were at church at the time." (Danville Bee)