![]() The body is to be returned to the home at West Russell. Bell had retired and it was believed that he had been overcome by the gas on Friday night and had been dead 36 hours or longer. Bell, had become loosened, allowing the deadly fumes to flood the room. Word from Russell says the information there is that “the connections on a gas stove in the room occupied by Mr. Bell was a masonry inspector for the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. Swing said he believed that the fumes overcame Bell before he was aware of them. Several magazines on the bed indicated that Bell had been reading when lying in bed. Swing said that Bell apparently had been dead for 12 hours. ![]() ![]() Miss Gestner traced the odor of gas fumes to Bell’s room and summoned police. Bell, 28 years old, railroad inspector, Russell, KY, was found dead in a room at 2173 Central Avenue yesterday morning by Miss Coldia Gestner, another tenant. The following account of the tragedy is from the Cincinnati Enquirer: Roy O. The body was found Sunday evening, when the odor of gas was noticed by some one in the boarding house and traced to his room. Bell, formerly of Louisa, was asphyxiated in Cincinnati last Friday night or Saturday. She is a niece of the late John Compton of Blaine and J. She visited relatives in this section about 5 years ago. Auxier was reared at Blaine and moved with her parents to Falls City, NE in early womanhood. Her mother was Caroline Compton of Blaine, who married Joseph Prichard. Hereford Auxier, died at the home of her grandparents here Dec 20 from diphtheria. ![]() Akers was a member conducted the burial with impressive rites. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon. John Branham of Prestonsburg and by 8 children: Norman, Ella belle, Louisa, Ethel, Marvin, Denver, Gracie and “Bird” Akers. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Big Sandy News-Recorder, Jan 3, 1930Īlbert Akers, prominent Dewey citizen, was fatally crushed at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon when struck by a log sliding down the mountainside where he was logging on the Burchett branch, near his home. She was a sister of Marion Evans, of Blaine and A. Adams is survived by her husband, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Aliphair Adams wife of Joel Adams of Long Run, OH formerly of this county, died Dec 24 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. ![]()
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