Accident
Governor Wells has been in an accident in the Virginia State Capitol injured when a balcony of a court hearing because of the crowds during collapse. The floor of the courtroom also collapsed and fell into the Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates . There were over a hundred injured and several dozen deaths. Wells failed to get elected as governor in 1869.
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