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Friday, September 17, 2021

Troy Collins and His Son Killed, E.D. Murphy's Leg Broken When Embankment Collapsed, Sept. 17, 1921

Two Men Killed in Road Work at Elkin

Winston-Salem, Sept. 17—Troy Collins, aged 40, and his 18-year-old son were crushed to death; E.D. Murphy sustained a broken leg, a mule was killed and a wagon demolished near Elkin, yesterday afternoon, by a cave-in of a large embankment of dirt and rock in the Elkin valley which a force of men were excavating for good road building.

From the front page of The Charlotte News, Saturday, Sept. 17, 1921

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