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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Noah Lee, Johnny Brown, John Gibbs Hurt When Scaffolding Collapses, Nov. 16, 1921

Three Men Hurt This Afternoon

Three men were hurt, none of them seriously, when a scaffold gave way at the building being constructed at the corner of Craven and South Front Street this afternoon and hurled them into a pile of lumber beneath them.

The injured are Noah Lee, who had his leg broken; Johnny Brown, whose shoulder was badly mashed; and John Gibbs, who broke one of his fingers. Lee had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. All three of the men are colored.

The accident occurred at 3:30 this afternoon. The men fell about 20 feet.

From the front page of The New Bern Sun Journal, Nov. 16, 1921

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