Jim Green Badly Scalded When He Fell Into Boiling Water at Work, Dec. 15, 1921

Negro Badly Scalded in High Point Tuesday

Jim Green, negro, was badly scalded on the leg Tuesday morning shortly after 9 o’clock as the result of a fall at the plant of the Consolidated Veneer and Panel company, where he was employed.

The negro was placed in the ambulance of J.W. Sechrest and Son and hurried to a local hospital for medical attention.

Green was standing on a platform when his foot slipped and he fell into the boiling water.

From the front page of The Review, High Point, N.C., Dec. 15, 1921