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E.V Hunter, Baggage Man, Killed in Accident, July 22, 1922

Rocky Mount Man Killed in Queer Accident

By the Associated Press

Washington, July 22—E.V. Hunter of Rocky Mount, N.C., baggage man on a Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac train, was killed in an unusual accident at the Washington terminal yards.

Hunter, as his train was pulling into the yards, leaned from the door of the baggage car. A break in the air brake coupler suddenly brought the train to a stop. The sliding door of the baggage car closed and catching Hunter, who received injuries from which he died later at a hospital.

From the front page of the Gastonia Daily Gazette, July 22, 1922.

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