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Lonnie Diggs Crushed Under Gravel Car, May 29, 1923

Young Man Crushed Under a Gravel Car

Mr. Lonnie Diggs, a well known young man of Lilesville township, was so badly hurt that he died within a few minutes shortly before noon last Saturday, when he fell under the last wheels of a gravel car at the new ballast pit of Hedrick & Wade in Lilesville town, says the Messenger and Intelligencer. The car was running down an incline, and Mr. Diggs was braking it, using a wooden stick which had picked up and standing either on the iron step or on the still at the front of the car. The stick broke, throwing Mr. Diggs off balance, and he fell in front of the wheels of the car, which passed over his hips, crushing them.

Those present rushed to his assistance, and Mr. E.E. Wade, manager of the pit, brought him to the Anson Sanatorium in his car, making a record breaking trip. They reached the hospital 15 minutes or less after the accident, but the stricken man died just as he got there. It is considered remarkable that he lived as long as he did.

From page 3 of The Monroe Journal, May 29, 1923

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