Garland Russell, aged 25, was killed last night when he dived off a tree at the Little River Bridge on the Raleigh road and broke his neck. The accident happened about 8:30 o’clock.
Russell had climbed the tree to dive and called down to ask the depth of the water. A companion in the water warned him not to dive, as the water was only five feet deep. He went ahead with the dive, and Dr. Rose, who was summoned, said that he had struck on the side of his head and had broken his spinal cord. Two vertebrae had snapped out of place and the result was the broken spinal cord.
After his dive, companions saw he was hurt and promptly pulled him out of the water. Within eight minutes of the time he had left the top of the tree Dr. Rose had arrived on the scene. The man was still alive and his heart responded to stimulation for a few minutes. Then it seemed to go all to pieces and the man died.
He was carried to the undertaking parlors of the Goldsboro Undertaking Company where the body was prepared for burial.
Mr. Russell was a car inspector for the Atlantic Coast Line and considered one of the best employees of the company. He was generally popular with his fellow workers who will send a body of men to attend the funeral.
He came here from Hubert, Onslow county about a year ago and since then has been with the Atlantic Coast Line. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Russell, one brother and one sister.
The body will be taken to Hubert some time today for burial. It was decided last night that a coroner’s inquest over the body was not necessary.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Aug. 18, 1923
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