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Work Accident Killed Robert McDaniel Instantly July 6, 1924

Gastonia Man Is Instantly Killed

By the Associated Press

Gastonia, N.C., July 6—Robert McDaniel, an employee of the Brown Harry Company, was instantly killed this afternoon about 2 o’clock while unloading a car of stone at the Piedmont and northern yards. A negro helper was also injured, but it was not known how seriously.

McDaniel was operating a derrick at the time of the fatal accident. The boom is said to have come in contact with a live wire which formed a circuit that sent the entire voltage of the high powered wire into McDaniel’s body.

From the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, July 6, 1924

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