Miller Scalded to Death When His Cab Was Struck, Nov. 22, 1924

Engineer J.W. Miller Is Scalded to Death. . . Is Pinioned in His Cab When His Engine Is Struck by Another at Spencer

Spencer, Nov. 21—Yard Engineer Jno. W. Miller, aged about 50 years, was scalded to death when caught with a sideswipe by another engine on the Spencer yards this afternoon. Death followed in a hospital two hours after the accident.

It is said Mr. Miller’s engine was standing on a switch when an engine in charge of Engineer Swaringen struck it. Mr. Miller was pinioned in his cab with bursted steam pipes blowing hard in his face and body.

He is survived by a wife and three children and had been in the service of the Southern for about 28 years.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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