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Sunday, January 19, 2025

William Pittman Dies Instantly in Car Wreck on Icy Road, Jan. 19, 1925

Is Instantly Killed When Windshield Cuts His Throat

Asheville, Jan. 18—Willard Pittman, employee of a Spear mine near Spear, N.C., was instantly killed Friday morning when his throat was cut by the windshield of a car, which went over a bank with himself and three companions, according to word received today.

Pittman was driving the machine, which skidded over a 12-foot embankment when the brakes were applied on a concrete road covered with ice.

From the front page of the Concord Tribune, Monday, January 19, 1925

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1925-01-19/ed-1/seq-1/

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