Reidsville, June 10—J.T. Pendley, a plumber, of Gainesville, Ga., and a local negro helper named Willis lost their lives this afternoon while doing plumbing work on Jefferson Penn’s new home two miles west of Reidsville.
The plumbing contractor, Mr. Pendley, was building his own ditch and had been cautioned by Superintendent Phillips that the ditch was being dug through rock and a cave-in was likely to occur. About 2 o’clock while the two men were at work in the ditch, the cave-in occurred. Before they could be released, they smothered to death.
The bodies were brought to a local undertaker’s establishment and prepared for burial. The white man was employed by an Atlanta concern and his body will be sent to his home town, Gainesville, Ga. The negro will be buried here.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, June 11, 1925
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