Salisbury, June 28—Henry Hodge, student at the A. and E. College, died this afternoon at the Salisbury Hospital from injuries he received Saturday afternoon when a boiler crown sheet of a threshing machine outfit blew out on the Lisk Farm, 16 miles east of Salisbury.
Young Hodge is a son of L.C. Hodge, living near Richfield. He was engaged in cutting wood near the boiler when the accident occurred and was blown 75 steps. He suffered a broken arm and badly lacerated head, and his body was blistered by steam from the boiler. Charlie Morgan, who was killed instantly at the same explosion, was buried this afternoon at Corinth Church, Morgan township.
Other men who were injured at the same time are reported as getting on well, and no further deaths are expected. T.W. Summersett, county coroner, investigated the accident and found an inquest unnecessary. He learned that the boiler had been in operation about 20 years and the accident was probably due to the action of rust on the crown sheet.
From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, June 29, 1925
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