Spencer, July 28—Ephraim Boles, negro, aged 70 years, met death under the wheels of a yard engine near the Spencer transfer sheds late Monday afternoon, while on his way to his home in East Spencer. It is said he was employed by the street force on Salisbury Avenue and quit work at 5:30 p.m., and that in crossing the yards was struck by a yard engine. The wheels passed over both legs. He was rushed to the Salisbury Hospital in an ambulance but died about five minutes after reaching the institution. Just how he happened to get caught under the locomotive is not known.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, July 29, 1925
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