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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Robert Simmons Broke Leg Cutting Down Tree, July 30, 1925

A Falling Tree Breaks Man’s Leg

Robert Simmons, a colored man of middle age, was brought to town Monday afternoon suffering from a badly fractured leg. He had been employed by S.C. Campen to cut down some trees for him and while at work a tree fell and in some way caught him under it with the result stated. The man was brought to town and attended to by Dr C.L. Duncan and then taken to the Morehead City hospital.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925

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