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Ray Eddings, 28, Dies in Fall from RR Tender, Feb. 9, 1926

C. Ray Iddings Is Killed at Spencer. . . Fell from Tender of Shifting Engine and Was Run Over

Salisbury, Feb. 9 (AP)—C. Ray Iddings, 28 years old, of this city, extra conductor on the local yards of the Southern Railway, was instantly killed at 3:30 this morning while working as a brakeman on the yards. He fell from the tender of a shifting engine, and was run over.

The body was not mangled, however. He is survived by his widow and one son, also his parents.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1926

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-02-09/ed-1/seq-1/

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