Harvey Williford, 16, in Critical Condition with Nail Driven into His Brain, Aug. 29, 1926

Nail Driven in Boy’s Brain. . . Sampson Youth and Father Were Attempting to Dislodge Board in Wall

Fayetteville, Aug. 28—Harvey Williford, 16-year-old youth, is in a critical condition in the Cumberland general hospital here as a result of an unusual accident which occurred while the lad was engaged in tearing down an old house on his father’s farm in Sampson county.

The boy and his father were endeavoring to dislodge a board in the wall of the house when a timber fell from the top of the building and struck the young man across the head with such force that a nail in the rafter was driven into his brain.

Young Williford is a son of D. B. Williford.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Aug. 29, 1926

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