Greenwood, S.C., Aug. 14 (AP)—Three persons, one white man and two negroes, were killed here today by the explosion of a boiler at te plant of the Self Lumber Co. Eight others were injured.
The dead are: Ernest Jarrett, 18, son of Supt. G. L. Jarrett; David Harris, 20, negro fireman, and Elliott Waller, 12, negro.
The cause of the explosion was undetermined. Fire which followed was soon extinguished.
The injured are expected to recover.
Editor’s Note: If it didn’t jump out at you, go back and read the age of the third worker killed: Elliott Waller.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 14, 1926
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