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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
3
John C. Main 40 of 120 West Sixth Street died after a ditch cave at the Watkins Acres housing project trapped him. Fellow workers and foreman B. E. Watkins acted quickly to rescue him but he could not be saved as a one-teet foot covering collapsed to prevent suffocation.
In a 12 foot trench near a storm sewer work site, a cave-in buried a laborer up to three feet. Rescuers cleared the muck for about 15 minutes to free the victim and another 15 minutes to complete removal. The injured man, a worker named Main, was rushed to a Frederick hospital with serious pains but survived. Other workers aided in the rescue and authorities coordinated a police escorted ambulance transfer.
Fragments describe a worn out battery found in a cellar or garage, noted as valuable today. The fragment mentions a larger allowance or payout, with reference to an artery and emploie, but details are unclear and incomplete.
Tobacco statisticians report Maryland farmers in five southern counties sold 15,867,513 dollars worth of leaf on four auction markets during the 1948 selling season.
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