Switchman Dies After Injury In Smelter Yards
Burford T. McCoy, a switchman for the Rio Grande, El Paso & Santa Fe railroad, residing at 605 Mesa avenue, was fatally injured at the smelter yards Friday afternoon while coupling cars. He died in the Smelter hospital a few hours later.
He was 42 years old. The body is at the parlors of McBean, Simmons and Hartford. El Paso Herald El Paso, Texas October 12, 1918 submitted by Dale Donolon
Switchman Dies After Injury In Smelter Yards
Burford T. McCoy, a switchman for the Rio Grande, El Paso & Santa Fe railroad, residing at 605 Mesa avenue, was fatally injured at the smelter yards Friday afternoon while coupling cars. He died in the Smelter hospital a few hours later.
He was 42 years old. The body is at the parlors of McBean, Simmons and Hartford. El Paso Herald El Paso, Texas October 12, 1918 submitted by Dale Donolon
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