MADISON COUNTY, NC - OBITUARY - Clarence Capps and Fred Rector, 14 Jan 1926
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Asheville Citizens Newspaper, NC
Microfilm pg. 80
January 22, 1926
Explosion of Dynamite Kills One Instantly, Another Dies Later

One Injured Now in Hospital
Two men are dead and another injured as a result of an explosion on Laurel
Thursday morning of last week. The 3 me who were employed by the State
Highway Commission were loading a hole with dynamite. It seems that some
obstruction in the way of the load was causing the men to drive the load
down, when it exploded, killing instantly Clarence Capps, age 18, and
fatally injuring Fred Rector of near Marshall so that he died at a hospital
in Asheville that afternoon about five o'clock.

Shelton was the only one now living who was an eye witness to the tragedy.
He is now in a hospital in Asheville suffering from a broken leg and
bruises, from which he is recovering.

These were working on the state highway on Laurel. When the explosion
occurred, Capps was blown to pieces so that it was necessary for different
portions of his body to be collected before it could be interred.

Mr. Rector, who was a brother of Mr. George Rector of near Marshall had a
family, having been married twice and leaving five children in all. It is
said that Mr. Shelton was of near White Rock.


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