SPARTANBURG CO., SOUTH CAROLINA - OBITS - BRIGGS, H. Clyde

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The Augusta Chronicle
Friday – 10-7-1904 – The Augusta Chronicle

Spartanburg, S. C., - Oct. 6, 1904, H. Clyde Briggs, a machinist who is 
employed at Pacelot Mills, met instant death yesterday afternoon.  During a 
few minutes shut down of the machinery Briggs took occasion to adjust the rope 
belt which is connected with the main fly wheel and the machinery suddenly 
starting the man was hurled with great force against the face of the giant 
wheel.  Death ensued instantly, his head and shoulders being crushed.  He was 
a married man and had been employed by the Pacelot Company for about 16 years.