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STERLING GAZETTE
Sterling, Illinois
Oct. 25, 1943  5;1

INJURIES SUFFERED IN PLANT PROVE FATAL TO ROBERT MAYBERRY, 17
Robert Mayberry, 17, son of Mrs. Mauge Mayberry, 1911 East Fifth street, succumbed at the Home hospital at 1;30 p.m. Monday to injuries suffered last Wednesday afternoon at the northwestern Steel & Wire Mill. Mr. Mayberry was pinned beeath a lift of billets and a supporting I=beam, causig internal injuries.l He was taken to the Home hospital. His condition was not considered serious until complications developed Thursday. An operation that day proved of no avail in an effort to save his life.
 

[note: it looks like I mistranscribed the mother's name and I don't recall if it were Maude or Marge. Please send correction if you know. ]

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