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Item
Title
D7044-5
Date(s)
- 1938-01-27 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Crumpled equipment and bent rails mark the site where the Asarco smelter slag train track cracked and sank, carrying the train and motorman's helper Fred Birkby about 15 feet underwater. The train plunged into the bay on January 27, 1938 carrying the 25 year old Birkby to his death. Later exam proved that his death came from a sharp blow to the skull. (T.Times, 1/28/1938, pgs. 1 & 18, 1/27/1938, pg. 1).
Copper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smelters--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Railroad accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diving;