August 1950
Events that took place in Fairfax County in August, 1950:
- August 1 – 21-year-old James C. Davis is killed in a trench collapse on the site of the Pimmit Green subdivision in McLean. Buried under five feet of dirt, it takes 45 minutes to dig him out. Davis is taken to Arlington Hospital, where he is pronounced dead.[1]
- August 3 – 54-year-old construction foreman Robert J. Henderson is killed and 36-year-old Samuel Johnson is fatally injured by a falling crane boom when a supporting cable snaps at a construction site on Route 236 in Alexandria. Suffering multiple injuries, Johnson is taken to the Alexandria Hospital, where he dies August 11.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Construction Worker Killed By Cave-in." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Aug 02 1950. ProQuest. Web. 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "Boom Kills Foreman, Hurts Worker as Crane Cable Snaps." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Aug 04 1950. ProQuest. Web. 18 Sep. 2017.
- ↑ "Second Worker Dies After Fairfax Mishap." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Aug 12 1950. ProQuest. Web. 18 Sep. 2017 .
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