A Final Tribute for a Local Machinist
Everett union members honor a fallen brother killed while working on the Panama Canal.
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The body of young Hobrough, the machinist who was killed on the Isthmus of Panama while working for the government, reached Everett Saturday and was interred in Evergreen cemetery Sunday. He was at one time employed at the Great Northern shops and was popular among his shopmates. Nearly the entire membership of the local lodge of machinists to which the deceased formerly belonged attended the funeral services and a beautiful floral offering marked the tribute of respect from the union to the dead brother.
“A beautiful floral offering marked the tribute of respect from the union to the dead brother.”
The construction of the Panama Canal was a massive industrial effort that relied on laborers from across the U.S., including many from the Pacific Northwest's rail shops. This note marks the tragic human cost of the era's grand infrastructure projects.
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