The Untimely Death Of Sidney Garfield Gibbs

My Great-Great Uncle, Sidney Garfield Gibbs, was killed in an accident at the Southern Railway Yard in the Biltmore section of Asheville early in 1916 when he was crushed by a railway derrick as it was being swung around on the tracks. He was working on the piece of machinery at the time and evidently no one knew he was there. His body was crushed beyond recognition and the way they identified his body was by a pocket watch that he carried with him. I have seen the watch and it had several diamonds in the back of it. The watch was virtually untouched due to the accident with the exception of a crack down the back of it that almost looked like a peace symbol. The face was uncracked and the diamonds were still intact. He belonged to a Masonic Lodge, the Woodmen of the World, and this watch had something to do with his association to the lodge. Sidney Garfield Gibbs was buried in the Refuge Baptist Church Cemetery and his grave is easily identifiable because his monument is the biggest in the cemetery.