Newspaper article: John Ewing Dead - John Ewing was killed at Camp Bowie Wednesday afternoon when a gravel pit, in which he and other men were digging, caved in. Two other men were killed and one injured. John Ewing was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ewing, both deceased, and was born and reared in this county. For several years he made his home in San Antonio, and enlisted there. He was sent to Camp Bowie and was a member of Co. C., 181 Field Artillery. The body will be brought here on the new train today. Funeral services will be held at the home of his sister, Mrs. John Schmidt Jr., at 4 p. m. and interment made in San Geronimo Cemetery. ... Mr. Ewing was twenty-six years of age and is survived by six brothers, three sisters and other relatives, to whom we extend sympathy.

Newspaper article: San Antonio Man Killed in Caving Pit in Army Camp - Body of John Ewing will be Shipped to Home Here for Interment - By Associated Press - Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 14 - Three privates are dead and one in the base hospital at Camp Bowie with a broken leg, severe bruises, and internal injuries, as the result of the caving in of a gravel pit here this morning. The dead are: David Wittles, San Antonio, John Ewing, San Antonio, Alfred Jung, Red Rock. The injured: John V. Ives of San Antonio. All were members of Batter C, 131st Field Artillery. The men were in a tunnel in an old gravel pit about four feet below the surface when the accident occurred. They were getting gravel to use in and around the company streets. Whittles and Ewing were instantly killed and Jung died in the hospital a few hours later. - Body to Be Shipped Here - John Ewing, killed at Fort Worth, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas [sic] Ewing, 509 Vine Street, this city. He was 26 years old and was well known in this city, having lived here before going into the army. The body has been sent from Fort Worth to the Sloan & Hagy Undertaking Company of this city.