Sharp, William Homer
Medical Request Data
Name:Sharp, William Homer
Age:35
From:Zincville, Ok.
Mine Name:Jarrett Mine, Federal Mining and Smelting Company
Requested On:May 10 1936
Request:FATAL- fractured skull & left chest wall injure, left hip and pelvis fractured. Fell unaccountable--injured, evidently fell. Earns $3.25 per day as "cleaner man." Injured while wetting up the mill, emp three months. Foreman J. F. Andrews. Two reports combined about this injury. Sharp was watching operation of elevators and then was found unconscious. Neither the foreman, superintendent, chief mine inspector nor any one else has been able to determine what happened. Mr. Sharp died on May 17, 1936.
Record Source:Request for Medical Service
(Request Form)Baxter Springs Museum
Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, KS
Book: Hard Rock Mining Men, Injuries and Places of Employment — S J Mahurin
ISBN: 1-892744-99-6