Littledave, Andrew J.

Andrew J. Littledave, 42 years old of Miami was killed and his helper John Daniels, 24 of Picher Oklahoma was injured about 3:30 Saturday afternoon in an explosion at the Westside Mine No. 2, north of Picher. The two were employed as machine men and it is reported that they were loading a hole and the explosion apparently occurred as they were tampering in a shot of dynamite. Twelve rounds of shots went off it was reported. Littledave's body was badly mutilated by the explosion and was buried under several tons of rock and dirt and was recovered about 4 hours after the accident. It is stated that Daniels ran when the first shot exploded and he was found about 200 yards from the first shot with a fractured left leg and cuts and bruises on his body. Evidently flying debris from the series of explosions had struck him down. He was rushed to the Picher hospital by a Durnil ambulance of Picher and his injuries were said not to be serious. Littledave's body was brought to the Durnil funeral home where it remained until Tuesday evening when it was taken to the home at 509 B street southeast, Miami. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday morning at 10 am and burial was made in the cemetery at Salina Oklahoma. Littledave was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Miami who conducted services at the grave. He also was a Royal Purple degree member of Ottawa Encampment No. 24 at Picher.

Picher Oklahoma, Aug. 19.--Andrew J. Littledave, 42 years old, of Miami, was killed and his helper, John Daniels, 24, of Picher, was injured in an explosion in Westside Mine No. 2, north of Picher, at 3:30 this afternoon. Littledave's body, badly mutilated by the explosion, was buried by several tons of rock and dirt. It was recovered four hours later. Daniels escaped with a fracture to his left leg and cuts and bruises on his body. He was found about 200 yards from where the explosion occurred. At Picher hospital his condition was said not to be serious. The two were employed as machine men. They were loading a hole and this explosion apparently occurred in tamping the dynamite. Twelve rounds of shots 'went off,' it was said. Daniels ran when the first shot exploded. Littledave's body was removed to the Durnil funeral home at Picher. He resided at 509 B street southeast, Miami. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Littledave; two sons, Clifford Littledave and Carl Edward Littledave, also at home; his father, Dave Littledave of Salina;three brothers,John Littledave,recently reported missing by the Navy,Isaac Littledave and Kenneth Littledave of Salina, and two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Bareley of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Carey Tiger of Salina. The Westside Mine is owned by the Eagle-Picher Mining and Smelting Company.

Two mine accidents in southeast Kansas Saturday claimed the lives of three machine men, one a Miamian, while a fourth was taken to a hospital in Picher Oklahoma after narrowly escaping the fate of his fellow workers. The dead are: Andrew J. Littledave, 42, Miami; Pleasant Hamilton, 45, Scammon Kansas; and Lloyd Gipson, 40, 2216 Picher Avenue, Joplin, Missouri. With but about 15 minutes remaining before he was to come off shift, Andrew J. Littledave, 42, was killed at the Eagle-Picher West Side Mine No. 2, located a half-mile north of the state line in Kansas, when tons of rock and earth, reportedly loosened by an explosion at about 3:45 pm, fell on him. He and a companion were working in a lower level of the mine. Littledave's body, badly mangled, was recovered about three hours later, it was said. John Daniels, working with Littledave, was taken to the Picher hospital in a Durnil ambulance of Picher immediately following the accident, where his condition was reported 'not serious' last night. Hamilton and Gipson were killed at about 11:30 am Saturday at the Bilharz Mine, a mile and a half northwest of Baxter Springs Kansas, when about 60 tons of rock from the mine's sidewall rolled down the stope and completely buried them. Gipson was dead when his body was recovered, while Hamilton died about three hours later in the Picher hospital, Picher Oklahoma. . . . Hamilton's survivors include his wife, Alta Hamilton; a son, Orval John Hamilton; five daughters, Emma Louise Hamilton, Anna Belle Hamilton, Ella Mae Hamilton, Madlyene Hamilton and Betty Jean Hamilton, all of the home; his mother, Mrs. Martha Hamilton of Kansas City, Missouri; two brothers, Chester Hamilton and Merle Hamilton of Kansas City, and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Shinn and Mrs. Linnie Grantham of Kansas City. Gipson is survived by his wife Greta Gipson; a daughter, Mrs. Jack Bonner of the home; a stepson, Orville Ridgeway of the U.S. Navy, and his mother, Mrs. Anna Gipson of Joplin Missouri Route 2. Funeral arrangements for the three men will be announced by the Durnil funeral home of Picher Oklahoma.

Funeral services for Andrew J. Littledave, 42, Miami, a machinist who lost his life as the result of a mine accident near Picher Oklahoma Saturday, will be held at 10 am Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Miami. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Littledave; two sons, Clifford Littledave and Carl Littledave; 3 daughters, Melvina Littledave, Woma Jane Littledave and Romona Littledave, all of the home; his father, Dave Littledave; three brothers, John Littledave of the U.S. Navy recently reported missing in action; Mike Littledave and Kenneth Littledave of Salena, and two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Bartley ofOklahoma city and Mrs. Carey Tiger of Salina. Littledave's body will be removed from the Durnil funeral home at Picher Oklahoma to the home Tuesday evening. Burial will be at Salina Oklahoma. Note: The name of Isaac Littledave is at times called Mike Littledave. Note: Also see Lloyd Gipson for more details.

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