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Adrian, Joe

Eagle Picher Joplin plant

Miami Record Herald · Aug 03 1921 · Pg 2 · Col 5

Joe Adrian, an employee at the Eagle Picher Lead Company plant at Joplin, was crushed to death Monday on the freight elevator at the plant. It is believed that he fell from the elevator. When found he was pinned between the car and floor.

Disclaimer: If you search for these articles somewhere else, searches should be done by date in the city of Miami Oklahoma. The clippings have "Miami Newspapers, Miami Oklahoma." The paper changed names several times making it difficult to search by title. Most of the Hard Rock Lead and Zinc Fatalities newspaper clippings are from the personal files of I. D. Hulvey, former powderman in the Picher mine and then owner of the Hulvey Insurance Agency.