Aggus, George

Picher Oklahoma, June 11.-George Aggus, 36 years old, 1701 Ohio avenue, Joplin Missouri, a machine man, was fatally injured in an accident at Vantage Mine No. 1, near Third and Vantage streets, Picher, about 2:30 this afternoon. He died an hour later in the American hospital, Picher. His helper, Ira Fuller, 30 years old, 311 South Netta street, Picher, was seriously injured, but is not expected to die.

Aggus and Fuller were operating a drill in the roof of a drift in the mine. In the roof was a large boulder which was regarded as a menace and they were drilling into it in preparation for a dynamite charge. They were at the top of an "A" ladder. Scarcely had they started to drill when an avalanche of rock and dirt fell on the ladder, breaking it. Aggus and Fuller fell on an eighteen- foot pile of boulders and dirt. Aggus fell on rough rocks and his skull was fractured and his head lacerated. He also was injured internally. Fuller was more fortunate, landing on soft dirt. Both were taken to the hospital in an ambulance of the Todd undertaking company of Picher.

Aggus made his home with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Aggus, in Joplin Missouri. Besides the mother, he is survived by a widow; three children; two brothers, Mace Aggus and Louis Aggus, at home, and three sisters, Mrs. May Sewall, Mrs. Nora Woods and Mrs. Pearl Hughes, all of Joplin. The body will be taken to the mother's home in Joplin tomorrow.

Picher Oklahoma, June 11.--George Aggus, 36 years old, of Joplin Missouri, was fatally injured and Ira Fuller, 30, of Picher, was slightly injured in an accident at 2:30 this afternoon at the Vantage Mine No. 1 of the Vantage Mining Company, Third and Vantage streets, Picher. Aggus died two hours later at the American hospital, to which both men had been taken. The accident occurred while the men were operating a drilling machine from a ladder placed on top of a pile of dirt. A fall of dirt from the roof of the drift broke the ladder and plunged them to the floor. Aggus landed on a pile of boulders. His skull was fractured, an artery in his neck was severed and he received internal injuries. Fuller fell on a pile of dirt. The Todd ambulance of Picher rushed the injured man to the hospital.

Aggus was the husband of Mrs. Thelma Aggus of Picher and the father of three small children, but was living with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Aggus, 1701 Ohio avenue, Joplin. Surviving relatives include two brothers, Mace Aggus and Louis Aggus, of the home, and three sisters, Mrs. May Sewall, Mrs. Nora Woods and Mrs. Pearl Hughes, all of Joplin. The body will be taken to the family home in Joplin today. No funeral arrangements have been made.

Fuller, who was employed as machine man's helper, resides at 311 South Netta street, Picher. His injuries consist of a back sprain and bruises. His condition is not considered serious.

Judgment for $30,000 damages for the death of her husband, George L. Aggus, is asked by Mrs. Thelma Aggus of Picher in a suit filed today in the Ottawa county Oklahoma district court against the Vantage Mining Company. Aggus was killed Jun 11, last, when struck by a falling slab at the Vantage Mine No. 1, Picher Oklahoma, where he was employed as a machine man. Aggus left his widow and three small children.