Arnhart, Henry

Miami District Daily News · Aug 22 1913 · Pg 3 · Col 1

Henry Arnhart, age 22, and Burley Axley, age 20, were instantly killed Tuesday afternoon, abut 3:45 o'clock, in the Katy Mine at Lincolnville Oklahoma by a falling slab. Theodore Hudson, ground boss, was slightly hurt about the head, by a glancing blow of the slab. The huge slab fell without a moment's warning and caught the two unfortunate men who were working under it. It fell from the roof about a distance of about 22 feet. It was sharp edged and slightly tilting in the fall and caught one of the men with its sharp edge cutting his body in two. The other miner was crushed to death by its great weight. The bodies of the two men were taken from beneath the huge slab an hour after the accident. Hudson and another man, together with the two who were killed, were working directly under the slab, but the former men had shifted positions slightly, just before the fall, and thus narrowly escaped with their lives.

Hudson lives in Baxter Springs Kansas. Arnhart was married and is survived by a wife. Axley was unmarried. Both men lived in Lincolnville Oklahoma. They were buried in the Baxter Springs cemetery Wednesday afternoon.

Miami Record Herald · Aug 22 1913 · Pg 3 · Col 1

An accident that caused the death of two men and bruised the third, happened at the old Katy Mine on Tuesday afternoon of this week, when a slab fell from the roof, causing the instant death of Henry Arnhart, married, and Burley Axley, single. Arnhart was badly mangled and crushed, and the top of Axley's head was almost torn off. The slab which was about 10 feet long, and a foot thick, also injured Theo Hudson of Baxter, who was with the other two men. Hudson is laid up at his home with a bruised back, and a concussion on his head. He was rendered unconscious. The bodies of the killed men were brought to Baxter Springs Kansas and funeral services were held today, Wednesday. Interment was made in the Baxter cemetery - Baxter News.

Harvey and Sons Funeral Home — Baxter Springs, KS

Information on register: Killed in mine accident on Aug 19, 1913. Married, age 24 years 0 months 0 days. Expenses charged to Haines and Cornell. Buried at Baxter Springs Kansas.