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Beasley, Walter

Age 22

Lucky O. K. Mine

Miami News Record · Mar 25 1924 · Pg 3 · Col 2

Hockerville Oklahoma, March 25 Funeral arrangements for Walter Beasley, 22 years old, who died Sunday night as the result of injuries received in an accident at the Lucky OK Mine near Hockerville, have been delayed until word is received from distant relatives. The death of the deceased resulted from his being struck on the chin by a tub at the mine, breaking his jawbone and his neck. He and his family, consisting of his wife and a seven-month-old child, were making their home with her parents at Neutral Kansas. Besides his wife and child, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beasley, of Awton Kansas.

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.