Booth, Benjamin F.

Benjamin F. Booth, 61 years old, of Commerce Oklahoma, who was suffocated Wednesday in an accident near Treece Kansas, is survived by his wife, Bessie Booth of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Lorene Long, Mrs. Mattie Pruitt and Mrs. Ruby Brooks, all of Commerce, and Mrs. Zella King, Webb City Missouri; three brothers, Ira Booth and Joe Booth of Commerce, and Clyde Booth, Washington state, and one sister, Mrs. Mammie Means, Commerce. Funeral arrangements are incomplete they will be announced by the Durnil funeral home.

John Lee Pogue, 21 years old, who was killed near Treece Kansas, yesterday in an accident, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Pogue; a daughter, Sharon Kay Pogue, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Pogue, all of Miami Route 2; two brothers, Junior Pogue and Ray Pogue, both of California, and four sisters, Mrs. Imogene Stoops and Mrs. Sylvia Browning, Miami Route 2, and Mary Pogue and Betty Pogue of the home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. They will be announced by the Durnil funeral home of Picher Oklahoma.

Charles Raymond Long, 38 years old, Commerce Oklahoma, who died in the chat pile slide near Treece Kansas yesterday, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lorence Long; one daughter, Hazel Long, three sons, Bobby Ray Long, Jessie Long and Don Long, all of the Commerce home; his mother, Mrs. Ellen Long, Springfield Missouri; three brothers, W. T. Long, Miami; J. E. Long, Springfield Missouri, Route 2, and Fred Long, Willard Long, Missouri, and three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Truelove, Commerce; Mrs. May Henson, Walnut Grove Oklahoma, and Mrs. Nell Ware, Springfield Missouri. Durnil funeral home at Picher will announce funeral arrangements.

Three workmen were suffocated today when an estimated 1,000-ton chat slide buried them alive at the Chubb Mine lease on the northwest edge of Treece Kansas. The dead: Ben Booth, 60, 310 North Cherry street, Commerce Oklahoma; Raymond Long, 32, 215 South Maple street, Commerce, and John Pogue, 22, Miami Route 2. The victims were dug out in 30 minutes by a rescue squad of 50 workmen, but all were pronounced dead of suffocation. Efforts through artificial respiration, including the use of a pulmotor by Miami firemen and John Durnil, Picher Oklahoma funeral director, proved futile at the end of an hour's time.

The victims, employees of the Miami Rock Products Company, Inc., were running a cable line attached to a "drag" near the 50 foot chat pile when the slide covered them at about 10:15 am. John Salling, secretary-treasurer, in charge of field operations, said. Ed Banks, crew foreman, said the rescue party included members of the Northeastern Oklahoma extra gang, employees of the Consolidated Supply Company, Captain Mine and other Miami Rock Products Company workers.

Booth is survived by his wife and several married children. Long leaves a wife and four children and Pogue is survived by his wife and a six-months-old baby girl. The Durnil funeral home at Picher Oklahoma will announce funeral arrangements.

Double funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Assembly of God church in Commerce for Benjamin F. Booth, 61, and his son-in-law, Charles Raymond Long, 37, both of whom were killed in the chat slide near Treece Kansas Wednesday morning. The services will be conducted by the Rev. W. L. Farmer, assisted by Rev. Harry Rogers and Arthur Shawgo. Pallbearers for Mr. Booth will be: John McGinty, Everett Waddle, Bill Plumer, Clifford White, Lloyd Rutherford and Wilson Phillips. Pallbearers for Mr. Long will include: John Salling, Oran Hayes, Rufus Hayes, Eddy Banks, Dutch Watson and Charley Collins. Interment will be G.A.R. cemetery at Miami.

Funeral services for John Pogue, 21, killed in a chat slide near Treece Kansas, last Wednesday morning, will be conducted at the North Fairview school, west of Commerce Oklahoma, at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will be in the G.A.R. cemetery at Miami, under direction of the Durnil funeral home of Picher.