Shrum, Clifford

Picher Oklahoma, Nov. 12. John Cecil, 35 years old, a shoveler, and Clifford Shrum, 20 years old, a machine helper, were instantly killed, O. Nichols, a machine man, was seriously injured and Louis Grimes, a ground foreman and "Red" Stringer, a track man, were slightly injured at the Velie Lion Mine yesterday noon when struck by a falling slab. Nichols suffered a broken right leg and was badly bruised. He was taken to the Picher hospital in the Todd ambulance.

Cecil is survived by his wife and two children. His home was at Bokoshe Oklahoma, Shrum was unmarried. He is survived by his parents, four sisters and two brothers. One of his sisters is Mrs. O. Nichols of Commerce Oklahoma, wife of one of the injured men and with whom he boarded. A brother, Raymond Shrum, also resides at Commerce. The parents, sisters and brothers reside at Harrison Arkansas. The bodies of Cecil and Shrum will be sent by the Todd undertaking company, of Picher Oklahoma today to their homes for burial. The condition of Nichols is reported to be somewhat improve.

Picher Oklahoma, Nov. 13.--The bodies of John Cecil and Clifford Shrum, who were killed at the Velie Lion Mine Tuesday when caught beneath a falling slab, were sent by the Todd undertaking company, of Picher yesterday to their homes for burial. Cecil's home was at Bokoshe Oklahoma, and Shrum's home was at Harrison Arkansas The condition of O. Nichols, who was also seriously injured, is reported by Picher hospital attendants as being considerably improved.

The Velie Mines corporation was named defendant in a suit for $10,000 filed Saturday in Ottawa county Oklahoma district court in Miami, by Mrs. Evileen Wagoner, administratrix for the estate of Clifford Shrum, killed Nov 11, when struck by a mass of falling earth in the Velie Lion Mine. Shrum was employed as a machine man helper in the mine and his death was caused, the petition alleges, by "negligence and carelessness" on the part of the defendant Company in permitting the roof to go untrimmed and untimbered.