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Conwell, Angie

Age 17

Beaver Mine

Miami Record Herald · Apr 22 1923 · Pg 1 · Col 6)

Angie Conwell, about 24 years old, died at 9 last night at Baptist hospital as a result of injuries he received at 2 Saturday afternoon when he was struck by a falling boulder while at work in the Beaver Mine, west of Cardin Oklahoma.

Death resulted from a fractured skull. The miner also suffered a broken leg and he was brought to the hospital in a serious condition in an ambulance of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher Oklahoma. The youth is believed to have been in the district only a short time, coming from his home in Colorado. He has been boarding in Commerce Oklahoma while working in the mines as a machine man's helper. The body was taken to the morgue of the Todd undertaking company in Picher last night, and funeral arrangements will be held up pending word from relatives.

Miami Record Herald · Apr 24 1923 · Pg 1 · Col 7

The body of Angie Conwell, 17 years old, who died as a result of an accident at the Beaver Mine Saturday, was sent to the home of his parents at Albuquerque New Mexico, Monday afternoon by the Mitchelson undertaking company of Commerce Oklahoma.

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.