Gant, Walter Wesley

Picher Oklahoma, Aug 27, 1929 Walter Gant, 423 Vantage street, Picher, a hard rock lead and zinc shoveler at the New Chicago Mine No. 7, who received a broken leg and injuries to his chest shortly after noon yesterday when struck by rolling boulders, is reported by American hospital attendants to be in a serious condition. Amputation of the injured leg has been necessary. The accident was said to have been caused by soap stone boulders falling from the roof of the mine onto the stope where Gant was working and striking him with violent force in rolling down the incline. He was taken to the American hospital at Picher in an ambulance of the Todd undertaking company of Picher.

Picher Oklahoma, Feb 21--Walter Wesley Gant, 57 year old miner, died at 11:30 Thursday night at Miami Baptist hospital after six months illness which followed a mine accident. His home is at 113 North Frisco street, Picher. Mr. Gant was injured in an accident at the New Chicago Mines last year, but was discharged from a hospital after being treated for a time and was believed on the road to recovery. He was taken to the Miami Baptist hospital about two weeks ago. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Margaret Gant, the Picher man is survived by three sons, Loran Gant, Obran Gant and Olon Gant of Picher; six daughters, Marie Gant, Pauline Gant and Ollie Gant of the home and Mrs. Della Henson, Mrs. Dorothy Lynch and Mrs. Georgia Morrison, all of Picher; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gant of Ash Grove, Missouri, and one brother, Clint Gant of Ash Grove. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The Green undertaking company of Picher is in charge.

Suit was filed in the Ottawa county Oklahoma district court Saturday for $72,760 damages against the New Chicago Mine Corporation by Mrs. G. W. Gant of Picher Oklahoma, widow and administratrix of the estate of G. Walter Gant, miner, who died Feb 21 as the result of injuries received in a mine accident. Two causes of action are set forth in the damage suit. The petition asks $32,760 pecuniary damage to Mrs. Gant and the nine Gant children, all of whom are of school age, and $40,000 damages for the pain and suffering of Mr. Gant from last August until the time of his death. According to the petition, Mr. Gant was injured Aug. 16, 1929, when a boulder fell from the roof of a New Chicago drift. Gant's left leg was amputated shortly after the accident, but he died without recovering from the injuries inflicted by the slab.