Gray, Oscar A.

Galena Kansas March 31 Oscar A. Gray, employed as a truck driver by the hard rock lead and zinc Eagle-Picher Mining and Smelting Company for 18 years, was killed at 2:30 pm this afternoon in an unusual accident at the Bird Dog Mine, two miles west of Picher Oklahoma on the A Street road.

Gray had taken a load of "liners" to the mine and was assisting in removing them into the mill building. He was using a large pry-bar when his hold slipped and the bar struck the back of his head at the base of his skull. At the Picher hospital at Picher where he was taken in a Durnil ambulance from Picher, he was pronounced dead, with death being attributed to a basal skull fracture and concussion of the brain. The body was received by the Boice undertaking company of Galena Kansas.

Gray, who was about 50 years old, had lived in Galena Kansas since 1920, and was a veteran of World War I. He was married September 30, 1922 to Miss Marie Dale of Galena Kansas, who survives. Other immediate relatives are a son, J. Dale Gray, and a daughter Dorothy Gray, both of the home; his mother, Mrs. Emma Gray of Decatur Arkansas; three sisters, Misses Ruby Gray and Opal Gray and Mrs. Flora Rude, all of Decatur, and a brother, Oren Gray of Blythe California.

Picher Oklahoma, Apr. 1 Oscar A. Gray, 50 years old, of Galena Kansas, a truck driver, employed by the Eagle Picher mining Company for 18 years, was killed at 2:30 Friday afternoon, while unloading a truck at the Bird Dog Mill, northeast of here.

Gray was assisting in unloading a load of "liners" which he had hauled to the mine, using a large steel bar, when the bar slipped and struck the back of his head at the base of the skull. He was taken in a Durnil ambulance to the Picher hospital where he was pronounced dead from concussion of the brain. The body was taken in charge by the Boice undertaking company of Galena Kansas. Gray, had lived in Galena Kansas since 1920. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Gray; a son, J. Dale Gray; and a daughter, Miss Dorothy Gray, all at home; his mother, Mrs. Emma Gray of Decatur Arkansas; three sisters, Misses Ruby Gray and Opal Gray, and Miss Flora Rude, all of Decatur, and a brother, Oren Gray of Blythe California.