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Haverly, Glen Rex

Age 19

Lucky Jew Mine No. 1

Miami Record Herald · May 11 1921 · Pg 1 · Col 7

A trip of Glen Rex Haverly, 19, into the open air for a drink of water cost him his life this morning at 8:30. On his return into the shaft he fell 100 feet to instant death. Haverly, who had been employed in the Lucky Jew Mine No. 1 near Picher Oklahoma, as a machine man's helper, went out of the mine for a flask of water. As he was being lowered in the can it struck against the cribbing throwing Haverly out. He was instantly killed in the fall.

The body was moved to the Clark undertaking parlors in Picher. Haverly was the son of Mrs. Esther Dale of Blue Mound Kansas, where he formerly lived. No funeral arrangements will be made until after the arrival of a brother, C. R. Haverly of Ash Grove Missouri

Miami Record Herald · May 13 1924 · Pg 3 · Col 6

Picher Oklahoma, May 13.--Funeral services for Glenn Rex Haverly, 19 years old, who was killed in an accident at the Lucky Jew Mine Wednesday morning, were held from the chapel of the Clark undertaking company, Picher, at 10 o'clock this morning. Burial was in Forrest Park cemetery, Joplin Missouri. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Esther Dale, two younger brothers, a sister at Blue Mound Kansas and an uncle, C. Haverly, who arrived from Ash Grove, Missouri. Note: Bureau of Mines Injury information card states that a settlement was made June 1921.

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.