Kennison, Frank

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Picher Oklahoma, Oct 8 Funeral services for Frank Kennison, 45 years old who was instantly killed Tuesday in a hard rock lead and zinc mining accident at the Sinden Mine at Cardin Oklahoma, will be held at the home in North Century at 10 o'clock, Thursday morning. Charles Westley, pastor of the First Baptist church will officiate.

Funeral services for Frank Tate who was killed in the same accident is pending the arrival of his wife and child who are expected from Windsor Missouri, today. The body is at the parlors of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher.

The body of Frank Tate who was killed in an accident at the Sinden Mine at Cardin Oklahoma Tuesday, was shipped to Windor Missouri on Thursday for burial, by the Todd undertaking company, of Picher Oklahoma.

Two miners, Frank Kennison, 45 years old, and Frank Tate, 40 years old, both with families, were instantly killed at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning when a slab of rock fell on them. Both bodies were mangled. J. Farmer a shoveler, was injured but not seriously. The accident happened at the Sinden Mine at Tar River Oklahoma [now Cardin].

Kennison was a machine man and Tate his helper. Soon after they went into the mine a slide came and they were caught unawares. Before either could make a run for safety the rock crushed them into the earth. Other miners rushed to the scene and it took 45 minutes of hard work to uncover the bodies. Tate's body was mangle beyond recognition. Farmer, the shoveler, who was caught in the edge of the slide was bruised about the body, but was not taken to the hospital. He was given medical attention at Tar River.

The bodies of the two victims were taken to the morgue at Picher Oklahoma by the Todd ambulance from Picher. Tennison lived at North Century and is survived by a wife, a daughter, 10, and a son, 7. Tate's wife and child who survive him are visiting at Windsor Missouri. He formerly lived at Carterville. The accident is the most serious that has happened in the district for several months.

L. C. Wormington, an administrator of the estate of the late Frank Tate, Saturday filed suit in the Ottawa county Oklahoma district court at Miami against the Sinden Zinc Company for $10,000 damages, alleging negligence on the part of the mine operators was responsible for the death of Tate who, with another miner, was crushed to death in one of the tunnels of the mine on October 7th.

Tate and his companion were working about 9 o'clock in the morning when a rock, weighing hundreds of tons gave way and fell upon the two men, killing them instantly.