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Johnson, Clyde

Age 46

Acme Mine No. 12 Mine

Joplin Globe · Jan 28 1931

Carterville Missouri, Jan 28--Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Clyde Johnson, 46 years old, 211 West Daugherty street, who was killed at 10:15 this morning when struck by a large mass of rock and dirt in the No. 12 Acme shaft of the Missouri-Kansas Mining Corporation at Waco Missouri. Another shoveler, John Westland, escaped with minor injuries. He was taken to Jane Chinn hospital at Webb City Missouri for treatment. Johnson was directly in the path of the debris which fell from the roof of a drift. Johnson had been employed by the mining company for about six years. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Mae Johnson, three daughters, Mrs. Leona Reynolds of Baxter Springs Kansas, Misses Pearl Johnson and Clyda Johnson

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