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Keinster, Leroy

Age 36

Skelton Mine No. 23

Joplin Globe · May 12 1943 · Pg 8 · Col 8

Picher Oklahoma. May 11. Leroy Keinster, 36 years old of Columbus Missouri, was killed instantly at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the No. 23 shaft of the Skelton lead and Zinc Company mine, south of Picher and Douthat Oklahoma. Keinster was a tub-hooker underground and a descending tub in the shaft struck him on the head and virtually decapitated him. The body was taken by a Durnil ambulance to the Ruhland funeral home at Columbus. Surviving are his wife and children. Funeral arrangement are incomplete.

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.