Koronis, Ethel

Picher Oklahoma, June 7 Ethel Koronis, 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Koronis, who operate a candy kitchen at Picher Oklahoma, was instantly killed at 6:30 o'clock last night when she came in contact with a "live" wire while playing on a chat pile at mine No. 5 of the Eagle Picher Lead Company. The child, with several companions, had gone to the chat pile to play and in clambering out of a pool of water which is near the mine, she grasped a lighting wire extending down a pole leading to a tram house. She was knocked into the water. A companion ran for assistance and the body was recovered.

An ambulance of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher rushed the body to the American hospital at Picher, where attending physicians pronounced death instantaneous. Although the wire was an ordinary lighting current conductor, carrying only 220 volts, it was said the fact that the child's body was wet made the voltage deadly.

Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock. Thursday morning at the Central Methodist church with the Rev. J. L. Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Miami cemetery under the direction of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher.

The funeral of Panageota Ethel Koronis, 6 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Koronis, who was electrocuted Monday night when she grasped hold of an electric wire at the Eagle Picher Mining Company Mine No. 5, will be held at the Central Methodist church at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The Rev. J. L. Brown will officiate. Burial will be in the Miami cemetery under the direction of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher Oklahoma.