Lowe, Hobson George "Red"

Baxter Springs Kansas, Oct 17 Hobson George"Red" Lowe, 54 year old Picher Oklahoma man, was crushed to death by a falling rock slab at the Ballard Mine near Baxter today. A truck driver for the St. Louis Mining and Smelting Company, owner of the hard rock lead and zinc property, Lowe was standing on a rear fender of his vehicle when the slab fell from the roof of the mine at about 2 pm, Percy Brown, company safety engineer, said. Weight of the slab was not estimated immediately.

In killing Lowe outright, the slab smashed the truck and slightly injured Harold Holt who was operating a diesel shovel in loading the truck. Holt, who lives near Galena Kansas, was treated for leg and arm injuries at the Picher hospital, Picher Oklahoma. He was released later. Other miners working near the scene of the accident were not hurt, the engineer said.

The mine is located in Kansas, about three miles west of Baxter. An employee of the company for the last 18 years, Lowe had been a resident of Picher since 1921. Survivors included his wife, Mrs. Edna Lowe, of the home at 111 South Ethel street in Picher; two brothers, Billy Lowe and August Lowe, and a sister, Mrs. June Rongey, all of Van Buren Arkansas . Arrangements for services and burial will be announced by the Thomas funeral home, Picher Oklahoma.

Funeral services for Hobson George"Red" Lowe, Picher man killed Saturday in an accident at the Ballard Mine near Baxter Springs Kansas, were to have been held this afternoon at the Thomas funeral home chapel, Picher Oklahoma. The Rev. C. E. Bergen was to officiate. The body was to be taken to Van Burne Missouri, for burial in Kelly cemetery there.