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Messer, Charles Edward

Age 36

Manhattan Mine

Miami Record Herald · Feb 11 1919 · Pg 6 · Col 1

Cardin Oklahoma, Feb 11 Charles Edward Messer, 36, a hard rock lead and zinc miner employed at the Manhattan Mine, fell 160 feet from a tub (can) this morning and was killed instantly. Messer fell headlong into the shaft the body alighting on head and shoulders. Messer leaves his wife and 14 months old daughter, who live near the Manhattan Mine. Another daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Ethel Jackson, lives at Strafford Arkansas. Definite arrangements for funeral and burial had not been made at noon today.

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.