Mosley, William

Picher Oklahoma Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Christian church in Crane Missouri, for William B. Mosley, 34, who was killed instantly late Friday in a dynamite explosion at the field mine shaft No. 4 of the Mid- Continent Lead and Zinc Company, northwest of Picher Oklahoma. Loren Pitman, 25, of Galena Kansas, Route 2, working companion of Mosley at the time of the accident, will recover from injuries to the head and back, Picher hospital attendants said today. However, he considers himself in luck. He had three sticks of dynamite in his pocket at the time the explosion killed Mosley.

Mosley resided with his family at 609 River street, Picher. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Mosley; a son, Billy Mosley; his mother, Mrs. Mary Mosley, Crane; two sisters, Miss Bell Mosley and Mrs. Mary Whann of Crane, and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Goldie Landis and Mrs. Lois Jones, both of Picher Oklahoma. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. C. C. Beech of Reed Springs Missouri, and burial was in I.O.O.F. cemetery at Marionville, Missouri, under the direction of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher.

Pittman recovered consciousness last night and said several holes had been loaded with dynamite around a place where the two men were constructing a pump sump at the field shaft. He said the fuse on one of the charges had been lighted and before they could get away the dynamite exploded. Another charge went off shortly after the first.

Mosley, employed as a machinist helper, was almost directly in front of the shots at the time of the explosion. Pitman was some distance away. He suffered injuries of the head, back and shoulders.