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Moss, Earl

Age 30

Vinegar Hill Mine

Miami Record Herald · May 03 1923 · Pg 1 · Col 3

Picher Oklahoma, May 3.--Earl Moss, of Commerce Oklahoma, an employee at the Vinegar Hill Mine, a mile and a half north of Picher, was electrocuted while at work at the mine early this morning. The body was taken to the morgue of the Clark undertaking company at Baxter Springs Kansas, where it was said at noon today that funeral arrangements have not been made. Moss, who was about 30 years old, leaves a wife.

Miami Record Herald · May 06 1923 · Pg 5 · Col 4

Commerce Oklahoma, May 5.--Funeral services for Earl Moss, the miner who was electrocuted while at work at the Vinegar Hill Mine, north of Picher Oklahoma, Thursday, will be held at 1 Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Wyandotte, conducted by the Rev. R. E. Burt of Commerce. Burial will be in Ottawa cemetery near Miami.

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.