Norris, Virgil

Picher Oklahoma, Jun 6. Virgil Norris, 41 years old, who lives on and operates the Roanoke lease north of Commerce Oklahoma, was seriously injured about 10 o'clock this morning when he fell from a derrick at the mine. He was not found until two hours after the accident, and he was reported in a dangerous condition this afternoon, suffering from two broken legs, a broken left arm and a possible skull fracture. His wife and nine children live on the lease. Norris was taken to Picher hospital at Picher in a Mitchelson ambulance.

Virgil Norris, 41 years old, was critically injured this morning about 10 o'clock when he fell 40 feet from the derrick of the south shaft of the old Roanoke Mine, north of Commerce Oklahoma. The accident was not discovered until 12:15 o'clock when his brother-in-law came to the lease. Norris was taken to the Picher hospital, Picher Oklahoma in a Mitchelson ambulance of Commerce, when he was found to have two broken legs, one broken arm and probable internal injuries. He had evidently been carrying a car engine up the derrick when he fell. The motor was found resting on his arm. Norris, a prospector, has held a lease on the shaft for four years. He lives on the premises with his family.

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Commerce, Oklahoma, Jun 7. Virgil Norris, 41 years old, died at 6 o'clock last night at Picher hospital of injuries he suffered yesterday when he fell from a derrick at the No. 1 shaft on the Roanoke Mine lease two miles north of Commerce. Norris did not regain consciousness before he died. He suffered a skull fracture and chest injury and both legs and his left arm were broken.

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