Reeves, Homer E.

Homer E. Reeves, 33 years old, died at 11:15 Thursday night at Picher Oklahoma as the result of injuries received by falling about 75 feet while descending a shaft at the Oko Mine where he had been employed for two years as pump man. Reeves was called to make some repairs underground and was in the can alone when in some unknown manner the can bumped and Reeves fell to the bottom. The watch which he was carrying at the time stopped at 10:28 pm. Reeves was taken to the American hospital at Picher in Clark's ambulance He failed to regain consciousness and died about 40 minutes after arrival at the hospital. His neck had been broken by the fall. Reeves lived in Picher at the Shannon Hotel, Second and Picher streets, Picher, where he is survived by his wife, a sister Mrs. Si Eubanks, proprietor of the hotel. Reeves leaves the following brothers and sisters: T. R. Reeves, Elkwood, J. E. Reeves, Saltilla California, James Reeves, Bigheart Oklahoma; Mrs. J. F. Turner, Cotter Arkansas, and Mrs. Elva Hart of Dalton Nebraska. The body is at the parlors of the Clark undertaking company awaiting word from relatives. This is the first fatality in the mines of this district for several months.