Sevier, Levi

Levi Sevier, of 211 Galena Avenue, employed at the Iroquois Mine, on West Seventh street, Galena Kansas, was crushed to death by falling boulders from the roof of a drift in what is known as the North shaft at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon, Apr 10, 1908, and at press hour the body had just been discovered. Sevier and Ed Harp were working in the drift when the roof caved. Boulders weighing several tons fell squarely on Sevier, but Harp was more fortunate and escaped without a scratch. Sevier's death was almost instantaneous, as he was completely covered by earth and rocks. Only the two men were employed in the mine, operations on a large scale having been discontinued.

Harp hurried out and an ambulance was called. A physician was also summoned but his services were not needed. When several men returned to the drift to remove the body it was learned that the water had risen and it was impossible to get into the drift. The pumps were started at once to make entrance possible.

Drowning was the cause of death in the case of Levi Sevier, of East Joplin, Who was killed at the old Iroquois Mine west of Joplin Missouri yesterday afternoon. Coroner Baird held an inquest over the remains last night at the Joplin Undertaking and Embalming establishment and it developed that Sevier had been pinned to the bottom of the drift by a heavy slab of rock that fell from the roof. The water rose rapidly and drowned him. His partner, Ed Harp, attempted to rescue Sevier, but the slab of rock was too heavy to lift. When it fell, Sevier cried: "Oh, Ed, I'm gone now." The two men had gone into the shaft to make arrangements for pumping. Sevier is survived by a widow and two children.

The funeral of Levi Sevier, who met death by drowning in the Iroquois Mine west of the city Friday, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the residence on Indiana Avenue in the YMCA addition to Fairview cemetery. Rev. Shockley will officiate.