Snyder, Frank M.

An open verdict was given by a coroner's jury tonight following an inquest into the death of Frank Snyder who was fatally injured early this morning. Frank Snyder, 58 years old, of Smithfield Missouri, died at 1:45 o'clock this morning at the Kansas Exploration Company Mine at Smithfield, one hour after he was crushed beneath two falling slabs in a drift at the mine. An ambulance of the Hurlbut undertaking company, Joplin Missouri, arrived just as he died and conveyed the body to the morgue.

Snyder was employed as a "face man," or one who works at the head of the drift. A blast had just extended the drift farther into the field when he walked into the newly opened space to make a survey. Two boulders, each weighing approximately one ton, broke loose, and rolling down the incline, pinned him beneath them. He was alone at the time, but his cries attracted fellow workmen and he was brought out of the ground. Internal injuries caused his death. An inquest will be held in the Carl Junction Missouri City hall at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hattie Snyder; one son, George Snyder; four daughters, Miss Thelma Snyder of Carl Junction; Mrs. Ella Ashburn and Mrs. Anna Life of Lawnsdale California, and Mrs. Effie Ludy of Carl Junction. Note: Burial and stone is in the Forest Park Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.