Summers, Charles

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James Summers, ground boss, was killed instantly by a slab which fell from the roof of a drift at the Blue Bird Mine near Picher Oklahoma at 9:15 o'clock Monday morning. He was trimming the roof while standing on a thirty-foot ladder when several tons of bounders fell knocking him to the floor of the drift. His body was covered with the boulders, which crushed his skull, causing instant death. Summers was 28 years old and lived on North Vine street, Commerce Oklahoma, with his wife. His parents, Mr. And Mrs. Luther Summers, and several brothers and sisters live at Galena Kansas. His father began working at the Blue Bird Mine this morning was in the drift when his son was killed. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Note: One paper has the name as Charles Summers, age about 46 and another has James Summers, age 26.

Charles Summers, about 46, employed as a roof trimmer at the Blue Bird Mine No. 5, located near Commerce Oklahoma, was killed almost instantly when a portion of the roof of the mine slid in on him at 10 o'clock Monday morning, Nov 24, 1919. Summers was a married man and is survived by his wife and father. He lived on North Vine street, Commerce and had been employed in the mines in the Miami district for many years and he was well known. Workmen near him heard the noise of the falling rock and dirt but when they arrived at the scene and dragged Summers from the pile of debris he was dead. His skull had been crushed. No funeral arrangements have been made.