Thompson, J. W.

Picher Oklahoma, April 14. Two miners were killed and two others seriously injured at 11:45 this morning when 150 tons of rock fell from the roof of the drift in which they were working at Picher Mine No. 9, west of the Netta Mill. The dead: Charles Wagoner, Scammon Kansas and J. W. Thompson, Pittsburg Kansas: The injured: Guy Posey, Treece Kansas and Frank Kifer, Joplin Missouri. Two other men, whose names could not be learned this morning, were working in the drift with the victims, but were believed to have escaped. Fellow workmen dug into the rock and dirt and had recovered the body of Wagoner at 1:30 this afternoon, Apr 14, 1925. The body was badly crushed. Thompson's body remained wedged under the mass. Leaders of the diggers said it would be necessary to use a jack to hoist the largest slab of rock sufficiently to remove Thompson's body.

Rescuers rushed Posey and Kifer to the Picher hospital at Picher, in the Todd ambulance. Hospital surgeons said they were badly injured, but had not determined the extent of their injuries. They apparently were struck by dirt and rock on the outside of the falling mass.

Wagoner and Thompson were shovelers. Kifer was a machine man and Posey was his helper. Picher Mine No. 9 is owned by the Eagle-Picher Lead Company.

Picher Oklahoma, April 16. Funeral services for Charles Wagner, one of the two men killed in an accident Tuesday at Picher Mine No. 9, were held at the family home at Scammon Kansas, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Burial was at Waco Missouri. The funeral of J. W. Thompson, the second victim, will be held from the family home at Pittsburg Kansas, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be at Pittsburg Kansas.