Walker, Melvin H.

Four miners were seriously burned in the change house of the Golden Rod Mill No. 8, at 6:40 o'clock this morning when one of the men threw turpentine on a fire in the stove, mistaking it for coal oil. The injured are R. L. Walker, 45 years old; his son, Melvin Walker, Glen Summers and N. L. Snyder. The last three are young men. All reside in Picher Oklahoma. The condition of the Walkers is the most serious. The miners were in the change house waiting to be lowered into the ground. They were seared by the flames, which flashed from the stove as soon as the turpentine struck the fire. They were taken to the Picher Oklahoma hospital in ambulances of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher. All are expected to recover.

John Summers, who was burned in an accident at the Golden Rod Mine No. 8, three weeks ago, was released from the Picher hospital Saturday. Three other miners, H. L. Snyder, R. L. Walker and Melvin Walker, who was burned in the same accident are reported to be improving at the Picher hospital, Picher Oklahoma.

Melvin H. Walker, 18 years old, died at the Picher hospital at 5 Thursday morning from burns received three weeks ago when turpentine was thrown on a fire at Golden Rod Mine No. 8.

Picher Oklahoma, Nov. 16--The body of Melvin H. Walker, 18 years old, was sent to Montier Missouri, today for burial. He died at the Picher hospital at 5 Thursday morning from burns received three weeks ago when turpentine was thrown on a fire at Golden Rod Mine No. 8.

Robert L. Walker, who was burned about three weeks ago in an accident at Golden Rod Mine No. 8 is in a serious condition at the Picher hospital, Picher Oklahoma. His son-in-law, Glenn Summers, 11 Picher street, Picher Oklahoma, returned from Montier Missouri, Wednesday after accompanying the body of Melvin Walker there for burial. Melvin Walker was victim in the same accident which slightly injured Summers and another man who is now out of the hospital. Mrs. Summers, and her mother, Mrs. Dora Weaver, who accompanied Summers, will remain for a few days at Montier to visit relatives.

Picher Oklahoma, Dec. 10.- Robert L. Walker, 52 years old, one of the five men who were seriously burned at the Golden Rod Mine No. 8 about six weeks ago as the result of an explosion of a can of turpentine, died at a local hospital about 12 last night. Dec 10, 1923. No definite funeral arrangements have as yet been made. The Todd undertaking company, of Picher, will have charge of the funeral. The deceased is survived by his wife and one son. A second son, Melvin Walker, was another of the five men burned and his death occurred at a local hospital about five weeks ago. His body was shipped to Montier Missouri, for burial.

Picher Oklahoma, Dec. 11. The funeral of Robert L. Walker, 52 years old, who died at a local hospital Sunday night from burns received at the Golden Rod Mine No. 8 about six weeks ago when a can of turpentine exploded, was held from the chapel of the Todd undertaking parlors at Picher, this morning at 10. Rev. Tilton, pastor of the First Methodist church, conducted the services and burial was made in a cemetery near Baxter Springs Kansas. The deceased is survived by his wife and one son. He was the second one to die of the five men who were seriously burned by the explosion. His son, Melvin Walker, 18 years old, was the first to die, his death occurring about five weeks ago.

Suit for $20,000 damages against the Golden Rod Mining and Smelting Company of near Cardin Oklahoma was filed today in Ottawa county Oklahoma district court at Miami by Mrs. Dora Walker, administratrix for the estate of Melvin Walker, who died last December. The plaintiff charges Walker's death was the result of injuries received while a miner in the employ of the defendant. The injuries from which Walker died, the plaintiff alleges, were received Oct. 27, 1923, when another employee of the mining Company accidentally threw some turpentine into a fire, causing Walker to be burned severely. The plaintiff charges "carelessness and negligence" in allowing the turpentine, which is highly inflammable, to be so near a fire.

The Golden Rod Mining and Smelting Company was named defendant in a suit for $20,000 damages filed in Ottawa county Oklahoma district court at Miami by Mrs. Bertha Walker, administratrix of the estate of Robert Lee Walker. Walker, according to the petition, died in December, 1923, from injuries received in a mine explosion Oct. 27, 1923, while he was in the employ of the defendant Company.