White, Cubert

Guy White, 31, and Cubert White, 24, both of Commerce Oklahoma were killed instantaneously at 1:05 o'clock this afternoon in a fall of rock at the Wilbur Mine at Treece Kansas. The two were cousins. Guy White was employed as a machine man and his cousin as his assistant. Working alone in a drift the two were victims of a fall that covered their bodies with several feet of dirt. A moment later 30 men dug feverishly to extricate the bodies. One had been recovered when the ambulance arrived. Then the other was finally located and brought to the surface. A Kansas state mine inspector and Henry Gleassing, safety engineer, said the bodies could be brought to Miami Oklahoma. In the same instance a coroner's inquest must first be held. The Cooper undertaking company of Miami rushed an ambulance to the mine and brought the bodies to Miami. Hubert White is married and has three children, while his cousin is unmarried. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. The bodies were being prepared for burial at the undertaking company. No relatives had appeared at the parlors late this afternoon.

Commerce Oklahoma, Funeral arrangements for Guy White and Cubert White, cousins, who were killed yesterday afternoon when a falling slab buried them in the Wilbur Mine west of Treece Kansas, are incomplete pending arrival of two brothers. Robert White of Treece Kansas, a shoveler, was knocked several feet when the boulder struck a can of dirt he was hauling. He was not injured.

District Mine Inspector William Glennon of Pittsburg estimated that nearly 175 tons of rock and dirt fell from the roof of the drift which was about seven feet high. Guy White's brother, Norman White, is now serving in the United States Navy. Kenneth White, Cubert's brother is in the marines.

Commerce Oklahoma Funeral services of Guy White and Cubert White of Commerce, cousins, killed in a mine accident Wednesday, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist church in Commerce, with the Rev. T. E. Taylor, assisted by the Rev. B. F. Kyser of Miami Oklahoma officiating. Pallbearers will be employees of the Wilbur Mine, in which the two died when buried under a falling slab. Burial will be in G.A.R. cemetery at Miami under direction of the Mitchelson undertaking company Of Commerce.

Mine Fatalities of 50 Years Is Recalled: "Fifty years ago, April 8, 1936, Guy White and Cubert White, cousins, were fatally injured in a rock cave in the Wilbur Mine in Treece Kansas. The two young men started working at an early age in the Tri-State Mining area. Guy White, age 31, was unmarried, while Cubert White, age 29, married with three small children. Their fathers, Ed White and Ira White, brought their families from Missouri to Commerce Oklahoma in 1915. Both men worked underground for ten years and both died from the lung disease that took so many of our loved ones and friends. Three other sons of Ed White spent years in the mines and mills, Jim White, Clifford White and Vernon White. Clifford survives and lives in Plano Texas. This was a way of life for everyone and a means to provide for their families. Some of us were lucky to have other jobs created from the mining industry. We think of the Tri-State area as home no matter where we go and in spite of the tragedies we all endured. Congratulations to Eagle- Picher and other companies at this Reunion. Signed - Faye White Cash, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma."