Koronis, Ethel

died. Picher, Oklahoma, June 7, 1927 Ethel Koronis, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Koronis, who operates a candy kitchen in Picher, was instantly killed at 6:30 o'clock last night when she came in contact with a "live" wire while playing on a chat pile at Mine No. 5. of the Eagle-Picher Lead Company. The child, with several companions, had gone to the chat pile to play and in clambering out of a pool of water, which is near the mine. She grasped a lighting wire extending down a pole leading to a train house. She was knocked into the water. A companion ran for assistance and the body was recovered. An ambulance of the Todd Undertaking company rushed the body to the American Hospital, Picher, where attending physicians pronounced death instantaneous. Although the wire was an ordinary lighting current conductor, carrying only 220 volts, it was said the fact that the child's body was wet made the voltage deadly. Funeral services will be held at Thursday, Jun 9, 1927, with burial in the G.A.R. Cemetery, Miami, Oklahoma. The Todd undertaking company will direct. Note: Ethel's full name was Panageota "Ethel" Koronis.

Koronis Funeral Wednesday...The funeral of Ethel Koronis, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Koronis, who was electrocuted Monday night when she grasped hold of an electric wire at the Hard Rock Lead and Zinc Mine No. 5 of the Eagle-Picher Mining Company, will be held at the Central Methodist Church, Picher at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The Rev. J. L. Brown will officiate. Burial will be June 9, 1927, in the G.A.R. Cemetery, Miami, under the direction of the Todd Undertaking Company of Picher, Oklahoma. Note: Ethel's full name was Panageota "Ethel" Koronis.

Judgment against the Eagle-Picher Lead Company for $30,000 for the death of his daughter, Ethel Koronis, who was electrocuted June 6, 1927, while playing in a shallow mill pond at the company's No. 5 mine, is asked by Nick Koronis of Picher Oklahoma in a suit filed Tuesday afternoon in the district court. The child, according to the petition, came in contact with electric wires which hung only three feet above the water. The pond and vicinity, the petition says, were used by children of the community as a common playground. The mine is at Connell Ave and A St, Picher, Oklahoma. Note: Ethel's full name was Panageota "Ethel" Koronis.