Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1914 — Killed in a Mine Shaft. [ARTICLE]

Killed in a Mine Shaft.

Terre Haute. William Wilcox aged thirty-five, a miner, pushing a car of timber to the surface opening of the 300-foot shaft at the Deep Veifi mine, west of the city, fell with the car the full distance and was horribly mangled. Everett Kirby, working with him, released his hold on the car in time to avoid falling. Wilcox had just sent money to England for trans portation of his wife and children, for whom he had prepared a home. A ca ble message was sent in the hope of staying their departure.