Elmer Evans Killed in Mine Accident

Article taken from The Zanesville Signal, January 29, 1950

Elmer Evans, 61, who lives 10 miles southwest of Oak Hill was killed today by a fall of slate and shale.

Evans his 44-year-old nephew, David Evans and a grand-nephew, Clarence Evans, 17, were digging coal for home use in a shale bank in Scioto county near home.

The nephew was trapped for an hour, but the grand-nephew wriggled free and brought aid. David Evans received a leg injury.