Carl C. Cheek, known locally to many people as Clark Cheek, was instantly killed and Richard Young, his working mate, suffered a broken leg and more or less severe bruises Wednesday night about 11:50 o'clock when a portion of the back fell upon them while at work in No. 4 shaft of the St. Joseph Lead Company at Rivermines. Cheek's body was removed to the People's Hardware & Undertaking Co. establishment in Flat River, conducted by Hood and Watts, and Young was removed to the Bonne Terre Hospital.
Carl C. Cheek was born February 22, 1903, and was past twenty-two years of age at the time of the accident which proved fatal to him. His father is Ode Cheek, of near Marquand, Mo., from which place young Cheek came to the Lead Belt some time ago. He leaves a young wife, Mrs. Ora Cheek, his father and other relatives.
The body was prepared for burial at the undertaking parlor of the People's Hardware & Undertaking Co., Thursday morning, and was taken in their hearse to the point of burial, about four miles south of Marquand that same afternoon. A coroner's inquest was held Thursday morning and returned a verdict of death from falling back in Doe Run Mine No. 4.
Young's injuries, while of a serious nature, are not considered dangerous and he is reported in a satisfactory condition at the hospital.
Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Mo., Friday, Aug. 8, 1924.
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