EARL LIMBAUGH KILLED IN MINE ACCIDENT
EARL LIMBAUGH KILLED IN MINE ACCIDENT
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Earl Limbaugh, 27 year-old Flat River man, was killed instantly at 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 13, while at work underground at No. 12 mine of St. Joseph Lead Co. at Elvins.
The accident happened while Limbaugh was engaged in operating a rotary dump. He was dumping cars of poor rock, when one of the cars became uncoupled. Limbaugh walked to the car and gave a signal to Delbert Dalton, locomotive engineer, to back up, and then stepped between the car and the rotary dump, which is a mechanical device, with an iron frame, and was crushed to death. The engineer was about 75 feet away from the accident.
Limbaugh had been in continuous service with the lead mining company since May, 1941.
The body was removed to the Boyer Funeral Home in Desloge, where an inquest will be held. He will be in state there until Saturday, October 16, when services will be held at the Desloge Catholic Church at 10 a.m.. Interment will be in the Catholic Cemetery at Bonne Terre.
Earl Limbaugh, son of Mrs. Bessie Limbaugh of Flat River and the late Floyd Limbaugh, was born at Benton, Wis., on Sept. 28, 1921, and departed this life on October 13, 1948, aged 27 years 15 days.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen (Leist) Limbaugh, a son, Teddy, aged 7; his mother, a brother, Paul Limbaugh of Flat River and two sisters, Mrs. Edna Menard of Bonne Terre and Miss Helen Limbaugh of Flat River, besides other relatives and many friends.
LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, October 15, 1948, Page 1.
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