FATAL ACCIDENT AT DOE RUN SHAFT NO. 4
G. A. Johnson Run Down By Underground Ore Car Thursday Morning
of Last Week. Death Occurred at Bonne Terre Hospital Following Surgical Operation.
G. A. Johnson, age 47, died at the Bonne Terre hospital Thursday night
of last week, as the result of injuries he sustained while at work underground at Doe Run
Lead Company shaft, No. 4, in Flat River Thursday morning.
He was run over by an underground car which was being hauled up an
incline railway. His left leg was so badly crushed that amputation was considered
necessary. His death occurred shortly after the operation.
Mr. Johnson was married and is survived by his wife and two children.
He had been in the employ of the Doe Run Lead Company for 17 years and was a respected and
honored citizen. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Crawley bottom. The funeral
service was conducted there. Interment was made at the K. of P. cemetery in Farmington.
LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Feb. 8, 1918