"Death in Kopiah Mine Accident"
Joseph Stockman, a miner, employed in the Wilson coal mines at Kopiah, was this morning accidentally killed while at work in the mines. He was crushed to death under a mass of rock and timbers. He leaves a widow and six small children. The woman is in a delicate condition.
The accident was witnessed by three or four of Stockman's fellow workmen. He was working in room eight, seventh counter north. Last night some timbering was placed to keep rock from falling from the top of the room. The first car out this morning knocked a leg out from under the top timber. Stockman was fitting another leg under this timber when the timber and a mass of rock came down on him crushing his head and chest. He lived only two and one-half hours. The body was brought to Centralia on the noon train from Kopiah and taken to the Sticklin undertaking rooms. Charles Sticklin, county coroner is ill with la grippe, so Dr. David Livingstone was deputized to make a coroner's investigation. It is not likely that an inquest will be held.
Source: The Centralia Daily Chronicle, 2 Apr 1909, p. 1.
Transcribed by Diana Smith. She has no further information on this individual.