Beckham Co. OK - Efford Asbury Holman Submitted by Jearldene Hodde Efford Asbury Holman April 7,1894-Jan 27,1912 Beckham County ,Oklahoma,Friday,February 2,1912-Killed In A Gin.Efford Asbury HOLMAN,the 18 year old son of Mr.and Mrs. C.W.HOLMAN,was caught in the main Shaft of The Sanders Slaton Gin here last Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and was so mangled and bruised that he died four hours later.The gin had started and was in full motion,when a belt slipped.Efford went down to the main Shaft to replace the belt,and at the same time his father was trying to put the belt on up above.After placing the belt ,Efford stood to near the main shaft,and a set screw caught in his jumper,and before he knew it his clothing was wound around the shaft and he was going around the shaft at a very fast speed,his legs stricking a 2X12 edgeways on the bottom part of the shafting.Both legs were broken off just above the ankles one arm broke in two or three places and his face bruised.Engineer Lane stopped the engine as quick as possible,as he saw the sight,and friends rushed in ,cut the clothing off the boy and carried him to Mr.JONES residence,which was near the gin.Drs,LEVERTON and BENBY took an operating table down to the house,and worked faithfully with him until they saw he could not live.He talked intelligently,after the accident,telling them to hold up his head and feet,that he believed his arm and two feet was all that was hurt.He said ; Tell papa,not to take on so much about me,I'm hurt worse than he is.Efford was a bright ,unassuming boy,just entering manhood,and it was certainlly a sad blow for his mother,who could not come to see him as she was sick at home.To see him leave home that morning hale and hearty,and to see him brought home a few hours later in his coffin was a sad,sad blow to a delicate weakly woman.His remains were entered at the Carter Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the direction and by the Carter Socialist Local. ==================================================================== USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jearldene Hodde ====================================================================