ObituaryTower weekly news. Vol XXI, No. 9, Page 1 – July 16, 1920 BAR MAN KILLED AT SOUDAN MINE Charles Wainio Has Life Snuffed Out By Fall of Ore In 15th Level Charles Wainio, veteran employee of the Oliver Iron Mining company at Soudan, sustained injuries shortly after going to work Tuesday night from which he died a few minutes later.
Wainio was engaged in breaking down loose ore and rock in a drift on the fifteenth level of No. 8 shaft when a big chunk of ore fell unexpectedly and in such a way as to knock him down and roll directly across his chest. Several ribs were broken and he was injured internally. He was still alive when fellow workmen reached him but he expired almost immediately.
The unfortunate man was 47 years of age and had been employed at Soudan mine for more than 20 years. Surviving him are his wife and two children, a girl of 14 and a boy 12 years of age. The funeral will be held Sunday at 12:30 from the Finnish Lutheran church, Soudan, and will be in charge of Rev. Koivimaki.
Tower weekly news. Vol XXI, No. 10, Page 3 – July 23, 1920 Funeral services for the late Charles Wainio, who was killed last week in the Soudan mine, were held Saturday from the Finnish Lutheran church, Soudan, and were largely attended. Deceased was a member of the Workmen and Woodmen lodges and both organizations were well represented at the funeral. | 
