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Show : TWO ARE KILLED IN BIG MINE EXPLOSION BRrWHiLE. Ind.. Dec. r. Two miuers are dead and fifteen injured as the- result of a gas explosion in the Oli-phant-.Tohnsoa mine near here today. One hundred and fifty men were entombed en-tombed by the blast, but first-aid trews from near-by mlns gave early assist - : ance a ltd the workings were cleared in :' about four hours. " William Bailey and Thomas Patterson, both of Bruceville, were so badly Injured they died a short time after being " brought to the surface. Pulmotors re-vivrd re-vivrd more tlian llfty who had been over- ' como by gas. The injured are expected lo recover. State officers are investigating investigat-ing the cause of the explosion. |