Brown, Lee

Picher Oklahoma, Aug 25. Lee Brown, 26 year old Picher machine man, was killed instantly and Frank Billington of Commerce Oklahoma, Brown's helper, was critically hurt today in a fall of rock and dirt at the Shorthorn Mine, north of Commerce. Sam Andrews, about 21, a Picher shoveler, received a slight cut on the shoulder about the same time when a boulder fell on him.

At the F. W."Mike"Evans office in Picher it was announced that Brown and Billington were drilling in a face of rock, and that the wall gave way, dirt and rock falling on the two victims. The mishap occurred about 10:30 am. The property was leased by Evans, Picher mining man, from the Eagle-Picher Mining and Smelting Company several months ago.

At American hospital in Picher, where Billington was removed in a Durnil ambulance, it was reported that the victim had received fractures to the left leg and arm, several ribs were broken and there were possibly other injuries. An attendant said the victim was "badly hurt." Billington, it was learned, was on his first shift as an employee at the Shorthorn Mine.

Howard Brown, brother of the man whose life was lost in this morning's tragedy, quit his work at the Shorthorn Mine last Saturday. He, too, is a machine man. Notified at the American hospital his brother had been injured fatally, Howard Brown fainted and hospital attendants worked quickly to revive him. Brown had lived at Fourth street and Connell avenue at Picher. Besides the brother, brown is survived by his mother, Mrs. W. R. Lee of northwest Picher; a half-brother, Loman brown of Galena Kansas, and a sister Mrs. Oma Day of Picher. Funeral arrangements will be completed by the Durnil funeral home of Picher.

Funeral services for Lee Brown, killed in a mine accident, Monday, will be held at the First Baptist church in Picher at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. W. A. Evans officiating. Burial will be in G.A.R. cemetery under direction of the Durnil funeral home. Pallbearers will be Cecil Hughes, Orville Hatfield, Homer Doty, John Nemic, Johnny Metcalf and Van Cutbirth.

Picher Oklahoma, Aug 27. A mine accident which snuffed out one life Monday morning in a fall of rock and dirt exacted another Tuesday evening as Frank Billington, 50 years old, of Commerce Oklahoma died at American hospital, Picher. Lee Brown, 26, of Picher, was killed instantly when a wall into which he and Billington were drilling gave way at the Shorthorn Mine, north of Commerce. Sam Andrews, 21, of Picher was slightly injured when a boulder fell on him. Billington, a machine man's helper, received fractures to the left leg and arm, several fractured ribs and other injuries. Monday was his first day of work at the Shorthorn Mine.

Surviving the Commerce man are his wife, Mrs. Emma Billington; three sons, Clair Billington, of Commerce, Howard Billington of Richard Virginia, and James Billington of Plymouth Falls, Oregon; and a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Elliott of Commerce. The Durnil funeral home will announce funeral arrangements.

Funeral services for Frank Billington of Commerce Oklahoma, who died Tuesday, will be held at the First Baptist church of Commerce at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the Rev. J. Grover Scales officiating. Burial will be in the G.A.R. cemetery under direction of the Durnil funeral home. Pallbearers will be Bill Anderson, Bill Guinn, Bob Hooper, Herbert Glenn, Bland Black and Ralph Compton. Note: Burial date Aug 31, 1941, from G.A.R. Cemetery Records-Miami Oklahoma.