Rallings, Charles

Picher Oklahoma, March 15.--Three miners are dead and one is in the American hospital at Picher as the result of the fall of an immense slab at the old Buffalo Mine of the White Mining Company shortly before 6 Wednesday afternoon. The slab which fell weighed several tons and dropped near a pillow in one of the hardest drifts in the district, according to Otis White, manager of the mine. The dead: Charles Rallings, 22 years old, powder helper; roomed at the Fischer Inn, South Main street. He is survived by his father, Joe Rallings, who lives two miles north and two miles west of Miami. Thomas A. Smith, 31; machine man. His body will be sent to Vinita Oklahoma for burial, where he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Violet Smith, and daughter, Gloria Smith, 17 months old. Harley Case, 27 years old; machine man; survived by his parents at Castle Arkansas.

The injured:

George W. Johnson, 31; shoveler, suffered a broken leg and several injuries. He will live, according to physicians, who reported that he rested easy last night at the American hospital at Picher Oklahoma. Rallings and Smith were killed instantly. Case died at the Picher hospital about 9:15 last night. The bodies of Smith and Case are at the morgue of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher. Funeral arrangements for Case are incomplete, pending word from his parents.

Rallings' body is at the morgue of the Green-Stephens undertaking company. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.