J. A. SNYDER and H. W. DAVIS badly injured at Oakdale on Tuesday. Two men were seriously burned by an explosion at the Bruenning cork factory, in Willow avenue, Oakdale, at 8:30 Tuesday morning. The men were at work in a cistern when their lamps ignited either from firedamp or natural gas and both were buried in the cistern. The injured are: J. A. SNYDER aged 45 years, superintendent of the Bruenning plant; burned about the body and badly cut and bruised. He was taken to his home in First street, Oakdale. H. W. DAVIS, aged 50 years, who was assisting SNYDER; burned about head, face and hands, cut and bruised and otherwise injured. He was taken to his home in Spring avenue, Oakdale. Oakdale has no water system and depends upon cistern and wells. The cork factory is supplied from a large cistern about 15 feet deep on the side of the hill above the plant about 25 yards from the main factory. The cistern is supplied by several springs and seldom fails. This morning, however, the water supply was not good. Supt. SNYDER knowing that there was plenty of water in the cistern, decided to see what was wrong. SNYDER and DAVIS arrived at the cistern about 8:20 and lifting the trap, started down the ladder. SNYDER was first and carried a lighted lantern. There was about three feet of water in the cistern and just as SNYDER reached the water there was a terrific explosion that was heard over the entire town. The top of the cistern was blown off and found some yards away. The report brought almost all the employees of the cork factory and many others to the scene. A number of the workmen, headed by W. BOVARD, W. J. EVANS and J. M. DIXON, went down in the cistern and found DAVIS pinned against a wall. They took him to the surface. When the explosion occurred SNYDER was knocked to the bottom of the cistern, but before he fell into the water the flames whirled about him, burning him in a horrible manner. Many hundred brick and stones fell on him and when the rescuing party found him he was unconscious.