FIRST NAME

LAST NAME

LOCALITY

Guffey Station, PA Wagon Explosion, Jun 1893

Posted November 29th, 2007 by Linda Horton

ONLY FRAGMENTS LEFT

An Oil-Well Shooter's Wagon with 200 Pounds of Glycerine[sic] Overturned.

BRADFORD, Pa., June 24.---A terrible glycerine[sic] explosion occurred at an early hour near Guffey station. Andy Muldoon, an oil-well shooter, was on his way to Guffey to shoot a well. He had 200 quarts of glycerine[sic] in his wagon and while coming down a steep hill into Guffey station a wheel struck a large stone and the wagon was overturned. Nothing was found small pieces of flesh scattered through the woods. The shock was felt for 15 miles around and people in the vicinity were severely shocked.

Daily Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, 24 June 1893
__________________

Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

Search for more information on this disaster and other train wrecks, fires, accidents, etc. in historical newspapers in the Newspaper Archive. Over one billion newspaper articles online!
Search for your ancestors among the billions of names at ancestry.com Find death records, census images, immigration lists and genealogy other databases for your surnames. Use this Free trial to search for your ancestors.
Start Your Family Tree It's FREE and easy. Start with yourself, your parents, grandparents and you're on your way to building your family history! Get Started Now and build your family tree at ancestry.com. It's Free!


Family Old Photos | Old-Yearbooks.com | Old Photos & Genealogy Blog

gendisasters.com is a genealogy site, compiling information on the historic disasters, events, and tragic accidents our ancestors endured, as well as, information about their life and death. Database and records searchable by surname. Compilation, design, artwork and concept covered by copyright. Copyright ©2006-2009, All rights reserved. Contact me. Privacy Policy.