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James Gordon Casey

28 Feb 1887 – 22 Feb 1930

Birth28 Feb 1887
Death22 Feb 1930
CemeteryFairlawn Cemetery
Stillwater , Payne County , Oklahoma , USA
Added byPammy In Oklahoma on 15 May 2008
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THE OKLAHOMAN (Oklahoma City, OK) 2/25/1930 Blast Victims to Be Buried Today (Tuesday) Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon for James G. Casey, 41 years old, Stillwater, and W.B. Howell, 25 years old, oil field workers who were killed in a boiler explosion late Saturday night at the Cromwell-Franklin oil well No. 19, South Oklahoma City field. Last rites for Casey will be conducted at Stillwater. The body of Howell has been sent to Cotton Valley, La. 2/26/1930 CITY BRIEFS (Wednesday) Six Deaths Reported—Deaths reported to the city health department Tuesday included J.G. Casey, 40 years old, Twenty-Ninth Street, South, and Eastern Avenue. Blast Victims Are Buried – Funeral services for James G. Casey, 41 years old, Stillwater, and W.B. Howell, 25 years old, Cotton Valley, La., were conducted Tuesday afternoon in their home cities, Capitol Hill funeral directors said. Casey and Howell, oil field workers, were killed Saturday night when a boiler exploded at the Cromwell-Franklin oil well No. 19 at Eastern Avenue and Twenty-Ninth Street, South. Stillwater Gazette 28 Feb 1930, Fri page 3 LOCAL MAN KILLED AT OKLAHOMA CITY FIELD James Gordon Casey, 41, of Stillwater, and his companion worker, W.B. Howell, were killed about 11:30 o'clock Saturday night, February 22, 1930, at the Cromwell-Franklin well No. 19, Trosper park, south of Oklahoma City, Ok. Two boilers exploded at the well, Casey being killed almost instantly. Howell died en route to the Oklahoma City General hospital, where he was being taken in a private automobile. Casey's body was brought to Stillwater and funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon is the Strode Funeral home. Burial was in Fairlawn cemetery. Casey is survived by his widow, Mrs. June Casey, whose home is at 1402 Hartford Street, here. He was a Private First Class, Company C, 30th Machine Gun Battalion, 10th Division in the World war, having enlisted in June 1918. He received his honorable discharge December 31, 1918, at Camp Funston. The decedent was born in Jacksonville, Tex., 1888. Cause of the explosion is not known. Two highlines of the Oklahoma Gas and Electric company were blown out by the blast. One carried 33,000 volts, the other 66,000. Service to Norman and Moore and to about half the Oklahoma City oil field was broken temporarily by the blast.

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WWI Kansas Pvt 1CL 30 MG BN 10 Div

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