Explosion of a 16,000 barrel horizontal gasoline tank in the yards of the Danube Refinery, west of Borger, took the life of Frank Larkin Swaffar, 44, at 8:30 o'clock last night.
Swaffar, fireman and general yard helper, was transferring gasoline from one tank to another at the time of the blast. Ten pounds of gas pressure is used in the transfer and it is believed either the pressure had been increased in some unknown manner or the gasoline was not leaving the tank. The employee, who had been working for the company for nine months, had gone around the tank, apparently to open a valve and was directly in the path of the explosion as it blew out one side of the tank.
His body was thrown ten feet away by the force. His head was badly crushed and both legs broken.
The horizontal tank was holding about eighty barrels of gasoline at the time, the fluid spreading over the area but not igniting.
Funeral services are pending arrival of relatives. The Carver Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Swaffar is a World War veteran and had been in Borger for the past 8 years. He is a former employee of the H.A. Hawkins Service Station and had been employed with other firms in and about this city.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Letha Swaffar; mother, Mrs. Alice Swaffar; daughter, Daveda Swaffar, 16; three step-children, Billy, 11, Charlene, 13, Narcele, 9; three brothers, Oscar, Alfred, and Johnnie, all of Borger; two sisters, Mrs. Effie Crawford of Bowlegs, Okla., and Mrs. Eva Tannehill of Sunray.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, April 21, 1937)
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Funeral services for Frank Larkin Swaffar, 44, killed in a gasoline tank explosion at the Danube refinery Tuesday night, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the First Christian Church with the Rev. J.A. Thomas, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, and the Rev. L.O. Byersly, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating at 2:30 o'clock.
The Hutchinson county post of the American Legion will conduct services at the grave with interment in the Legion plot of the Highland cemetery.
Pallbearers will be H.A. Hawkins, C.D. Davis, Roy Hamilton, Jack Weams, C.E. Bennett, and a Mr. Deam.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, Thursday, April 22, 1937)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Frank L. Swaffar
Death Date: 20 Apr 1937
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 21749
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Frank L Swaffar
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1892
Birth Place: White, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Texas
Spouse: Letha Swaffar
Father: Jas R Swaffer
Mother: Alice Humble
Age at Death: 44
Death Date: 20 Apr 1937
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
Name Frank Swaffer
Service Number 3,660,060
Service Branch US Army
Unit 11th Reserve Battalion Depot Brigade
Company 43rd Company
Enlistment Date 27 Jun 1918
Discharge Date 17 Jan 1919
Death Date 20 Apr 1937
Cemetery Highland Cemetery
Cemetery Location Borger, Texas, USA
Swaffar, fireman and general yard helper, was transferring gasoline from one tank to another at the time of the blast. Ten pounds of gas pressure is used in the transfer and it is believed either the pressure had been increased in some unknown manner or the gasoline was not leaving the tank. The employee, who had been working for the company for nine months, had gone around the tank, apparently to open a valve and was directly in the path of the explosion as it blew out one side of the tank.
His body was thrown ten feet away by the force. His head was badly crushed and both legs broken.
The horizontal tank was holding about eighty barrels of gasoline at the time, the fluid spreading over the area but not igniting.
Funeral services are pending arrival of relatives. The Carver Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Swaffar is a World War veteran and had been in Borger for the past 8 years. He is a former employee of the H.A. Hawkins Service Station and had been employed with other firms in and about this city.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Letha Swaffar; mother, Mrs. Alice Swaffar; daughter, Daveda Swaffar, 16; three step-children, Billy, 11, Charlene, 13, Narcele, 9; three brothers, Oscar, Alfred, and Johnnie, all of Borger; two sisters, Mrs. Effie Crawford of Bowlegs, Okla., and Mrs. Eva Tannehill of Sunray.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, April 21, 1937)
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Funeral services for Frank Larkin Swaffar, 44, killed in a gasoline tank explosion at the Danube refinery Tuesday night, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the First Christian Church with the Rev. J.A. Thomas, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, and the Rev. L.O. Byersly, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating at 2:30 o'clock.
The Hutchinson county post of the American Legion will conduct services at the grave with interment in the Legion plot of the Highland cemetery.
Pallbearers will be H.A. Hawkins, C.D. Davis, Roy Hamilton, Jack Weams, C.E. Bennett, and a Mr. Deam.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, Thursday, April 22, 1937)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Frank L. Swaffar
Death Date: 20 Apr 1937
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 21749
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Frank L Swaffar
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1892
Birth Place: White, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Texas
Spouse: Letha Swaffar
Father: Jas R Swaffer
Mother: Alice Humble
Age at Death: 44
Death Date: 20 Apr 1937
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
Name Frank Swaffer
Service Number 3,660,060
Service Branch US Army
Unit 11th Reserve Battalion Depot Brigade
Company 43rd Company
Enlistment Date 27 Jun 1918
Discharge Date 17 Jan 1919
Death Date 20 Apr 1937
Cemetery Highland Cemetery
Cemetery Location Borger, Texas, USA
Explosion of a 16,000 barrel horizontal gasoline tank in the yards of the Danube Refinery, west of Borger, took the life of Frank Larkin Swaffar, 44, at 8:30 o'clock last night.
Swaffar, fireman and general yard helper, was transferring gasoline from one tank to another at the time of the blast. Ten pounds of gas pressure is used in the transfer and it is believed either the pressure had been increased in some unknown manner or the gasoline was not leaving the tank. The employee, who had been working for the company for nine months, had gone around the tank, apparently to open a valve and was directly in the path of the explosion as it blew out one side of the tank.
His body was thrown ten feet away by the force. His head was badly crushed and both legs broken.
The horizontal tank was holding about eighty barrels of gasoline at the time, the fluid spreading over the area but not igniting.
Funeral services are pending arrival of relatives. The Carver Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Swaffar is a World War veteran and had been in Borger for the past 8 years. He is a former employee of the H.A. Hawkins Service Station and had been employed with other firms in and about this city.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Letha Swaffar; mother, Mrs. Alice Swaffar; daughter, Daveda Swaffar, 16; three step-children, Billy, 11, Charlene, 13, Narcele, 9; three brothers, Oscar, Alfred, and Johnnie, all of Borger; two sisters, Mrs. Effie Crawford of Bowlegs, Okla., and Mrs. Eva Tannehill of Sunray.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, April 21, 1937)
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Funeral services for Frank Larkin Swaffar, 44, killed in a gasoline tank explosion at the Danube refinery Tuesday night, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the First Christian Church with the Rev. J.A. Thomas, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, and the Rev. L.O. Byersly, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating at 2:30 o'clock.
The Hutchinson county post of the American Legion will conduct services at the grave with interment in the Legion plot of the Highland cemetery.
Pallbearers will be H.A. Hawkins, C.D. Davis, Roy Hamilton, Jack Weams, C.E. Bennett, and a Mr. Deam.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, Thursday, April 22, 1937)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Frank L. Swaffar
Death Date: 20 Apr 1937
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 21749
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Frank L Swaffar
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1892
Birth Place: White, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Texas
Spouse: Letha Swaffar
Father: Jas R Swaffer
Mother: Alice Humble
Age at Death: 44
Death Date: 20 Apr 1937
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
Name Frank Swaffer
Service Number 3,660,060
Service Branch US Army
Unit 11th Reserve Battalion Depot Brigade
Company 43rd Company
Enlistment Date 27 Jun 1918
Discharge Date 17 Jan 1919
Death Date 20 Apr 1937
Cemetery Highland Cemetery
Cemetery Location Borger, Texas, USA
Swaffar, fireman and general yard helper, was transferring gasoline from one tank to another at the time of the blast. Ten pounds of gas pressure is used in the transfer and it is believed either the pressure had been increased in some unknown manner or the gasoline was not leaving the tank. The employee, who had been working for the company for nine months, had gone around the tank, apparently to open a valve and was directly in the path of the explosion as it blew out one side of the tank.
His body was thrown ten feet away by the force. His head was badly crushed and both legs broken.
The horizontal tank was holding about eighty barrels of gasoline at the time, the fluid spreading over the area but not igniting.
Funeral services are pending arrival of relatives. The Carver Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Swaffar is a World War veteran and had been in Borger for the past 8 years. He is a former employee of the H.A. Hawkins Service Station and had been employed with other firms in and about this city.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Letha Swaffar; mother, Mrs. Alice Swaffar; daughter, Daveda Swaffar, 16; three step-children, Billy, 11, Charlene, 13, Narcele, 9; three brothers, Oscar, Alfred, and Johnnie, all of Borger; two sisters, Mrs. Effie Crawford of Bowlegs, Okla., and Mrs. Eva Tannehill of Sunray.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, April 21, 1937)
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Funeral services for Frank Larkin Swaffar, 44, killed in a gasoline tank explosion at the Danube refinery Tuesday night, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the First Christian Church with the Rev. J.A. Thomas, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, and the Rev. L.O. Byersly, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating at 2:30 o'clock.
The Hutchinson county post of the American Legion will conduct services at the grave with interment in the Legion plot of the Highland cemetery.
Pallbearers will be H.A. Hawkins, C.D. Davis, Roy Hamilton, Jack Weams, C.E. Bennett, and a Mr. Deam.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, Thursday, April 22, 1937)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Frank L. Swaffar
Death Date: 20 Apr 1937
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 21749
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Frank L Swaffar
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1892
Birth Place: White, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Texas
Spouse: Letha Swaffar
Father: Jas R Swaffer
Mother: Alice Humble
Age at Death: 44
Death Date: 20 Apr 1937
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
Name Frank Swaffer
Service Number 3,660,060
Service Branch US Army
Unit 11th Reserve Battalion Depot Brigade
Company 43rd Company
Enlistment Date 27 Jun 1918
Discharge Date 17 Jan 1919
Death Date 20 Apr 1937
Cemetery Highland Cemetery
Cemetery Location Borger, Texas, USA
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