Ben Pickett worked for the Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad and died as a result of two locomotives crashing.
From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram, Monday, December 28, 1925, p. 1:
Probe Ordered in Fatal Rail Crash Here
An investigation will get under way this morning, directed by C. A. Covington, Wichita Falls, division superintendent, of the collision between a Fort Worth and Denver City switch engine and a freight train near the White Eagle Oil and Refining Company plant north of Niles City yesterday noon which resulted in the scalding to death of four trainmen and the injury of two others.
The freight train, carrying grain and oil, was a special and left Wichita Falls before daylight yesterday morning.
It was one of the most disastrous wrecks in Fort Worth in many years. All the dead were Fort Worth residents, though one came here but a week ago.
THE DEAD.
Harvey DeCamp, about 55, 470 South Main Street, engine foreman of the switch engine.
Ray Sands, 23, 3530 Avenue J, Polytechnic, fireman on the switch engine.
B. C. Pickett, 40, 1116 Bessie Street, helper on the switch engine.
Jack J. Lord, about 35, roomed at Union Gospel Mission, engine helper.
The four men who lost their lives were riding in the cab of the switch engine. Pinned in that small enclosure by splintered wood and twisted and broken metal parts of the engine, three of the men were literally cooked to death by escaping steam. The fourth man was so badly scalded that he was almost unrecognizable, dying an hour and a half later at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Funeral services for Pickett will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the residence, 1116 Bessie Street. Rev. L. D. Anderson, pastor of the First Christian Church, will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Pickett is survived by his wife; a daughter, Dorris; his mother, Mrs. Mollie Peay; a brother, H. C. Pickett, and a sister, Mrs. J. L. Armstrong, all of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth Lodge No. 251, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will have charge of the services at the grave. The funeral will be under the direction of George L. Gause.
From the Dallas Morning News, Monday, December 28, 1925, Sec. 1, p. 6:
Funeral services for Mr. Pickett will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. The Rev. L. D. Anderson, First Methodist Church, will officiate, while Odd Fellows will have charge of the body at the grave. Mr. Pickett is survived by his wife; one daughter, Dorris; his mother, Mrs. Millie Peay; one brother, H. C. Pickett; one sister, Mrs. J. L. Armstrong, all of Fort Worth.
From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram, Monday, December 28, 1925, p. 1:
Probe Ordered in Fatal Rail Crash Here
An investigation will get under way this morning, directed by C. A. Covington, Wichita Falls, division superintendent, of the collision between a Fort Worth and Denver City switch engine and a freight train near the White Eagle Oil and Refining Company plant north of Niles City yesterday noon which resulted in the scalding to death of four trainmen and the injury of two others.
The freight train, carrying grain and oil, was a special and left Wichita Falls before daylight yesterday morning.
It was one of the most disastrous wrecks in Fort Worth in many years. All the dead were Fort Worth residents, though one came here but a week ago.
THE DEAD.
Harvey DeCamp, about 55, 470 South Main Street, engine foreman of the switch engine.
Ray Sands, 23, 3530 Avenue J, Polytechnic, fireman on the switch engine.
B. C. Pickett, 40, 1116 Bessie Street, helper on the switch engine.
Jack J. Lord, about 35, roomed at Union Gospel Mission, engine helper.
The four men who lost their lives were riding in the cab of the switch engine. Pinned in that small enclosure by splintered wood and twisted and broken metal parts of the engine, three of the men were literally cooked to death by escaping steam. The fourth man was so badly scalded that he was almost unrecognizable, dying an hour and a half later at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Funeral services for Pickett will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the residence, 1116 Bessie Street. Rev. L. D. Anderson, pastor of the First Christian Church, will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Pickett is survived by his wife; a daughter, Dorris; his mother, Mrs. Mollie Peay; a brother, H. C. Pickett, and a sister, Mrs. J. L. Armstrong, all of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth Lodge No. 251, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will have charge of the services at the grave. The funeral will be under the direction of George L. Gause.
From the Dallas Morning News, Monday, December 28, 1925, Sec. 1, p. 6:
Funeral services for Mr. Pickett will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. The Rev. L. D. Anderson, First Methodist Church, will officiate, while Odd Fellows will have charge of the body at the grave. Mr. Pickett is survived by his wife; one daughter, Dorris; his mother, Mrs. Millie Peay; one brother, H. C. Pickett; one sister, Mrs. J. L. Armstrong, all of Fort Worth.
Ben Pickett worked for the Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad and died as a result of two locomotives crashing.
From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram, Monday, December 28, 1925, p. 1:
Probe Ordered in Fatal Rail Crash Here
An investigation will get under way this morning, directed by C. A. Covington, Wichita Falls, division superintendent, of the collision between a Fort Worth and Denver City switch engine and a freight train near the White Eagle Oil and Refining Company plant north of Niles City yesterday noon which resulted in the scalding to death of four trainmen and the injury of two others.
The freight train, carrying grain and oil, was a special and left Wichita Falls before daylight yesterday morning.
It was one of the most disastrous wrecks in Fort Worth in many years. All the dead were Fort Worth residents, though one came here but a week ago.
THE DEAD.
Harvey DeCamp, about 55, 470 South Main Street, engine foreman of the switch engine.
Ray Sands, 23, 3530 Avenue J, Polytechnic, fireman on the switch engine.
B. C. Pickett, 40, 1116 Bessie Street, helper on the switch engine.
Jack J. Lord, about 35, roomed at Union Gospel Mission, engine helper.
The four men who lost their lives were riding in the cab of the switch engine. Pinned in that small enclosure by splintered wood and twisted and broken metal parts of the engine, three of the men were literally cooked to death by escaping steam. The fourth man was so badly scalded that he was almost unrecognizable, dying an hour and a half later at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Funeral services for Pickett will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the residence, 1116 Bessie Street. Rev. L. D. Anderson, pastor of the First Christian Church, will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Pickett is survived by his wife; a daughter, Dorris; his mother, Mrs. Mollie Peay; a brother, H. C. Pickett, and a sister, Mrs. J. L. Armstrong, all of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth Lodge No. 251, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will have charge of the services at the grave. The funeral will be under the direction of George L. Gause.
From the Dallas Morning News, Monday, December 28, 1925, Sec. 1, p. 6:
Funeral services for Mr. Pickett will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. The Rev. L. D. Anderson, First Methodist Church, will officiate, while Odd Fellows will have charge of the body at the grave. Mr. Pickett is survived by his wife; one daughter, Dorris; his mother, Mrs. Millie Peay; one brother, H. C. Pickett; one sister, Mrs. J. L. Armstrong, all of Fort Worth.
From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram, Monday, December 28, 1925, p. 1:
Probe Ordered in Fatal Rail Crash Here
An investigation will get under way this morning, directed by C. A. Covington, Wichita Falls, division superintendent, of the collision between a Fort Worth and Denver City switch engine and a freight train near the White Eagle Oil and Refining Company plant north of Niles City yesterday noon which resulted in the scalding to death of four trainmen and the injury of two others.
The freight train, carrying grain and oil, was a special and left Wichita Falls before daylight yesterday morning.
It was one of the most disastrous wrecks in Fort Worth in many years. All the dead were Fort Worth residents, though one came here but a week ago.
THE DEAD.
Harvey DeCamp, about 55, 470 South Main Street, engine foreman of the switch engine.
Ray Sands, 23, 3530 Avenue J, Polytechnic, fireman on the switch engine.
B. C. Pickett, 40, 1116 Bessie Street, helper on the switch engine.
Jack J. Lord, about 35, roomed at Union Gospel Mission, engine helper.
The four men who lost their lives were riding in the cab of the switch engine. Pinned in that small enclosure by splintered wood and twisted and broken metal parts of the engine, three of the men were literally cooked to death by escaping steam. The fourth man was so badly scalded that he was almost unrecognizable, dying an hour and a half later at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Funeral services for Pickett will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the residence, 1116 Bessie Street. Rev. L. D. Anderson, pastor of the First Christian Church, will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Pickett is survived by his wife; a daughter, Dorris; his mother, Mrs. Mollie Peay; a brother, H. C. Pickett, and a sister, Mrs. J. L. Armstrong, all of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth Lodge No. 251, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will have charge of the services at the grave. The funeral will be under the direction of George L. Gause.
From the Dallas Morning News, Monday, December 28, 1925, Sec. 1, p. 6:
Funeral services for Mr. Pickett will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. The Rev. L. D. Anderson, First Methodist Church, will officiate, while Odd Fellows will have charge of the body at the grave. Mr. Pickett is survived by his wife; one daughter, Dorris; his mother, Mrs. Millie Peay; one brother, H. C. Pickett; one sister, Mrs. J. L. Armstrong, all of Fort Worth.
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