Ray Albert Tory married Lulu Catherine Burnett. They had 2 children Doyle and Audrey Tory.
Death Notice
Caught In Machinery
Oak Ridge Oil Man
Dies From Injuries
Gripped between the 12 foot bull wheel and two steel cables at Santa Paula No. 15 well in Texaco lease on Oak Ridge, Ray Albert Tory, 38, well puller, suffered internal injuries yesterday which caused his death within 30 minutes.
Tory's foot slipped as he was trying to pry apart the two cables which had gotten together into one grove on a pulley. The force of the fall threw him across the cables and he was carried under the giant wheel.
Rapid action and presence of mind of A. C. Stewart, head well puller, who was working with the man at time of the accident, probably saved Tory being killed on the spot. Stewart, when he saw his comrade's plight, reversed the engine which controlled the wheel, but too late to save Tory from being carried under with the cable across his hips. A wooden bar with which the well puller had been attempting to pry apart the cable, went under the wheel ahead of him, and probably saved him from being cut into, oil men said.
William Farrand, of the Texas company said that Stewart was the only witness of the mishap.
"We were rigging up to pull turbine No. 12 and were putting on the bull rope, when both ropes got into one groove," said Stewart.
"Trying to pry these apart, Tory's foot slipped, and he fell across the cable which runs horizontally under the bull wheel. He was caught about the hips and was pulled part way under the wheel," Stewart reported.
When Stewart pulled the injured man off, he said; "My God, I'm badly hurt."
Stewart then slipped Tory into his car and started a wild dash for the office of Dr. D. G. Clark on 10th street.
By the time they arrived the accident victim was dead.
Tory, who had worked here five years, leaves a wife Lulu, a son Doyle, 10 and a daughter Audrey, 3, his mother Mrs. Cora Tory, of Kansas and other relatives. He was born in Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 18, 1894.
He was a head well puller part of the time and a well puller at other times depending on the shift which he was working, Texaco officials said.
Coroner Oliver Reardon, who investigated the death, said it was accidental.
With scores of former oil associates, fraternal brothers, friends and relatives in attendance, funeral services were conducted at Skillin Memory Chapel.
The Rev. A. B. Hill, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated at the Chapel rites while Masonic services, conducted by members of Santa Paula Lodge No. 291, F. and A. M. had charge at the grave in Santa Paula Cemetery.
Cronicle, Santa Paula, Calif.
Mrs. Lulu Tory will be remembered here (Licking, Mo.) as Lulu Burnett, a daughter of John Burnett and a sister of Mrs. Emma Murray, Mrs. Nora Williams and Craven Burnett all of Licking.
Source: The Licking News
Published: September 8, 1933
Typed From Microfilm By: Karen (Cavaness) Nelson
Note by Karen Nelson:
A. C. Stewart, who was mentioned in the death notice, formerly lived at Licking, MO.
Death Notice
Caught In Machinery
Oak Ridge Oil Man
Dies From Injuries
Gripped between the 12 foot bull wheel and two steel cables at Santa Paula No. 15 well in Texaco lease on Oak Ridge, Ray Albert Tory, 38, well puller, suffered internal injuries yesterday which caused his death within 30 minutes.
Tory's foot slipped as he was trying to pry apart the two cables which had gotten together into one grove on a pulley. The force of the fall threw him across the cables and he was carried under the giant wheel.
Rapid action and presence of mind of A. C. Stewart, head well puller, who was working with the man at time of the accident, probably saved Tory being killed on the spot. Stewart, when he saw his comrade's plight, reversed the engine which controlled the wheel, but too late to save Tory from being carried under with the cable across his hips. A wooden bar with which the well puller had been attempting to pry apart the cable, went under the wheel ahead of him, and probably saved him from being cut into, oil men said.
William Farrand, of the Texas company said that Stewart was the only witness of the mishap.
"We were rigging up to pull turbine No. 12 and were putting on the bull rope, when both ropes got into one groove," said Stewart.
"Trying to pry these apart, Tory's foot slipped, and he fell across the cable which runs horizontally under the bull wheel. He was caught about the hips and was pulled part way under the wheel," Stewart reported.
When Stewart pulled the injured man off, he said; "My God, I'm badly hurt."
Stewart then slipped Tory into his car and started a wild dash for the office of Dr. D. G. Clark on 10th street.
By the time they arrived the accident victim was dead.
Tory, who had worked here five years, leaves a wife Lulu, a son Doyle, 10 and a daughter Audrey, 3, his mother Mrs. Cora Tory, of Kansas and other relatives. He was born in Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 18, 1894.
He was a head well puller part of the time and a well puller at other times depending on the shift which he was working, Texaco officials said.
Coroner Oliver Reardon, who investigated the death, said it was accidental.
With scores of former oil associates, fraternal brothers, friends and relatives in attendance, funeral services were conducted at Skillin Memory Chapel.
The Rev. A. B. Hill, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated at the Chapel rites while Masonic services, conducted by members of Santa Paula Lodge No. 291, F. and A. M. had charge at the grave in Santa Paula Cemetery.
Cronicle, Santa Paula, Calif.
Mrs. Lulu Tory will be remembered here (Licking, Mo.) as Lulu Burnett, a daughter of John Burnett and a sister of Mrs. Emma Murray, Mrs. Nora Williams and Craven Burnett all of Licking.
Source: The Licking News
Published: September 8, 1933
Typed From Microfilm By: Karen (Cavaness) Nelson
Note by Karen Nelson:
A. C. Stewart, who was mentioned in the death notice, formerly lived at Licking, MO.
Ray Albert Tory married Lulu Catherine Burnett. They had 2 children Doyle and Audrey Tory.
Death Notice
Caught In Machinery
Oak Ridge Oil Man
Dies From Injuries
Gripped between the 12 foot bull wheel and two steel cables at Santa Paula No. 15 well in Texaco lease on Oak Ridge, Ray Albert Tory, 38, well puller, suffered internal injuries yesterday which caused his death within 30 minutes.
Tory's foot slipped as he was trying to pry apart the two cables which had gotten together into one grove on a pulley. The force of the fall threw him across the cables and he was carried under the giant wheel.
Rapid action and presence of mind of A. C. Stewart, head well puller, who was working with the man at time of the accident, probably saved Tory being killed on the spot. Stewart, when he saw his comrade's plight, reversed the engine which controlled the wheel, but too late to save Tory from being carried under with the cable across his hips. A wooden bar with which the well puller had been attempting to pry apart the cable, went under the wheel ahead of him, and probably saved him from being cut into, oil men said.
William Farrand, of the Texas company said that Stewart was the only witness of the mishap.
"We were rigging up to pull turbine No. 12 and were putting on the bull rope, when both ropes got into one groove," said Stewart.
"Trying to pry these apart, Tory's foot slipped, and he fell across the cable which runs horizontally under the bull wheel. He was caught about the hips and was pulled part way under the wheel," Stewart reported.
When Stewart pulled the injured man off, he said; "My God, I'm badly hurt."
Stewart then slipped Tory into his car and started a wild dash for the office of Dr. D. G. Clark on 10th street.
By the time they arrived the accident victim was dead.
Tory, who had worked here five years, leaves a wife Lulu, a son Doyle, 10 and a daughter Audrey, 3, his mother Mrs. Cora Tory, of Kansas and other relatives. He was born in Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 18, 1894.
He was a head well puller part of the time and a well puller at other times depending on the shift which he was working, Texaco officials said.
Coroner Oliver Reardon, who investigated the death, said it was accidental.
With scores of former oil associates, fraternal brothers, friends and relatives in attendance, funeral services were conducted at Skillin Memory Chapel.
The Rev. A. B. Hill, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated at the Chapel rites while Masonic services, conducted by members of Santa Paula Lodge No. 291, F. and A. M. had charge at the grave in Santa Paula Cemetery.
Cronicle, Santa Paula, Calif.
Mrs. Lulu Tory will be remembered here (Licking, Mo.) as Lulu Burnett, a daughter of John Burnett and a sister of Mrs. Emma Murray, Mrs. Nora Williams and Craven Burnett all of Licking.
Source: The Licking News
Published: September 8, 1933
Typed From Microfilm By: Karen (Cavaness) Nelson
Note by Karen Nelson:
A. C. Stewart, who was mentioned in the death notice, formerly lived at Licking, MO.
Death Notice
Caught In Machinery
Oak Ridge Oil Man
Dies From Injuries
Gripped between the 12 foot bull wheel and two steel cables at Santa Paula No. 15 well in Texaco lease on Oak Ridge, Ray Albert Tory, 38, well puller, suffered internal injuries yesterday which caused his death within 30 minutes.
Tory's foot slipped as he was trying to pry apart the two cables which had gotten together into one grove on a pulley. The force of the fall threw him across the cables and he was carried under the giant wheel.
Rapid action and presence of mind of A. C. Stewart, head well puller, who was working with the man at time of the accident, probably saved Tory being killed on the spot. Stewart, when he saw his comrade's plight, reversed the engine which controlled the wheel, but too late to save Tory from being carried under with the cable across his hips. A wooden bar with which the well puller had been attempting to pry apart the cable, went under the wheel ahead of him, and probably saved him from being cut into, oil men said.
William Farrand, of the Texas company said that Stewart was the only witness of the mishap.
"We were rigging up to pull turbine No. 12 and were putting on the bull rope, when both ropes got into one groove," said Stewart.
"Trying to pry these apart, Tory's foot slipped, and he fell across the cable which runs horizontally under the bull wheel. He was caught about the hips and was pulled part way under the wheel," Stewart reported.
When Stewart pulled the injured man off, he said; "My God, I'm badly hurt."
Stewart then slipped Tory into his car and started a wild dash for the office of Dr. D. G. Clark on 10th street.
By the time they arrived the accident victim was dead.
Tory, who had worked here five years, leaves a wife Lulu, a son Doyle, 10 and a daughter Audrey, 3, his mother Mrs. Cora Tory, of Kansas and other relatives. He was born in Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 18, 1894.
He was a head well puller part of the time and a well puller at other times depending on the shift which he was working, Texaco officials said.
Coroner Oliver Reardon, who investigated the death, said it was accidental.
With scores of former oil associates, fraternal brothers, friends and relatives in attendance, funeral services were conducted at Skillin Memory Chapel.
The Rev. A. B. Hill, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated at the Chapel rites while Masonic services, conducted by members of Santa Paula Lodge No. 291, F. and A. M. had charge at the grave in Santa Paula Cemetery.
Cronicle, Santa Paula, Calif.
Mrs. Lulu Tory will be remembered here (Licking, Mo.) as Lulu Burnett, a daughter of John Burnett and a sister of Mrs. Emma Murray, Mrs. Nora Williams and Craven Burnett all of Licking.
Source: The Licking News
Published: September 8, 1933
Typed From Microfilm By: Karen (Cavaness) Nelson
Note by Karen Nelson:
A. C. Stewart, who was mentioned in the death notice, formerly lived at Licking, MO.
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