A raging fire threatened to destroy all of the 22 bulk gasoline tanks at the Alton railway station. The fire started while J. McPherson and an assistant were pumping gasoline from a railway tank into the bulk tanks of the Sinclair Oil Company.
Injured by the fire were Harold Hatcher who was serving as a voluntary fireman. He was badly burned about the body when an oil can exploded. The fire damaged two big Sinclair tanks, a tank belonging to the Conoco Company and warehouses belonging to Phillips Conoco and Skelly as well as that of the Sinclair Company.
Mexico Fire Department answered the call for help as well as volunteer fireman and Fulton police and volunteer policeman for crowd control for the hundreds attracted to the fire.
Missouri Death Cert#5629:
Harry Harris Hatcher, 92 years old, of Williamsburg, died at 2:00pm on February 16, 1965 at Callaway Rest Home where he had been a resident for three weeks.
Dr. George Groce, of Fulton, pronounced death caused by Cerebral Arterial Sclerosis, duration of one year, contributed to by Uremia. The informant was Harold Hatcher, son of the deceased, of Fulton.
Mr. Hatcher was born September 9, 1872, in St. Charles, Missouri, the son of John Henry and Margaret Caroline Harris Hatcher. He was united in marriage to Sarah Agnes Wilson and she preceded him in death. Mr. Hatcher was an agricultural farmer.
Arrangements were under the care of Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton. Burial was in Williamsburg Cemetery.
A raging fire threatened to destroy all of the 22 bulk gasoline tanks at the Alton railway station. The fire started while J. McPherson and an assistant were pumping gasoline from a railway tank into the bulk tanks of the Sinclair Oil Company.
Injured by the fire were Harold Hatcher who was serving as a voluntary fireman. He was badly burned about the body when an oil can exploded. The fire damaged two big Sinclair tanks, a tank belonging to the Conoco Company and warehouses belonging to Phillips Conoco and Skelly as well as that of the Sinclair Company.
Mexico Fire Department answered the call for help as well as volunteer fireman and Fulton police and volunteer policeman for crowd control for the hundreds attracted to the fire.
Missouri Death Cert#5629:
Harry Harris Hatcher, 92 years old, of Williamsburg, died at 2:00pm on February 16, 1965 at Callaway Rest Home where he had been a resident for three weeks.
Dr. George Groce, of Fulton, pronounced death caused by Cerebral Arterial Sclerosis, duration of one year, contributed to by Uremia. The informant was Harold Hatcher, son of the deceased, of Fulton.
Mr. Hatcher was born September 9, 1872, in St. Charles, Missouri, the son of John Henry and Margaret Caroline Harris Hatcher. He was united in marriage to Sarah Agnes Wilson and she preceded him in death. Mr. Hatcher was an agricultural farmer.
Arrangements were under the care of Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton. Burial was in Williamsburg Cemetery.
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