VICTIM OF BLAST DIES IN HOSPITAL
ERNEST HENRY SUFFERING FROM FATAL CUTS AND BRUISES LEAVES FAMILY
Ernest Henry died this morning at the Sapulpa hospital as the result of injuries received when Henry and three other men were trying to dilute the alcohol from cans of Sterno heat in the little park adjoining the Bartlett-Collins glass plant on the night of March 9. Sanford Blain of Clio, Mich., was dismissed from the hospital last night. Blain was said to have been in a more serious condition than the rest of the men.
The remains of Henry are being held at the Lewis and Landrith chapel pending word from the father Granville Henry, who lived at Hardy, Arkansas. The deceased leaves a wife and two children at Maud, Oklahoma.
The men were taken on the night of the occurance in various parts of the city. Each of them was in a more or less dazed condition when taken to the hospital. The blast which sounded about 1 o'clock in the morning stirred most of the citizens in the town. The three fellowmen of Henry were not fatally injured.
Sapulpa Herald - April 2, 1927
1900 US Census
Center, Hendricks, Indiana
G K Henry 37 Head
Beatrice Henry 26 Wife
Clarence Henry 8 Son
Minnie Henry 4 Daughter
Earnest Henry 1 Son
1910 US Census
Castor, Stoddard, Missouri
Granville Henry 50 Head
Beatrice Henry 36 Wife
Clarrence Henry 18 Son
Minnie Henry 14 Daughter
Earnest Henry 11 Son
Fern Henry 8 Daughter
Dan Henry 3 Son
Vado Henry 0 Son
U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards - 1918
Name: Earnest William Henry
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Residence Place: Pontotoc, Oklahoma, USA
Relative: Beatrice Henry
Date of Registration: 12 Sept 1918
1920 US Census
Maxwell, Pontotoc, Oklahoma
Granville K Henry 58 Head
Beatrice Henry 46 Wife
Earnest Henry 21 Son
Fern Henry 17 Daughter
Don Henry 13 Son
Vader Henry 10 Son
Constantine Bolis 4 Grandson
Oklahoma Marriage Records - 1923
Name: Earnest Henry
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1898
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1923
Marriage Place: Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Gertie Cherry
Witnesses: Roy Cherry and Cora Cherry
Cupid's Capers
Several young people in the vicinity of Maud, it is announced, have been married recently…
The other weddings reported were, Miss Gertie Cherry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cherry to Ernest Henry on Tuesday of last week, and Miss Dorothy Harp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harp, to Harry Kenyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Kenyon. These young people are all well and favorable known in Maud and the Monitor joins their many friends in wishing all of them health and prosperity…
The Maud Monitor - July 5, 1923
Oklahoma Death Index
Name: Ernest Henry
County of Death: Creek
Date of Death: April 2, 1927
Four Men Injured by 'Canned Heat' Blast
Sapulpa, Okla., March 9 - (AP) - Two men were seriously injured and two others suffered severe burns earl this morning when a container of "canned heat" exploded as they were warming it over an open fire along the Frisco railroad tracks here today.
Sanford Blaine, Clio, Mich., the most seriously hurt, may lose his eyesight as the result of burns and Ernest Henry, 25, Mammoth Springs, Ark., is suffering from leg injuries which are expected to keep him in the hospital several weeks.
It was said at the Sapulpa hospital this morning that the other two, John Porter, Portsmouth, Ohio and A.M. Hayman, Lewisville, Tex., were only slightly hurt.
The force of the explosion unclothed one man with the exception of his shoes and socks.
Miami Daily News-Record - March 9, 1927
BLASTING STIRS UP CITIZENS
Cans of Sterno Heat and Dynamite Are Diluted for their Properties of Nitro.
Four men are to the hospital here today in a bruised and burned condition following an explosion last night at about 1 o'clock. The explosion occurred near the railroad tracks a short distance from the Bryan street underpass, in the direction of the Bartlett-Collins glass plant.
Two rumors are currect regarding the affair and explosion. When the police force arrived on the scene the four men taken, were somewhat scattered. One of them had gotten as far as Dewey avenue and was on his way to town. Another was found on Bryan and the other two were out near the glass plant. Though none of the men are in serious condition they are all severely bruised.
None Severely Injured
When taken to the hospital for treatment they gave their names as Sanford Blain of Clio, Michigan. His condition is apparently more serious than his accompanying trio, the right side of his face and head being severely shot up. Ernest Henry, of Mammoth Springs, Ark., is suffering from burns about the lower limits. A. F. Haymon, who gave his home as Lewisville, Tex., received injuries on the left side of his head but is not in a serious condition. John Porter of 4203 Cedar street, Portsmouth, Ohio was slightly injured about the face.
The four men, none of whom have been here for any length of time, nor employed permanently had gone out the railroad track for the purpose of diluting the alcohol from several cans of Sterno heat in their possession. At the time of the explosion they were under the influence of alcohol.
Heat Cans are Cause
After throwing a can or so of the heat on a fire which they had started, an explosion which roused many residents of the town from their bed followed. It is reported to have been heard even as far as Tulsa. According to the story maintained by the men, the explosion was a result of the ignition of dynamite buried in the ground nearby. No clues, however have been found that would locate the owner of any dynamite buried in that location.
Another theory advanced is to the effect that the four were attempting to boil nitro-glycerine out of quantity of dynamite which they had in their possession. Up until noon today no statement had been made by any of the men except the original one that they did not have the dynamite and that they were only in the possession of the sterno heat.
Stump Blown Up
No particular change at the place of the occurrence is noticeable. Except for the uprooting of a stump where the fire was built there is no evidence of any explosion. Four sterno heat cans were found on the scene and two were taken to the police station.
It is alleged that two other men were also implicated but up to noon no evidence of them had been found, nor any information that might lead to their finding was revealed. A report to the effect that a man was seen in a neighboring vicinity of the explosion, with his face streaming with blood, about an hour from the occurrence has not been followed, now have the police any record of such a man.
Sapulpa Herald - March 9, 1927
Blast Victims Are Improving
Ernest Henry who Claims He Had $65 Before Explosion was Penniless After
The condition of the four men taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after the explosion out near the Bartlett-Collins glass plant was reported as slightly improved this morning. Though the stories told by each of the four men maintains they had no dynamite with them, other parts of their story fail to dovetail.
All of the men were transients. Ernest Henry of Mammoth Springs, Ark., claims that he was returning from Seminole fields and was on the way home to his family. He declared he was bumming his way by freight as a means of saving money for his family of which they were in need. He stated that he met up with the men out in the little draw, just north of the glass plant and that they were making coffee. He had not known them previously. When the blast occurred, his left leg was bruised and battered. In the excitement, he claims that he lost $65 which he had on him at the time.
Were Obtaining Alcohol
A. F. Haymon stated that three of them had met near the depot and had walked out to the scene where the accident occurred. In all 12 cans of heat were taken. Some of this had been melted and the men had drunk part of it. This was substantiated by the authorities at the hospital who claim that they were somewhat in an intoxicated condition when brought in for treatment.
Henry claims that he had only been there a short time where the men were attempting to get "soup" out of the canned heat. After "getting acquainted" he stated that he went near the fire when he suddenly felt the flame shoot over his face and head the blast. He says the men were dazed and crawled all over the section until they were up on the railroad track. After this he did not know where they had gone until he saw them in the hospital.
Though it is general belief that the men were attempting to boil a cache of dynamite for the nitro in it, this still remains conjecture. Two or three cans that had contained the heat are scattered around the location of the fire. A decayed stump was uprooted and blown about 15 feet and a hole in the ground was made about the size of a gallon bucket.
Sapulpa Herald - March 10, 1927
ERNEST HENRY SUFFERING FROM FATAL CUTS AND BRUISES LEAVES FAMILY
Ernest Henry died this morning at the Sapulpa hospital as the result of injuries received when Henry and three other men were trying to dilute the alcohol from cans of Sterno heat in the little park adjoining the Bartlett-Collins glass plant on the night of March 9. Sanford Blain of Clio, Mich., was dismissed from the hospital last night. Blain was said to have been in a more serious condition than the rest of the men.
The remains of Henry are being held at the Lewis and Landrith chapel pending word from the father Granville Henry, who lived at Hardy, Arkansas. The deceased leaves a wife and two children at Maud, Oklahoma.
The men were taken on the night of the occurance in various parts of the city. Each of them was in a more or less dazed condition when taken to the hospital. The blast which sounded about 1 o'clock in the morning stirred most of the citizens in the town. The three fellowmen of Henry were not fatally injured.
Sapulpa Herald - April 2, 1927
1900 US Census
Center, Hendricks, Indiana
G K Henry 37 Head
Beatrice Henry 26 Wife
Clarence Henry 8 Son
Minnie Henry 4 Daughter
Earnest Henry 1 Son
1910 US Census
Castor, Stoddard, Missouri
Granville Henry 50 Head
Beatrice Henry 36 Wife
Clarrence Henry 18 Son
Minnie Henry 14 Daughter
Earnest Henry 11 Son
Fern Henry 8 Daughter
Dan Henry 3 Son
Vado Henry 0 Son
U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards - 1918
Name: Earnest William Henry
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Residence Place: Pontotoc, Oklahoma, USA
Relative: Beatrice Henry
Date of Registration: 12 Sept 1918
1920 US Census
Maxwell, Pontotoc, Oklahoma
Granville K Henry 58 Head
Beatrice Henry 46 Wife
Earnest Henry 21 Son
Fern Henry 17 Daughter
Don Henry 13 Son
Vader Henry 10 Son
Constantine Bolis 4 Grandson
Oklahoma Marriage Records - 1923
Name: Earnest Henry
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1898
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1923
Marriage Place: Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Gertie Cherry
Witnesses: Roy Cherry and Cora Cherry
Cupid's Capers
Several young people in the vicinity of Maud, it is announced, have been married recently…
The other weddings reported were, Miss Gertie Cherry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cherry to Ernest Henry on Tuesday of last week, and Miss Dorothy Harp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harp, to Harry Kenyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Kenyon. These young people are all well and favorable known in Maud and the Monitor joins their many friends in wishing all of them health and prosperity…
The Maud Monitor - July 5, 1923
Oklahoma Death Index
Name: Ernest Henry
County of Death: Creek
Date of Death: April 2, 1927
Four Men Injured by 'Canned Heat' Blast
Sapulpa, Okla., March 9 - (AP) - Two men were seriously injured and two others suffered severe burns earl this morning when a container of "canned heat" exploded as they were warming it over an open fire along the Frisco railroad tracks here today.
Sanford Blaine, Clio, Mich., the most seriously hurt, may lose his eyesight as the result of burns and Ernest Henry, 25, Mammoth Springs, Ark., is suffering from leg injuries which are expected to keep him in the hospital several weeks.
It was said at the Sapulpa hospital this morning that the other two, John Porter, Portsmouth, Ohio and A.M. Hayman, Lewisville, Tex., were only slightly hurt.
The force of the explosion unclothed one man with the exception of his shoes and socks.
Miami Daily News-Record - March 9, 1927
BLASTING STIRS UP CITIZENS
Cans of Sterno Heat and Dynamite Are Diluted for their Properties of Nitro.
Four men are to the hospital here today in a bruised and burned condition following an explosion last night at about 1 o'clock. The explosion occurred near the railroad tracks a short distance from the Bryan street underpass, in the direction of the Bartlett-Collins glass plant.
Two rumors are currect regarding the affair and explosion. When the police force arrived on the scene the four men taken, were somewhat scattered. One of them had gotten as far as Dewey avenue and was on his way to town. Another was found on Bryan and the other two were out near the glass plant. Though none of the men are in serious condition they are all severely bruised.
None Severely Injured
When taken to the hospital for treatment they gave their names as Sanford Blain of Clio, Michigan. His condition is apparently more serious than his accompanying trio, the right side of his face and head being severely shot up. Ernest Henry, of Mammoth Springs, Ark., is suffering from burns about the lower limits. A. F. Haymon, who gave his home as Lewisville, Tex., received injuries on the left side of his head but is not in a serious condition. John Porter of 4203 Cedar street, Portsmouth, Ohio was slightly injured about the face.
The four men, none of whom have been here for any length of time, nor employed permanently had gone out the railroad track for the purpose of diluting the alcohol from several cans of Sterno heat in their possession. At the time of the explosion they were under the influence of alcohol.
Heat Cans are Cause
After throwing a can or so of the heat on a fire which they had started, an explosion which roused many residents of the town from their bed followed. It is reported to have been heard even as far as Tulsa. According to the story maintained by the men, the explosion was a result of the ignition of dynamite buried in the ground nearby. No clues, however have been found that would locate the owner of any dynamite buried in that location.
Another theory advanced is to the effect that the four were attempting to boil nitro-glycerine out of quantity of dynamite which they had in their possession. Up until noon today no statement had been made by any of the men except the original one that they did not have the dynamite and that they were only in the possession of the sterno heat.
Stump Blown Up
No particular change at the place of the occurrence is noticeable. Except for the uprooting of a stump where the fire was built there is no evidence of any explosion. Four sterno heat cans were found on the scene and two were taken to the police station.
It is alleged that two other men were also implicated but up to noon no evidence of them had been found, nor any information that might lead to their finding was revealed. A report to the effect that a man was seen in a neighboring vicinity of the explosion, with his face streaming with blood, about an hour from the occurrence has not been followed, now have the police any record of such a man.
Sapulpa Herald - March 9, 1927
Blast Victims Are Improving
Ernest Henry who Claims He Had $65 Before Explosion was Penniless After
The condition of the four men taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after the explosion out near the Bartlett-Collins glass plant was reported as slightly improved this morning. Though the stories told by each of the four men maintains they had no dynamite with them, other parts of their story fail to dovetail.
All of the men were transients. Ernest Henry of Mammoth Springs, Ark., claims that he was returning from Seminole fields and was on the way home to his family. He declared he was bumming his way by freight as a means of saving money for his family of which they were in need. He stated that he met up with the men out in the little draw, just north of the glass plant and that they were making coffee. He had not known them previously. When the blast occurred, his left leg was bruised and battered. In the excitement, he claims that he lost $65 which he had on him at the time.
Were Obtaining Alcohol
A. F. Haymon stated that three of them had met near the depot and had walked out to the scene where the accident occurred. In all 12 cans of heat were taken. Some of this had been melted and the men had drunk part of it. This was substantiated by the authorities at the hospital who claim that they were somewhat in an intoxicated condition when brought in for treatment.
Henry claims that he had only been there a short time where the men were attempting to get "soup" out of the canned heat. After "getting acquainted" he stated that he went near the fire when he suddenly felt the flame shoot over his face and head the blast. He says the men were dazed and crawled all over the section until they were up on the railroad track. After this he did not know where they had gone until he saw them in the hospital.
Though it is general belief that the men were attempting to boil a cache of dynamite for the nitro in it, this still remains conjecture. Two or three cans that had contained the heat are scattered around the location of the fire. A decayed stump was uprooted and blown about 15 feet and a hole in the ground was made about the size of a gallon bucket.
Sapulpa Herald - March 10, 1927
VICTIM OF BLAST DIES IN HOSPITAL
ERNEST HENRY SUFFERING FROM FATAL CUTS AND BRUISES LEAVES FAMILY
Ernest Henry died this morning at the Sapulpa hospital as the result of injuries received when Henry and three other men were trying to dilute the alcohol from cans of Sterno heat in the little park adjoining the Bartlett-Collins glass plant on the night of March 9. Sanford Blain of Clio, Mich., was dismissed from the hospital last night. Blain was said to have been in a more serious condition than the rest of the men.
The remains of Henry are being held at the Lewis and Landrith chapel pending word from the father Granville Henry, who lived at Hardy, Arkansas. The deceased leaves a wife and two children at Maud, Oklahoma.
The men were taken on the night of the occurance in various parts of the city. Each of them was in a more or less dazed condition when taken to the hospital. The blast which sounded about 1 o'clock in the morning stirred most of the citizens in the town. The three fellowmen of Henry were not fatally injured.
Sapulpa Herald - April 2, 1927
1900 US Census
Center, Hendricks, Indiana
G K Henry 37 Head
Beatrice Henry 26 Wife
Clarence Henry 8 Son
Minnie Henry 4 Daughter
Earnest Henry 1 Son
1910 US Census
Castor, Stoddard, Missouri
Granville Henry 50 Head
Beatrice Henry 36 Wife
Clarrence Henry 18 Son
Minnie Henry 14 Daughter
Earnest Henry 11 Son
Fern Henry 8 Daughter
Dan Henry 3 Son
Vado Henry 0 Son
U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards - 1918
Name: Earnest William Henry
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Residence Place: Pontotoc, Oklahoma, USA
Relative: Beatrice Henry
Date of Registration: 12 Sept 1918
1920 US Census
Maxwell, Pontotoc, Oklahoma
Granville K Henry 58 Head
Beatrice Henry 46 Wife
Earnest Henry 21 Son
Fern Henry 17 Daughter
Don Henry 13 Son
Vader Henry 10 Son
Constantine Bolis 4 Grandson
Oklahoma Marriage Records - 1923
Name: Earnest Henry
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1898
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1923
Marriage Place: Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Gertie Cherry
Witnesses: Roy Cherry and Cora Cherry
Cupid's Capers
Several young people in the vicinity of Maud, it is announced, have been married recently…
The other weddings reported were, Miss Gertie Cherry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cherry to Ernest Henry on Tuesday of last week, and Miss Dorothy Harp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harp, to Harry Kenyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Kenyon. These young people are all well and favorable known in Maud and the Monitor joins their many friends in wishing all of them health and prosperity…
The Maud Monitor - July 5, 1923
Oklahoma Death Index
Name: Ernest Henry
County of Death: Creek
Date of Death: April 2, 1927
Four Men Injured by 'Canned Heat' Blast
Sapulpa, Okla., March 9 - (AP) - Two men were seriously injured and two others suffered severe burns earl this morning when a container of "canned heat" exploded as they were warming it over an open fire along the Frisco railroad tracks here today.
Sanford Blaine, Clio, Mich., the most seriously hurt, may lose his eyesight as the result of burns and Ernest Henry, 25, Mammoth Springs, Ark., is suffering from leg injuries which are expected to keep him in the hospital several weeks.
It was said at the Sapulpa hospital this morning that the other two, John Porter, Portsmouth, Ohio and A.M. Hayman, Lewisville, Tex., were only slightly hurt.
The force of the explosion unclothed one man with the exception of his shoes and socks.
Miami Daily News-Record - March 9, 1927
BLASTING STIRS UP CITIZENS
Cans of Sterno Heat and Dynamite Are Diluted for their Properties of Nitro.
Four men are to the hospital here today in a bruised and burned condition following an explosion last night at about 1 o'clock. The explosion occurred near the railroad tracks a short distance from the Bryan street underpass, in the direction of the Bartlett-Collins glass plant.
Two rumors are currect regarding the affair and explosion. When the police force arrived on the scene the four men taken, were somewhat scattered. One of them had gotten as far as Dewey avenue and was on his way to town. Another was found on Bryan and the other two were out near the glass plant. Though none of the men are in serious condition they are all severely bruised.
None Severely Injured
When taken to the hospital for treatment they gave their names as Sanford Blain of Clio, Michigan. His condition is apparently more serious than his accompanying trio, the right side of his face and head being severely shot up. Ernest Henry, of Mammoth Springs, Ark., is suffering from burns about the lower limits. A. F. Haymon, who gave his home as Lewisville, Tex., received injuries on the left side of his head but is not in a serious condition. John Porter of 4203 Cedar street, Portsmouth, Ohio was slightly injured about the face.
The four men, none of whom have been here for any length of time, nor employed permanently had gone out the railroad track for the purpose of diluting the alcohol from several cans of Sterno heat in their possession. At the time of the explosion they were under the influence of alcohol.
Heat Cans are Cause
After throwing a can or so of the heat on a fire which they had started, an explosion which roused many residents of the town from their bed followed. It is reported to have been heard even as far as Tulsa. According to the story maintained by the men, the explosion was a result of the ignition of dynamite buried in the ground nearby. No clues, however have been found that would locate the owner of any dynamite buried in that location.
Another theory advanced is to the effect that the four were attempting to boil nitro-glycerine out of quantity of dynamite which they had in their possession. Up until noon today no statement had been made by any of the men except the original one that they did not have the dynamite and that they were only in the possession of the sterno heat.
Stump Blown Up
No particular change at the place of the occurrence is noticeable. Except for the uprooting of a stump where the fire was built there is no evidence of any explosion. Four sterno heat cans were found on the scene and two were taken to the police station.
It is alleged that two other men were also implicated but up to noon no evidence of them had been found, nor any information that might lead to their finding was revealed. A report to the effect that a man was seen in a neighboring vicinity of the explosion, with his face streaming with blood, about an hour from the occurrence has not been followed, now have the police any record of such a man.
Sapulpa Herald - March 9, 1927
Blast Victims Are Improving
Ernest Henry who Claims He Had $65 Before Explosion was Penniless After
The condition of the four men taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after the explosion out near the Bartlett-Collins glass plant was reported as slightly improved this morning. Though the stories told by each of the four men maintains they had no dynamite with them, other parts of their story fail to dovetail.
All of the men were transients. Ernest Henry of Mammoth Springs, Ark., claims that he was returning from Seminole fields and was on the way home to his family. He declared he was bumming his way by freight as a means of saving money for his family of which they were in need. He stated that he met up with the men out in the little draw, just north of the glass plant and that they were making coffee. He had not known them previously. When the blast occurred, his left leg was bruised and battered. In the excitement, he claims that he lost $65 which he had on him at the time.
Were Obtaining Alcohol
A. F. Haymon stated that three of them had met near the depot and had walked out to the scene where the accident occurred. In all 12 cans of heat were taken. Some of this had been melted and the men had drunk part of it. This was substantiated by the authorities at the hospital who claim that they were somewhat in an intoxicated condition when brought in for treatment.
Henry claims that he had only been there a short time where the men were attempting to get "soup" out of the canned heat. After "getting acquainted" he stated that he went near the fire when he suddenly felt the flame shoot over his face and head the blast. He says the men were dazed and crawled all over the section until they were up on the railroad track. After this he did not know where they had gone until he saw them in the hospital.
Though it is general belief that the men were attempting to boil a cache of dynamite for the nitro in it, this still remains conjecture. Two or three cans that had contained the heat are scattered around the location of the fire. A decayed stump was uprooted and blown about 15 feet and a hole in the ground was made about the size of a gallon bucket.
Sapulpa Herald - March 10, 1927
ERNEST HENRY SUFFERING FROM FATAL CUTS AND BRUISES LEAVES FAMILY
Ernest Henry died this morning at the Sapulpa hospital as the result of injuries received when Henry and three other men were trying to dilute the alcohol from cans of Sterno heat in the little park adjoining the Bartlett-Collins glass plant on the night of March 9. Sanford Blain of Clio, Mich., was dismissed from the hospital last night. Blain was said to have been in a more serious condition than the rest of the men.
The remains of Henry are being held at the Lewis and Landrith chapel pending word from the father Granville Henry, who lived at Hardy, Arkansas. The deceased leaves a wife and two children at Maud, Oklahoma.
The men were taken on the night of the occurance in various parts of the city. Each of them was in a more or less dazed condition when taken to the hospital. The blast which sounded about 1 o'clock in the morning stirred most of the citizens in the town. The three fellowmen of Henry were not fatally injured.
Sapulpa Herald - April 2, 1927
1900 US Census
Center, Hendricks, Indiana
G K Henry 37 Head
Beatrice Henry 26 Wife
Clarence Henry 8 Son
Minnie Henry 4 Daughter
Earnest Henry 1 Son
1910 US Census
Castor, Stoddard, Missouri
Granville Henry 50 Head
Beatrice Henry 36 Wife
Clarrence Henry 18 Son
Minnie Henry 14 Daughter
Earnest Henry 11 Son
Fern Henry 8 Daughter
Dan Henry 3 Son
Vado Henry 0 Son
U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards - 1918
Name: Earnest William Henry
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Residence Place: Pontotoc, Oklahoma, USA
Relative: Beatrice Henry
Date of Registration: 12 Sept 1918
1920 US Census
Maxwell, Pontotoc, Oklahoma
Granville K Henry 58 Head
Beatrice Henry 46 Wife
Earnest Henry 21 Son
Fern Henry 17 Daughter
Don Henry 13 Son
Vader Henry 10 Son
Constantine Bolis 4 Grandson
Oklahoma Marriage Records - 1923
Name: Earnest Henry
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1898
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1923
Marriage Place: Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Gertie Cherry
Witnesses: Roy Cherry and Cora Cherry
Cupid's Capers
Several young people in the vicinity of Maud, it is announced, have been married recently…
The other weddings reported were, Miss Gertie Cherry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cherry to Ernest Henry on Tuesday of last week, and Miss Dorothy Harp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harp, to Harry Kenyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Kenyon. These young people are all well and favorable known in Maud and the Monitor joins their many friends in wishing all of them health and prosperity…
The Maud Monitor - July 5, 1923
Oklahoma Death Index
Name: Ernest Henry
County of Death: Creek
Date of Death: April 2, 1927
Four Men Injured by 'Canned Heat' Blast
Sapulpa, Okla., March 9 - (AP) - Two men were seriously injured and two others suffered severe burns earl this morning when a container of "canned heat" exploded as they were warming it over an open fire along the Frisco railroad tracks here today.
Sanford Blaine, Clio, Mich., the most seriously hurt, may lose his eyesight as the result of burns and Ernest Henry, 25, Mammoth Springs, Ark., is suffering from leg injuries which are expected to keep him in the hospital several weeks.
It was said at the Sapulpa hospital this morning that the other two, John Porter, Portsmouth, Ohio and A.M. Hayman, Lewisville, Tex., were only slightly hurt.
The force of the explosion unclothed one man with the exception of his shoes and socks.
Miami Daily News-Record - March 9, 1927
BLASTING STIRS UP CITIZENS
Cans of Sterno Heat and Dynamite Are Diluted for their Properties of Nitro.
Four men are to the hospital here today in a bruised and burned condition following an explosion last night at about 1 o'clock. The explosion occurred near the railroad tracks a short distance from the Bryan street underpass, in the direction of the Bartlett-Collins glass plant.
Two rumors are currect regarding the affair and explosion. When the police force arrived on the scene the four men taken, were somewhat scattered. One of them had gotten as far as Dewey avenue and was on his way to town. Another was found on Bryan and the other two were out near the glass plant. Though none of the men are in serious condition they are all severely bruised.
None Severely Injured
When taken to the hospital for treatment they gave their names as Sanford Blain of Clio, Michigan. His condition is apparently more serious than his accompanying trio, the right side of his face and head being severely shot up. Ernest Henry, of Mammoth Springs, Ark., is suffering from burns about the lower limits. A. F. Haymon, who gave his home as Lewisville, Tex., received injuries on the left side of his head but is not in a serious condition. John Porter of 4203 Cedar street, Portsmouth, Ohio was slightly injured about the face.
The four men, none of whom have been here for any length of time, nor employed permanently had gone out the railroad track for the purpose of diluting the alcohol from several cans of Sterno heat in their possession. At the time of the explosion they were under the influence of alcohol.
Heat Cans are Cause
After throwing a can or so of the heat on a fire which they had started, an explosion which roused many residents of the town from their bed followed. It is reported to have been heard even as far as Tulsa. According to the story maintained by the men, the explosion was a result of the ignition of dynamite buried in the ground nearby. No clues, however have been found that would locate the owner of any dynamite buried in that location.
Another theory advanced is to the effect that the four were attempting to boil nitro-glycerine out of quantity of dynamite which they had in their possession. Up until noon today no statement had been made by any of the men except the original one that they did not have the dynamite and that they were only in the possession of the sterno heat.
Stump Blown Up
No particular change at the place of the occurrence is noticeable. Except for the uprooting of a stump where the fire was built there is no evidence of any explosion. Four sterno heat cans were found on the scene and two were taken to the police station.
It is alleged that two other men were also implicated but up to noon no evidence of them had been found, nor any information that might lead to their finding was revealed. A report to the effect that a man was seen in a neighboring vicinity of the explosion, with his face streaming with blood, about an hour from the occurrence has not been followed, now have the police any record of such a man.
Sapulpa Herald - March 9, 1927
Blast Victims Are Improving
Ernest Henry who Claims He Had $65 Before Explosion was Penniless After
The condition of the four men taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after the explosion out near the Bartlett-Collins glass plant was reported as slightly improved this morning. Though the stories told by each of the four men maintains they had no dynamite with them, other parts of their story fail to dovetail.
All of the men were transients. Ernest Henry of Mammoth Springs, Ark., claims that he was returning from Seminole fields and was on the way home to his family. He declared he was bumming his way by freight as a means of saving money for his family of which they were in need. He stated that he met up with the men out in the little draw, just north of the glass plant and that they were making coffee. He had not known them previously. When the blast occurred, his left leg was bruised and battered. In the excitement, he claims that he lost $65 which he had on him at the time.
Were Obtaining Alcohol
A. F. Haymon stated that three of them had met near the depot and had walked out to the scene where the accident occurred. In all 12 cans of heat were taken. Some of this had been melted and the men had drunk part of it. This was substantiated by the authorities at the hospital who claim that they were somewhat in an intoxicated condition when brought in for treatment.
Henry claims that he had only been there a short time where the men were attempting to get "soup" out of the canned heat. After "getting acquainted" he stated that he went near the fire when he suddenly felt the flame shoot over his face and head the blast. He says the men were dazed and crawled all over the section until they were up on the railroad track. After this he did not know where they had gone until he saw them in the hospital.
Though it is general belief that the men were attempting to boil a cache of dynamite for the nitro in it, this still remains conjecture. Two or three cans that had contained the heat are scattered around the location of the fire. A decayed stump was uprooted and blown about 15 feet and a hole in the ground was made about the size of a gallon bucket.
Sapulpa Herald - March 10, 1927
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