A listing of World War I Veterans from White County, Tennessee, found in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, includes on Page 27, Herman W. Roberts, age 22, from Sparta.
Published in 1933 in a Texas newspaper: Gladewater Oil Driller Is Fatally Burned; Another is Near Death. H. W. Roberts is Victim Of Blast Near City; Jack Coleman Burned. H. W. Roberts, 38, well known oil driller in this east Texas oil field, died in the McKean Hospital Clinic Tuesday morning at five o'clock and Jack Coleman, oil well worker, is in a critical condition, following an explosion of an oil drum at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. E. W. Reed, a third employee was seriously burned. The explosion occurred on the Bonds and Dillard lease, one mile East of the city where the Delmar No. 5 is being drilled. Mr. Roberts is survived by a wife and a little daughter five years old and Mr. Coleman has a wife and two small boys. Relatives of Mr. Roberts in Tennessee have been notified and upon their arrival funeral arrangements will be announced. The Roberts family reside in Gladewater and have many friends. He was considered one of the most efficient oil well drillers in the field. He was associated with the Bonds and Dillard Drilling Contractors firm and has been here for about two years. Witnesses to the tragedy say the explosion was so quick that no one knows just what caused it. One theory was that the drum attached to a high pressure line became ignited and the blast followed. B. Coleman, a brother of Jack, burned both of his hands severely in tearing the flaming clothing from the bodies of the men.
Herman's widow, Constance "Connie" Cantrell married a Mr. Phillips sometime after Herman's death.
Published in 1933 in a Texas newspaper: Gladewater Oil Driller Is Fatally Burned; Another is Near Death. H. W. Roberts is Victim Of Blast Near City; Jack Coleman Burned. H. W. Roberts, 38, well known oil driller in this east Texas oil field, died in the McKean Hospital Clinic Tuesday morning at five o'clock and Jack Coleman, oil well worker, is in a critical condition, following an explosion of an oil drum at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. E. W. Reed, a third employee was seriously burned. The explosion occurred on the Bonds and Dillard lease, one mile East of the city where the Delmar No. 5 is being drilled. Mr. Roberts is survived by a wife and a little daughter five years old and Mr. Coleman has a wife and two small boys. Relatives of Mr. Roberts in Tennessee have been notified and upon their arrival funeral arrangements will be announced. The Roberts family reside in Gladewater and have many friends. He was considered one of the most efficient oil well drillers in the field. He was associated with the Bonds and Dillard Drilling Contractors firm and has been here for about two years. Witnesses to the tragedy say the explosion was so quick that no one knows just what caused it. One theory was that the drum attached to a high pressure line became ignited and the blast followed. B. Coleman, a brother of Jack, burned both of his hands severely in tearing the flaming clothing from the bodies of the men.
Herman's widow, Constance "Connie" Cantrell married a Mr. Phillips sometime after Herman's death.
A listing of World War I Veterans from White County, Tennessee, found in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, includes on Page 27, Herman W. Roberts, age 22, from Sparta.
Published in 1933 in a Texas newspaper: Gladewater Oil Driller Is Fatally Burned; Another is Near Death. H. W. Roberts is Victim Of Blast Near City; Jack Coleman Burned. H. W. Roberts, 38, well known oil driller in this east Texas oil field, died in the McKean Hospital Clinic Tuesday morning at five o'clock and Jack Coleman, oil well worker, is in a critical condition, following an explosion of an oil drum at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. E. W. Reed, a third employee was seriously burned. The explosion occurred on the Bonds and Dillard lease, one mile East of the city where the Delmar No. 5 is being drilled. Mr. Roberts is survived by a wife and a little daughter five years old and Mr. Coleman has a wife and two small boys. Relatives of Mr. Roberts in Tennessee have been notified and upon their arrival funeral arrangements will be announced. The Roberts family reside in Gladewater and have many friends. He was considered one of the most efficient oil well drillers in the field. He was associated with the Bonds and Dillard Drilling Contractors firm and has been here for about two years. Witnesses to the tragedy say the explosion was so quick that no one knows just what caused it. One theory was that the drum attached to a high pressure line became ignited and the blast followed. B. Coleman, a brother of Jack, burned both of his hands severely in tearing the flaming clothing from the bodies of the men.
Herman's widow, Constance "Connie" Cantrell married a Mr. Phillips sometime after Herman's death.
Published in 1933 in a Texas newspaper: Gladewater Oil Driller Is Fatally Burned; Another is Near Death. H. W. Roberts is Victim Of Blast Near City; Jack Coleman Burned. H. W. Roberts, 38, well known oil driller in this east Texas oil field, died in the McKean Hospital Clinic Tuesday morning at five o'clock and Jack Coleman, oil well worker, is in a critical condition, following an explosion of an oil drum at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. E. W. Reed, a third employee was seriously burned. The explosion occurred on the Bonds and Dillard lease, one mile East of the city where the Delmar No. 5 is being drilled. Mr. Roberts is survived by a wife and a little daughter five years old and Mr. Coleman has a wife and two small boys. Relatives of Mr. Roberts in Tennessee have been notified and upon their arrival funeral arrangements will be announced. The Roberts family reside in Gladewater and have many friends. He was considered one of the most efficient oil well drillers in the field. He was associated with the Bonds and Dillard Drilling Contractors firm and has been here for about two years. Witnesses to the tragedy say the explosion was so quick that no one knows just what caused it. One theory was that the drum attached to a high pressure line became ignited and the blast followed. B. Coleman, a brother of Jack, burned both of his hands severely in tearing the flaming clothing from the bodies of the men.
Herman's widow, Constance "Connie" Cantrell married a Mr. Phillips sometime after Herman's death.
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