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killed in accidental nitroglycerin blast; brother Coleman severly injured
The Oklahoman
(Front page)
May 18, 1926
*Blast Block Away Kills Worker*
Car Wrecked, Men Stripped, By Explosion Near Cromwell
Impact of the explosion of a nitro-glycerin magazine more than a 100 yards away snuffed out the life of J.S. Muncy and injured his brother, Coleman, perhaps fatality, Monday night near Cromwell. The blast shook buildings in the town nearly a mile to the southeast. No cause for the explosion is known, and another magazine, a city block away, was not detonated by the heavy jar.
The force of the explosion stripped the clothes from both men and wrecked their small car. It was overturned with J.S. Muncy's body beneath it. When nearby oil field workers rushed up, the brother has succeeded in removing the body from beneath the auto. He collasped soon afterward.
First aid was given him by doctor J.C. Pitchford who found fractured ribs, in addition to cuts and lacraations about the face, limbs and body. Later he was taken to a hospital in Okemah.
Immediately after the blast crowds rushed out from Crowell to give help. Where the two sheet iron houses had been they found only a crater, more than fifteen feet across and three or four feet deep. Not even a scrap of sheet-iron was left in the vicinity of the blast.
The magazines were the property of oil well torpedo companies, for storing explosives used in "shooting" wells.
The survivor of the blast was suffering from the severe shock and Doctor Pitchford did not make a thorough examination, but sent him on to the hospital after giving first aid treatment, he said. He was in a semi-conscious condition and unable to tell what caused the explosion, if he knew.
County and city officers were investigating Monday night to find a reason for the detonation. No hint as to the cause was found.
J.S. Muncy was 35 years old, and leaves a wife and two children. Both had been employed in the oil fields.
Although the highly-explosive nitro-glycerin is packed so that it can be carried in an auto, oil well "shooters" were at a loss to understand why the terrific force of the blast did not discharge the second magazine.
**Comments/corrections for newspaper article**
The man noted as "J.S." Muncy in the newspaper article was Hobart B. Muncy.
Hobart B. Muncy, was 23, and Coleman Muncy was 20, both, were the son's of James 'Jim' Muncy and Sarah 'Sarie' Caroline (Dennis) Muncy. The Grandson's of William S. Muncy and Mary 'Polly' (Sizemore) Muncy.
Hobart's two children were:
Fred Allen Muncy, b. June 15, 1924 (28 days shy of his 2nd birthday).
Ida Louise Muncy, b. Feb. 02, 1926 (9 days shy of 3 mos.)
Uncle Jim and aunt "Sarie" Muncy raised the children after Hobart died.
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