30 Injured In McKee Tank Farm Explosion
A tank farm blaze at Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp. McKee Plant 12 miles northeast of Dumas ignited fuels in nearby tanks. At least 19 killed and 31 injured as explosions and fires spread. Weather winds and shifting showers could worsen conditions near the refinery.
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Daily News
Lester Williams
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp
McKee
Don Boyett
Dumas
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp
Here
Dumas and
Sunray Volunteer Fire Departments
Tank Farm
Amarillo
Sunray Fire Department
Moore County News
Daniel and Yarborough due runoff in governor's race
U S Sen Price Daniel led with 553,678 votes and faces Ralph Yarborough who had 409,947 in the first Democratic primary runoff likely set for August 25. Former U S senator W Lee O Daniel trailed in third with 310,064 as other candidates trailed.
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Daniel
Yarborough
W. Lee O’daniel
U. S
Texas Election Bureau
Allan Shivers
Shivers
O'Daniel
Dallas
J. Evetts Haley
Reuben Senterfitt
J.J. Holmes
Ben Ramsey
A. M. Aikin Jr
Supreme Court
Texas Democratic primary returns show Daniel and Yarborough leads
Texas Election Bureau releases final day report from 254 counties with 177 complete for Saturday's Democratic primary. Key tallies include Yarborough 428,948 and Daniel 578,946 for governor, Aikin leads lieutenant governor, and major party results across Supreme Court, land and agriculture posts. Desegregation and intermarriage referendums show strong approval margins.
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Dallas
Texas Election Bureau
Price Daniel
Haley
Holmes
W. Lee O’daniel
Senterfitt
Yarborough
Aikin
Johnson
Ramsey
Smith
Carlton
Hill
Moore
Wilson
Bar
Amarillo Weather Run Clearest Through 1956
Report from Amarillo shows sun on 201 of 210 days in 1956. Measurements at 3 PM Sunday show wind varying from light to brisk and visibility around 10 to 15 miles with mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Treeesees
Baseball scores from Western League and majors
Western League games included Sioux City 9 Amarillo 0 and Lincoln 4 Pueblo Topeka 7 Colorado Springs 1 Des Moines 9 Albuquerque 6 3 American League matchups saw New York 5 Kansas City 8 Cleveland 3 4 Baltimore 0 0 Detroit 6 Washington 0 4 Chicago 11 Boston 2 3 National League results included Philadelphia 5 Milwaukee 2 St Louis 3 New York 2 Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 1 Brooklyn 1 Chicago 0 4
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Albuquerque
New York
Kansas City
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Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cincinatti
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Heat of Blast Like Blowtorch in Face
Eyewitness account from Dumas describes a refinery explosion near McKee Sham oil site. The reporter, Bob Hamilton, recalls hair on fire and burns across bodies as he fled toward fields. Hospital scenes showed several severely burned workers and bystanders with peeling skin and shock.
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Bob Hamilton
Amarillo College
Moore County News
Amarillo Daily News
Hamilton
Associated Press
Dumas
McKee-Shamrock
Moore County Memorial Hospital
Numbness After Dumas Oil Fire Claims 19 Men
In Dumas, July 29 a devastating Shamrock Oil Company fire kills 19 men all family men and fathers to 35 children. Wives and relatives cope with shock as funeral arrangements begin at Boxwell Bros. Funeral Home Dunlas while 19 bodies are removed from the scene in dramatic, charred remains.
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John McMillion
Daily News
Dumas
Shamrock Oil Company
Boxwell Bros
Dunlas
Premonition Brought Sunray Ambulance
W. J. Lafever a Continental Carbon Company employee and Sunray Volunteer Fire Department member had a premonition of danger before the Shamrock Oil and Gas explosion near Sunray. He drove to the scene and followed the fire truck as firefighters worked to douse burning tanks. The Sunray ambulance was alerted at the scene.
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Daily News
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation
McKee
Sunray
W. J. Lafever
Continental Carbon Company
Sunray Ambulance
List of Sunray and Dumas workers with ages and jobs
The report lists multiple Sunray and Dumas residents with ages and occupations including employe fireman fire marshal fire chief and other roles. Names include Virgil Wayne Thomas Gayle D Weir Donald Thompson James L Rivers Joe West Lewis A Broxson Alvin Freeman Sun Sam Gibson Claude Emmett O W Cleveland Paschel Pool Oliver Milligan Gilford Corse Slagle Charley Lummus Rupert S Wier D C Lilly Ray Biles and one unidentified man.
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Virgil Wayne Thomas
Sunray
Gayle D. Weir
Donald Thompson
Dumas
James L. Rivers
Joe West
Lewis A. Broxson
Alvin Freeman
Sam Gibson
Claude Emmett
O. W. Cleveland
Paschel Pool
Oliver Milligan
Gilford Corse
M. W. Slagle
Charley Lummus
Rupert S. Wier
D. C. Lilly
Ray Biles
Injured Firefighter and Local Workers Identified
The report lists Injured Frank L Bowman a 45 year old Dumas fireman T M Guthrie 35 Dumas Joe Moree 26 employee Phillip Bynum 24 employee C O Hodges 32 employee. The story continues on Page 2.
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Frank L. Bowman
Dumas
Joe Moree
Phillip Bynum
Hodges
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