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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1987
Page
2
A 1901s page from Office Clifton shows unclear charge figures for six months and one year, with home delivery listed at 1.90. The handwriting and wording are mixed, hindering precise interpretation of zone charges and delivery terms.
Walter Mazur, 75, a maintenance man, died as a gasoline explosion ripped through a Delaware County service area. Eleven others were hurt. firefighters responded to a large fire with a second alarm. Steve Giancristoforo, an ambulance director, witnessed the scene and reported the blast. Police and fire units secured the area as tape went up.
At a Texaco station a blast in the basement trapped Walter Mazur, 75, as colleagues including Pat DeFinizio and Sal Luca helped evacuate Linda Salvucci. Firefighters and police searched for Mazur’s body while survivors spoke of Mazur as a kind, hard‑working man who planned a summer trip to Germany with his wife. Pat DeFinizio, shaken, recalled Mazur as a father figure and a longtime coworker.
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