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LOCAL BOY BILLEDGKOKC.F WILD RICK IDENTIFIED AS ONE OK DEAD IX JILY 4TH EXPLOSIONWord reached Brook on Monday noon lo the effect that George WH-drick was one of the missing work ers lu the big explosion at the Stan dard Oil Co’s, plant on July 4th.An attempt was made to reach the mother. Mrs. John Wildrlck who is staying at her daughter’s home neai* j Newland, Jasper County, ami her brother, Mrs. Win. Woolley who had gone with husband and friends to Cedar Lake.There were so few left In town tbnt knew just where the family bad gone that it Was sometime befora the hunt for them started, and It was not until noon on Tuesday when they arrived home that the sister heard of the accident and the feet was then given to the mother.Win. Woolley immediately gox into communication with Whiting and the superintendent of the plant Informed him that the body had been positively identified as that of Wlldrick but askod to have the remains cremates to which the family objected and it. was at once sent here over the C. * I. S. arriving in Brook from Ailc in the evening.The mother who was in a bad automobile accident about a year ago was in another the 4tb and ite\y shock of her son* death was doubly ! hard on her. jGo urge began work for the Standard at the rofining plant during the war and knew the deadly danger j oLthe position ho held, often slat- j fng that it he wern killed identifica- j. lion would be doubtful as wits often the case with such e\plogio»s, The tanks are rtrcd with oil and are sub Jectcd to a terrific heat. \xFor many years the deceased vaa L a resident of Brook and worked for ! j the local telephone company. He!,.\1:rcamo back often to visit his mother jjand sister and always called this j place his home, whera Vs has manyj( friends who regret his death. |rjThe funeral service was held at ^the home of Mrs. Woolley, bis sis-1 ter on Wednesday afternoon and i wns conducted by Rev. Borkert. L The burial was in the Brook cerne- L tery. Besides his mother and son jhe leaves several sisters and three brothers to mourn his loss.• His brothers. Tunis or Newlanris Nelson of South Bend and sister Mrs. Clarke of Thayer attended the r funeral, other members of the family could not'be present.
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Brook Reporter
Brook, Indiana, US
Fri, Jul 08, 1921
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