Dec. 29, 1864 - John McFate killed by some person or persons on the night of Dec. 20, 1864 in Oil City, Pa.

Feb. 23, 1865 - Two young men named Vincent and Pratt, drowned while attempting to cross the river on the ice at Franklin.

March 16, 1865 - Great flood in Oil City. John Nesbit was drowned while attempting to rescue a horse from a submerged barn.

Sept. 7, 1865 - Struck by the locomotive of the A. & G.W.R.R. at the Oil City depot, Mrs. Elizabeth Slavin, on Monday last and instantly killed.

Dec. 9, 1865 - Death of George Mason at Pithole. He was one of the assistant supt. of the U. S. Oil Co. at Pithole.

Dec. 20, 1865 - By the explosion of a still at a refinery at petroleum Centre, four men were terribly burned and one, Carney, fatally injured.

May 16, 1866 - Thomas McArdie died May 12 from injuries received when he was beaten and robbed at Pithole City. Frederick Doe and Charles M. Parker held responsible.

Sept. 20, 1866 - The explosion of a boiler on lease #120, Tarr Farm, kills Fred Wygant, the engineer.

Dec. 28, 1868 - By the explosion of a boiler on lease #13, Benninghoff Hill, Daniel and William Bement, employed on the lease, were so badly injured that they died in a few hours.

June 30, 1868 - By the explosion of a boiler at Fertig No. 2, Tallman Farm, Shamburg, Edgar T. Murray, engineer, was killed, and Frank Fertig, seriously injured.

Dec. 18, 1868 - Thomas Knowlton burned to death in a fire at Crane & Thacker's refinery on the Miller Farm.

Nov. 8, 1869 - John Murphy, a driller, of Brady'’s Bend, killed while at work at Parker's Landing.

Oct. 31, 1870 - William A. Thompson killed by a boiler explosion, near Franklin.

Feb. 26, 1871 - Chales Tillinghast and John Jacks instantly killed by the explosion of a boiler at the Twilight well at Parker's Landing.

April 19, 1871 - John Consider killed by a boiler explosion at the Collom lease, Woods farm, Petroleum Centre.

May 19, 1871 - Charles C. Clark, torpedoist, killed by an explosion of nitro-glycerine at Enterprise.

Aug. 14, 1871 - William Keith, engineer, killed by an explosion of a boiler at one of the wells of the Cherry Run Petroleum Co., near Rouseville.

Aug. 16, 1871 - The high wind early this morning blew down the smokestack of the boiler on the Cornen & Beers farm, near Petroleum Centre, killing Adam Hatcleft.

Oct. 19, 1871 - A. S. West, while hauling a torpedo out of the Reno Company's well No. 18, near Reno, was killed by the explosion of the torpedo.

Nov. 12, 1871 - A man named Hilton working on top of the derrick of a well on the Morrison farm, near Pleasantville, became entangled in the rope, which wound around his neck, and he fell to the ground, breaking his neck.

Jan. 6, 1872 - By an explosion of one of the tank cars on the Allegheny Valley railroad, Engineer Thomas Bennet was instantly killed.

May 2, 1874 - By the explosion of a boiler on the Wilson farm, near Petrolia, A. H. Wann, the engineer in charge, was so badly injured that he died in a few hours.

May 7, 1874 - Frank G. Irvin, a well-known operator, along the creek in the early days and later in Butler Co., died at his home in Rouseville.

May 13, 1874 - James Tyrrel, the fireman on the Oil Creek Railroad river division, was caught in the burning oil when eight cars wrecked, and perished.

June 26, 1874 - John Osborne, employed by the Dickey Torpedo Co., killed by an explosion of 250 pounds of nitro-glycerine while en route from Parker's Landing to Petrolia to shoot some wells.

April 17, 1877 - John Jackson, employed on the Columbia farm, on Oil Creek, asphyxiated in an oil tank.

June 6, 1877 - William Phillips, one of the pioneers in operations along the creek, died at his home in Oil City.

Aug. 20, 1877 - James S. Austin, of Reno, a member of the Oil City Oil Exchange, died in Reno.

Nov. 2, 1877 - John Broome, a driller, killed on the Clapp farm, on the creek, by the fall of a pair of jars.

March 13, 1878 - Richard L. Irwin, a well-known producer, formerly of Pleasantville, died at his home in Olean.

May 22, 1878 - George A. Wolfe, an oil well contractor and resident of Cranberry Township, Venango County, died at Sawyer City, in the Bradford field.

Oct. 5, 1878 - C. S. Clark, of Rouseville, employed by Baker & Malone, on the Sanders farm, Red Rock, in the Bradford field, asphyxiated by gas while on top of a tank of oil.
Feb. 25, 1879 - George Cookhoultz, a producer living on the Rynd farm, on the creek, takes his own life by shooting.

July 15, 1880 - E. M Pearsall fatally burned by an explosion of gas and benzine at his well located midway between Oil City and McClintockville.

July 28, 1880 - William Painter instantly killed at a well on the Smith farm, near Franklin.

Nov. 8, 1880 - William Anthony falls into a tank of oil on the Quintuple tract and is drowned.

Jan. 29, 1881 - Andrew L. Lasher and Joseph Cushing instantly killed by the explosion of nitro at the Melvin, Howe and Walker well on lot 39, Moody tract.

July 28, 1881 - B. F. Stebbins, a member of the Oil City Oil Exchange, drowned in the Allegheny River, near Oil City, while bathing.

Aug. 1, 1882 - A train of 17 cars loaded with coal, on the Cranberry mines railroad (buffalo, Pittsburg & Western) got beyond the control of the trainmen on the down grade to Oil City, and several cars jumped the track. When the remainder of the train reached Oil City, south side, it was piled up in a heap and totally wrecked. Seven persons lost their lives – David Morgan, conductor; W. W. Wright, engineer; Robert McGinty, Albert Vallor, Charles McGinty, John Costella, George Mearns and Matthew Girling, miners.

March 6, 1885 - J. B. McKinley, an employee of the Eclipse Oil Works, at Franklin, while unloading some cars, was crushed to death between the bumpers.

March 30, 1885 - F. A. Prentice, of Franklin, well-known oil producer and lumberman, killed at Guyandatte, W. Va., by accidental discharge of his revolver.

July 8, 1885 - Boiler explosion at sawmill of Acme Lumber Co., near Titusville, killing the engineer, Elliott Alcorn, and scalding three others, Jacob Miller, J. Langworthy and A. W. Massiker.

Aug. 24, 1885 - Lottie and Sadie Smith instantly killed and Nettie, a little daughter of E. V. Dunn, seriously injured while crossing the track of the Allegheny Valley Railroad, near Franklin.

Sept. 11, 1885 - Mrs. Flora M. Ford, wife of Dr. Ford, dies at Dallas City from eating toadstools for mushrooms.

Jan. 23, 1886 - Fred Smith, an engineer, killed by explosion of a boiler of a pumping well on the Grandin lease near Franklin.

March 13, 1886 - Thomas Casey, a boilermaker of Oil City, found dead on the A.V.R.R. track about seven miles above Emlenton.

March 16, 1886 - Captain Fink, a mail carrier, 73 years of age, killed by a train at Kennerdell, on the Allegheny Valley Railroad.

April 16, 1886 - Joshua Whetling, a Red Valley oil operator residing at Ritchie Run, one mile from Emlenton, commits suicide by shooting himself through the head; he was 45 years old and leaves a family well provided for.

May 27, 1886 - Albert E. Bixler, aged 17years, in the employ of Kramer and Trax, carriage Mfg. at Oil City, burned to death by an explosion of Japan dryer.

June 7, 1886 - Matthew Hafle, a baker, drowned while swimming in French Creek, near Franklin.
Dec. 7, 1886 - George Rupert, a shoemaker, commits suicide at Hill City, Venango Co.

March 1, 1887 - Maynard Stranahan, a 17year lad, fatally hurt from an explosion of an old torpedo shell near Kane City, Venango Co.

April 2, 1887 - Phillip Morressey, of Oil City, accidentally shot by Fred Miller.

May 10, 1887 - Willis Hanna, aged 10 years, suffocated in an abandoned shaft, at Siverlyville, Venango County.

July 10, 1887 - Richard Winger, aged 16, drowned in the Allegheny River, near Siverlyville.

July 19, 1887 - John McNerney, of Oil City, in a drunken frenzy, murdered his wife and shoots his son through the head and is shot by Officer Worden.

Aug. 6, 1887 - James N. Anderson instantly killed at Titusville while attempting to stop a runaway horse.

Aug. 13, 1887 - Harry R. Small of Cooperstown, killed by jumping from a train at Clarendon.

Oct. 2, 1887 - John Stewart, a farmer at Pine Grove Township, Venango County, aged 50 years, committed suicide by hanging.

Nov. 2, 1887 - A 3 year old child of John Feltenberger, of Rockland Township, Venango County is burned to death.

Nov. 4, 1887 - Unknown man found dead in the woods on the Gleason farm between Sugar Lake and Cooperstown; supposed to be Charles F. Washburn of Carrollton.

Nov. 6, 1887 - Death of William A. Shreve, a pioneer oil man at Franklin; he was one of the first directors of the Columbia Oil Co., the largest holder of its stock.

Nov. 26, 1887 - Charles C. Reardon, of Franklin, waylaid by highwaymen shot in the back and robbed of $350, while driving home from Cooperstown.

Dec. 26, 1887 - P. Q. Myers, of Nickleville, thrown from a horse and suffers double dislocation of the neck and believed to be fatally injured. (Died Jan. 10, 1888)

Dec. 27, 1887 - Charles J. Frazer, a prominent broker and speculator of Oil City, killed by accidental discharge of his gun, while hunting, near Pinoak.

Jan. 11, 1888 - Harry Daniels fatally hurt while driving hose cart to a fire on East Second Street, Oil City.

Feb. 13, 1888 - Roy McKin, aged 15 years, drowned while playing on the ice of the Allegheny River at Oil City.

Feb. 14, 1888 - Michael Ranke drowned while attempting to cross the Allegheny on the ice, at Franklin.

April 28, 1888 - The body of James McLaughlin, the lost fisherman, of Siverly, found on an abandoned road in the woods between President and Camp Run.

April 29, 1888 - John Cawley, of the Columbia Farm, found dead in the W.N.Y. & P. Railroad tracks, above the Tarr farm bridge.

May 8, 1888 - John Dryer, aged 81, burned to death on a farm near Pleasantville.

June 27, 1888 - James F. Lamberton, of Plum Township, killed by horse’s kick.

July 17, 1888 - John C. Gold of the Middle Field and William Bennett of Franklin, suffocated by natural gas near Twombly, Ohio.

Aug. 6, 1888 - Richard Lisstan killed at the W.N.Y.& P. round house, Oil City.

Aug. 16, 1888 - Squire Gilmore of Irwin Township, Venango County, drowned in his mill dam, near Clintonville.

Sept. 14, 1888 - Mathew Jennings killed on the N.Y. and O. R. R. at Oil City.

Sept. 25, 1888 - Rev. John Eccles killed by a train at Reno.

Oct. 19, 1888 - Death of William Miller, formerly postmaster of Petroleum Centre, at Jamestown, N.Y.

Nov. 13, 1888 - James Fox, an old respected citizen of South Oil City, killed by a falling tree, while at work in the woods on the Plumer road.

Nov. 26, 1888 - Doc Haggerty, a treasurer in the employee of the Torpedo Co., of Warren, killed while unloading nitro-glycerine at Van Vllet’s magazine, near Pleasantville.

Nov. 29, 1888 - Body of Willie Singleton recovered from the Allegheny at Oil City.

Jan. 21, 1889 - Rev. Elder’s house at Marienville burned and his mother perished in the flames.

March 25, 1889 - James Corbett, aged 12, accidentally killed by a revolver in the hands of a playmate at McClintockville.

May 15, 1889 - Samuel Whitman, a tool dresser, instantly killed at a drilling well on the Hodgens farm, near Washington.

May 25, 1889 - Grant W. Mitchell, a teamster, killed by a runaway team, at Franklin.

June 24, 1889 - Mrs. Anna McDowell burned to death by a lamp explosion, at Franklin.

July 13, 1889 - Martin Timlin killed in a railroad collision at Columbia Farm.

July 23, 1889 - M. Gibbons, of Elm St., Oil City, fatally injured by a fall from his train, ear Angola, N.Y.

Aug. 23, 1889 - E. J. Ames, of Rockland Township, killed on the A.W.R.R., near Emlenton.

Sept. 5, 1889 - James Moon fatally injured at Kerstetter and Logan’s drilliing well, near Salem; skull fractured by a bursting sand reel.

Sept. 17, 1889 - W. F. McCormick, a young attorney of Franklin, makes an attempt at suicide by shooting himself with a revolver and dies the following day.

Sept. 21, 1889 - John A. Alexander, of Dempseytown, committed suicide at Washington.

Oct. 3, 1889 - William J. Abrams, of Pleasantville, killed by the bursting of a safety valve in a boiler on the Steele lease, Burr farm, near Evans City.

Oct. 23, 1889 - John Porter, a W.N. Y & P. brakeman, run over by his train in the Oil City yards and killed.

Nov. 28, 1889 - William Snyder, of Oil City, killed by accidental discharge of his gun while hunting.

Nov. 30, 1889 - A boat load of nitro-glycerine exploded just below Oil City, killing Edward Hoffman and James Fisher.

Jan. 13, 1890 - Sudden death of Edward Lewis, of Oil City, Supt. of bridges for the Allegheny Valley Railroad.

Feb. 13, 1890 - Barney Wilson suffocated by gas in the still house of the Crystal refinery, at Oil City.

March 8, 1890 - S. J. P. Mitchell, a shooter for the Rock Glycerine Co., killed by a nitro-glycerine explosion, near Franklin.

March 20, 1890 - J. J. Stock, a driller, while working on an oil well, near Reno, was caught in the bull rope in such a way as to break his neck; his death was instantaneous.

May 10, 1890 - Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Jackson, of Victory Township, killed while milking cows during a violent storm.

June 15, 1890 - Michael T. Carmody drowned in the river at Moran’s eddy, below Oil City.

July 26, 1890 - Death of Ivers Bryan, at Pithole, from injuries received in a runaway accident. He was one of the pioneers of Pithole.

Sept. 25, 1890 - Nathan Brown, of Emlenton, killed by falling under the wheels of an Allegheny Valley train, at Foxburg.

Oct. 17, 1890 - John Foley, of Siverly, fatally hurt by falling under the wheel of his drag while driving on Colbert Ave., Oil City.

Jan. 9, 1891 - Eugene Rew, an oil well shooter, killed by explosion of nitro-glycerine, near Oil City.

Feb. 20, 1891 - William Teegard, fireman, killed when a landslide on the Valley road causes a bad wreck between Oil City and Franklin.

March 12, 1891 - Mrs. Mary Seth fatally burned in her home at Sedgwick, near Oil City. She died a few days later.

March 22, 1891 - Mysterious death of N. P. Tobin, of Franklin; his body found in the ruins of his tailor shop, in the Centre Block which burned during the night.

March 29, 1891 - William Sweet, of Oil City, killed at Warren by falling beneath a freight train on the W.N.Y.& P.R.R.

May 4, 1891 - Accidental death of Thomas Griffith, an old moonlighter, of Oil City, by falling from a window.

May 12, 1891 - Death of Dr. Jonathan Whitely, a pioneer of Oil Creek and the oldest practicing physician in Oil City.

June 23, 1891 - John Martin, 14year old son of Michael Martin, killed on the N.Y.P & O. tracks at Oil City.

June 29, 1891 - Henry Winger, of Siverly and his nephew, Samuel Winger, fatally burned at the Forest Oil Co.’s well at Coraopolis.

June 29, 1891 - A. S. Brown, ex-street Commissioner of Oil City, instantly killed while loading stone in Manning’s quarry, near Horse Creek.

July 3, 1891 - Charles Morrow, resident of Oil City, killed by a switch engine on the W.M.Y.& P. tracks, near the Imperial Barrel Works.

July 4, 1891 - Little daughter of C. A. Brown, of Oil City, drowned in a drain, on East Second Street.

July 5, 1891 - Michael Connelly, an inmate of the County Home, killed on the N.Y.P & O. R.R. near Franklin.

July 14, 1891 - Emma Stone, aged 14 years, killed by a stroke of lightning at her home on the Galloway farm, near Franklin.

July 23, 1891 - Death of Isaac Baker, one of Venango pioneers, at his residence near Walnut Bend.

Aug. 12, 1891 - Sudden death of John M. Mitchell, a hardware dealer of Emlenton.

Aug. 27, 1891 - Mrs. James B. Witherup burned to death at her home, near Scrubgrass.

Sept. 1, 1891 - Sad drowning of a 4 year old son of Benjamin Young in a cistern on Central Ave. in Oil City.

Sept. 19, 1891 - Death of John Lynd, at Siverlyville, from results of an accident received on July 9, when he was run over by a hand-car on the W.N.Y.& P.R.R. and his back broken.

Oct. 27, 1891 - John Fleischman and Jack Watson, of Oil City, seriously injured by a fall from the Rouseville bridge. Watson’s back was broken but Fleischman expected to recover.

Nov. 1, 1891 - William North, of Oil City, drowned in the river below the Suspension bridge.

Nov.1, 1891 - Patrick Jennings, of Oil City, a pipe line employee, drowned near Allegheny City.

Nov. 23, 1891 - John McClure, of Oil City, knocked into a tank of hot water at the Imperial Wax Works by a gust of wind and fatally scalded.

Dec. 18, 1891 - Death of John C. Holmes, one of the oldest conductors on the W.N.Y.& P.R.R., at Oil City.

Dec. 30, 1891 - W. N. Downing, of Siverly, killed by the explosion of nitroglycerine he was thawing out, at Archer’s Forks, across the river from St. Marys, W. Va.

May 22, 1892 - Death of John J. Saltsman, Sr., a pioneer resident and prominent business man of Oil City.

June 3, 1892 - George Graham, a driller from Bully Hill, Venango County, killed on the Panhandle Railroad, near Oakdale.

June 17, 1892- Spurgeon Cook, a 12 year old lad of Oil City, drowned in the river near Moran’s Island.

July 4, 1892 - Riot on Cornplanter run, near Oil City, in which Michael McBride was fatally shot and Alex Foster and J. C. Turner wounded. Louis Marzinski charged with the crime.

Sept. 18, 1892 - Body of John Hancox found hanging in his brother’s barn, near Cherrytree. he had been missing for a week.

Nov. 26, 1892 - Death of John Rynd, a Venango county pioneer and owner of the celebrated Rynd farm on Oil Creek, at Allegheny City.

March 20, 1893 - John Hines meets with a terrible accident at the Oil City Tube Mills; a piece of casting crushed in the side of his head.

April 5, 1893 - Death of Squire J. W. Smullen, one of the oldest residents of Venango County, at his home in Salina.

May 19, 1893 - A 10 year old son of W. M. Porterfield dragged to death at the heels of a runaway horse, near his home at Porterfield, Richland Township, Venango County.

July 19, 1893 - Robert L. Cochran, a citizen of Franklin, accidentally shoots himself at his farm near Sugarcreek.

July 27, 1893 - Hattie Harmon, aged 10, accidentally kills her 12 year-old sister, Gertrude, with a shotgun, near Cooperstown, Venango County.

Aug. 13, 1893 - Jerry Toomey killed by a N.Y.P. & O. train near Sugarcreek Station.

Aug. 20, 1893 - Paul Smith, the 14 year-old son of A. S. Smith, of McClintockville, accidentally killed his brother, Albert, a lad of 16, while camping out near Oleopolis.

Oct. 27, 1893 - Katherine, the 5 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zeller, of Oil City, burned so seriously as to cause her death.

Dec. 5, 1893 - Harper Whitmore killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Christina Haylett and her daughter, Mrs. James Martin, at St. Joe, and then committed suicide.

Dec. 25, 1893 - Barn of James McNutt, on the Bronson farm, between Pleasantville and Plumer, struck by lightning and destroyed two horses.

Feb. 21, 1894 - John H. Hopewell, a former resident of Oil City, and his wife, commit suicide at Des Moines, Iowa.

March 3, 1894 - Death of W. B. Krosskop, a druggist, of Oil City.

March 8, 1894 - John Martin, freight train fireman on the W.N.Y. & P.R.R. is thrown into the river and drowned by the wreck of the train at Walnut Bend.

March 21, 1894 - Edward Burns, of Petroleum Centre, struck by a train on the Panhandle road, near McDonald, and instantly killed.

April 4, 1894 - Accident at Oil City; Joseph Kahles, his two children and Mary Tessmer instantly killed by the explosion of a glycerine can; Mrs. Kahles and an infant seriously injured.

April 10, 1894 - Body of John Martin, lost by the wreck of the W. N.Y. & P.R.R., March 8, found in the river, near Kennerdell.

May 30, 1894 - Death of George P. Espy, a pioneer petroleum producer, at Petroleum Centre.

June 11, 1894 - Samuel McKelvey and William Minnis, of Franklin, killed by a train on the Lake Shore Railroad, at Polk.

July 6, 1894 - R. Lang, an industrious German, killed at the Oil City Tube Works by electricity, while attempting to regulate an arc light.

Sept. 1, 1894 - Boiler explosion at McCoy & Co.’s drilling well on the Shreve farm, near Boughton Station, on the east side of Oil Creek and instantly killed. G.F. Toy, who resided near the scene of the explosion.

Sept. 1, 1894 - Fred McMullen, a young man from Oil City, fatally injured while driving near the Eclipse Oil Works, at Franklin.

Nov. 6, 1894 - Barnard Reed, of Ten-Mile Bottom, killed in a boiler explosion, near Sisterville.

Nov. 8, 1894 - Frank P. Wigfield, a W.N.Y. & P. trainman, killed while compiling cars in the yards above Oil City.

Dec. 17, 1894 - John McGuire, of Oil City, an old employee of the W.N.Y & P. killed by a train, near Lakeview, N.Y.

Jan. 18, 1895 - Henry Grimes, aged 25 years, shot and instantly killed by Silas Williams, in front of a disorderly house on the south side, Oil City.

May 24, 1895 - Harvey Sutley, a well-known farmer, of Bethel Church, about 15 miles from Franklin, committed suicide by shooting.

June 27, 1895 - David McMillan seriously injured by a main sill falling upon him at a well on the Cox farm, near Rockland, Venango County.

Aug. 22, 1895 - Claude Ward, a young man of Oil City, killed by an explosion of a wagon load of nitro-glycerine he was driving on Bully Hill, about two miles from Franklin.

Aug. 31, 1895 - W. W. Coast found in an unconscious condition in front of his father’s residence on South Side, Oil City, and died during the day. An autopsy revealed a fractured skull. Foul play suspected.

Oct. 14, 1895 - Mrs. Anna Bell burned to death at the County Home, near Franklin.

Nov. 12, 1895 - James Hughes, an oil speculator and farmer of Venango County, killed by accidentally driving into a ditch at Franklin.

Nov. 26, 1895 - Trial of Eugene Horn, for causing the death of W. W. Coast at Oil City, on Aug. 30, begun at Franklin.

Dec. 26, 1895 - Mrs. Ellen Egan, aged 60 years, discovered dead from asphyxiation in her room on Chestnut Street, Oil City.

Jan. 24, 1896 - Edward McCaslin, of Pleasantville, received fatal injuries by a fall from a derrick near Pennville, Indiana. Her was 21 years old.

Feb. 1, 1896 - Robert Struthers killed by falling on an icon bar in front of the Oil Exchange Annex on Centre Street, Oil City. The sharp end of the bar penetrated his throat and severed the jugular vein.

May 13, 1896 - John Freeman, a well-known local character in Oil City, struck by a train on the W.N.Y. & P.R.R. in the railroad yards and instantly killed.

June 2, 1896 - Effie Hughes, a 6 year old girl of East Second Street, Oil City, fatally burned while playing about a blazing pile of rubbish.

June 12, 1896 - John Carroll, conductor, of Siverly, fatally injured on the W. N.Y.& P, at Thompson Station.

June 14, 1896 - Dr. Thomas C. McCulloch, of Oil City, stricken down with lesion on the brain, while attending services at the First Presbyterian Church.

June 24, 1896 - Death of Loring M. Shaw, at Oil City Hospital, from burns received on Tuesday on an oil lease near Plumer.

July 26, 1896 - Samuel Miller, of Salina, employed as a pumper, killed by a boiler explosion, near Bowling Green, Ohio.

Aug. 8, 1896 - Fred Trunk, 9 year old son of Casper Trunk, killed by a construction car on the Oil City Electric Railway on West First Street.

Nov. 27, 1896 - Joseph Stover, age 19 years, suffocated by inhaling gas at an oil well on the Bovard lease, at Coal Hill, a few miles southeast of Oil City.

Dec. 1, 1896 - Oliver Blindberry, fatally injured by a boiler explosion on the Wilbert lease, at Petroleum Centre.

March 21, 1897 - Body of Michael Keane, of Oil City, found floating in the river at Foxburg; he had been missing since early in January.

March 29, 1897 - The body of Alfonso Nellis, the Siverly lad who had been missing since Dec. 29 last, found on an island in the river near Moran’s Eddy.

July 4, 1897 - Timothy Tynan, a stone mason, burned to death at his home in the Third Ward, Oil City.

July 11, 1897 - Andrew Hartel drowned while bathing in French Creek near Franklin.

Aug. 14, 1897 - John McMahon, of Siverly, killed by a train while walking on the W. N.Y.& P. tracks, on the Oil City yard.

Sept. 8, 1897 - Lizzie Fleeman, of Oil City, drowned while bathing in the Allegheny River, near the Rockwood quarries.

Sept. 14, 1897 - William L. Book, a well-known farmer, residing near Emlenton, committed suicide at Butler.

Oct. 3, 1897 - Rowley McLaughlin, of Pleasantville, an oil well driller, killed in a boiler explosion, near Findley, Ohio.

Oct. 7, 1897 - John J. Doyle, a prominent Franklin citizen, killed by a train on the West Penn Railroad, at Hite, 19 miles west of Pittsburg.

Oct. 9, 1897 - Death of Charles Henshaw, at Butler; he was 81 years of age and for many ears was known to the citizens of Venango County as the “Hermit of Deep Hollow Road”.

Oct. 23, 1897 - Mrs. Mary Palmer drops dead at the house of M. Braunscheweiger of Oil City; coroner’s jury decides it is a case of apoplexy.

Dec. 25, 1897 - Alexander Furlong, of Oil City, killed by a train on the Erie Railroad, between Sugarcreek and Franklin.

Contributor - Penny Haylett Minnick