Show account of titus brothers death mr air eugene titus and daughter returned to the park this week after being called to long beach california on account ot of the oil well explosion that killed two of mr titus sons A clipping from a long beach newspaper gives elves an account ot of the acel accident dent which ws we republish publish re two brothers are dead from burns received receive d in a gas explosion in a tank at the general petroleum fulton mckee no mo I 1 well yesterday two other workers were burned seriously in one of 0 the most unusual fires in the sensational record of signal hill oil field dean titus 28 26 and his brother lynn titus 35 both ot of west vrest eighth street received terrible burns covering their bodies they pawed passed away early last evening earl smith 24 ot of north yale tale street fullerton Pul lerton was burned seriously about the face hands and body glenn simpson 23 ot of dayman avenue was burned about the lace face and hands I 1 1 the injured men were eating lunch near the base ot of an empty crude oil storage tank on the 0 P lease fit at amerl I 1 can avenue and pepper drive during the mid shift period yesterday human torches suddenly name flame poured ironi from the open door ot of the tank on t the he ground level swee sweeping P ing over the tour four workers and enveloping ve the derrick on which they had bad been working and other equipment the titus brothers had their clothing consumed by the seething blaze which converted them into human torches as they staggered blindly away from the tank smith was enveloped in the fierce name flame and simpson had his clothing set afire but beat it out investigators report reported id that the natural gas content ot of crude oil which had been stored in the tank had accumulated in the empty container to such an extent that when hen the seepage through the open door at the base ot of the 1500 barrel container camo came in contact with flame the result was like the blast from a kitchen range oven magnified many thousand times what ignited the gas was not learned by investigators who expressed the belief that a cigarette or spark could have caused the explosion the pulton mcree mckee well was returned to production last friday after having been deepened to the lower sand the yield contained water to such an extent that the company killed the well and was nos trying to locate the source of the water the elder titus is survived by his bis widow mrs mary titus |