COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Archibald Carter
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1079
Item Description:
Carter, Archibald - Biographical information for Archibald "Archie" Carter; Archibald Carter, Victim of boiler explosion at Murphy Oil Wells, Jan. 6, 1892", obituaries from Abe Fosher's scrapbook; "William Boyd"; "Louis B. Chapman -- Died Feb. 1899"; "L. P. Vidal"; "Mr. Louis Poire"; "Death of Mrs. Henry Barrass, July 10, 1898 After a Relapse of Typoid Fever"; "Passing of Fred Laseberg"; "Passing of Ed Sheldon", "Death of George Sheedon", "Death of Mrs. Louis Poire, 1892"; "L. P. Vidal": Death of Fred Doty Woodruff"; Death of Philip Wisser" [Also see "Boiler Demolished", The Clipper, Lander, Wyo., Jan. 10, 1902, p. 1]
Date:
Undated
Notes:
born: Dec. 17, 1845
Notes:
Carter, Mrs. Maud Cyphert (wife, born: ? - married: ". . . a few months" - died: ? - buried: ?)
Notes:
children:
Notes:
Carter, Mrs. Maud Cyphert [or Eliza Vetter] (wife, born: ? - married: Sep., 1901 - died: ? - died: ?)
Notes:
children: Henry, Alice, Harey and Bessie
Notes:
oil well fireman and Mr. Van Gorden (driller and engineer) resume work after midnight (Jan. 6, 1892)
Notes:
explosion - body found ". . . about 6- feet from the boiler, upon a side of a hill)
Notes:
died: Jan. 6, 1902 [or 1892] - coroner's inquest: ". . . caused by an undue pressure of steam"
Notes:
buried: "The remains were interred in the Cyphert family cemetery on the old homestead.
Type:
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