Photograph caption dated June 2, 1940 reads, "Smashed pumping facilities and heat-twisted piping are all that remain of this section of Wilmington refinery of the Union Oil Co. today after earth-rocking blast and fire gutted it. Damage is estimated at $100,000. Ray Pillsbury, worker who shut off valves, and this prevented worse damage, was burned in the fire. Eighteen other workmen escaped uninjured."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Union Oil Company of California Petroleum refineries--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Petroleum refineries--California--Los Angeles Petroleum refineries--California--Los Angeles--Employees Debris--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles Petroleum--California--Los Angeles Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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