The Casper Tribune-Herald
Tuesday, September 7, 1937
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Columbine Youth Meets Death
A 16-year-old Columbine youth, Stewart Donald Ackley, was killed instantly in an oil rig accident near Midwest in the Salt Creek field Monday afternoon. He was to have attended the opening class of his junior year in the Midwest high school Tuesday.
Fellow workmen said Ackley was struck on the temple by a heavy log chain which whipped out suddenly when the 600-pound crown block of the hoisting rig slipped after a brake was applied to hold it in place. This was after a clutch in the hoisting machinery failed to mesh.
County Coroner W. L. Bustard termed the tragedy wholly accidental and said no inquest would be held.
Young Ackley was spending his first day with the oil well dismantling crew in charge of Frank Ray, sub-contractor for the American Iron and Metal company. Joe Tackett, brother-in-law of the youth, was the other member of the crew.
A resident of Columbine since he was 10 years old, Ackley until recently carried a Tribune-Herald paper route in the field. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Ackley, and was born at Four Corners, Wyo., March 23, 1921.
Besides his parents, he is survived by four sisters: Mrs. Anna Allen, Four Corners; Mrs. Iris Tackett, Edgerton; Mrs. Eunice Tackett, Columbine, and Mrs. Jessie Austin, Chalskanie, Ore., and one brother, Bert E., Columbine. Three nephews and two nieces also survive.
Funeral services were scheduled Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Conroy funeral home.
Tuesday, September 7, 1937
Page 2
Columbine Youth Meets Death
A 16-year-old Columbine youth, Stewart Donald Ackley, was killed instantly in an oil rig accident near Midwest in the Salt Creek field Monday afternoon. He was to have attended the opening class of his junior year in the Midwest high school Tuesday.
Fellow workmen said Ackley was struck on the temple by a heavy log chain which whipped out suddenly when the 600-pound crown block of the hoisting rig slipped after a brake was applied to hold it in place. This was after a clutch in the hoisting machinery failed to mesh.
County Coroner W. L. Bustard termed the tragedy wholly accidental and said no inquest would be held.
Young Ackley was spending his first day with the oil well dismantling crew in charge of Frank Ray, sub-contractor for the American Iron and Metal company. Joe Tackett, brother-in-law of the youth, was the other member of the crew.
A resident of Columbine since he was 10 years old, Ackley until recently carried a Tribune-Herald paper route in the field. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Ackley, and was born at Four Corners, Wyo., March 23, 1921.
Besides his parents, he is survived by four sisters: Mrs. Anna Allen, Four Corners; Mrs. Iris Tackett, Edgerton; Mrs. Eunice Tackett, Columbine, and Mrs. Jessie Austin, Chalskanie, Ore., and one brother, Bert E., Columbine. Three nephews and two nieces also survive.
Funeral services were scheduled Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Conroy funeral home.
The Casper Tribune-Herald
Tuesday, September 7, 1937
Page 2
Columbine Youth Meets Death
A 16-year-old Columbine youth, Stewart Donald Ackley, was killed instantly in an oil rig accident near Midwest in the Salt Creek field Monday afternoon. He was to have attended the opening class of his junior year in the Midwest high school Tuesday.
Fellow workmen said Ackley was struck on the temple by a heavy log chain which whipped out suddenly when the 600-pound crown block of the hoisting rig slipped after a brake was applied to hold it in place. This was after a clutch in the hoisting machinery failed to mesh.
County Coroner W. L. Bustard termed the tragedy wholly accidental and said no inquest would be held.
Young Ackley was spending his first day with the oil well dismantling crew in charge of Frank Ray, sub-contractor for the American Iron and Metal company. Joe Tackett, brother-in-law of the youth, was the other member of the crew.
A resident of Columbine since he was 10 years old, Ackley until recently carried a Tribune-Herald paper route in the field. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Ackley, and was born at Four Corners, Wyo., March 23, 1921.
Besides his parents, he is survived by four sisters: Mrs. Anna Allen, Four Corners; Mrs. Iris Tackett, Edgerton; Mrs. Eunice Tackett, Columbine, and Mrs. Jessie Austin, Chalskanie, Ore., and one brother, Bert E., Columbine. Three nephews and two nieces also survive.
Funeral services were scheduled Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Conroy funeral home.
Tuesday, September 7, 1937
Page 2
Columbine Youth Meets Death
A 16-year-old Columbine youth, Stewart Donald Ackley, was killed instantly in an oil rig accident near Midwest in the Salt Creek field Monday afternoon. He was to have attended the opening class of his junior year in the Midwest high school Tuesday.
Fellow workmen said Ackley was struck on the temple by a heavy log chain which whipped out suddenly when the 600-pound crown block of the hoisting rig slipped after a brake was applied to hold it in place. This was after a clutch in the hoisting machinery failed to mesh.
County Coroner W. L. Bustard termed the tragedy wholly accidental and said no inquest would be held.
Young Ackley was spending his first day with the oil well dismantling crew in charge of Frank Ray, sub-contractor for the American Iron and Metal company. Joe Tackett, brother-in-law of the youth, was the other member of the crew.
A resident of Columbine since he was 10 years old, Ackley until recently carried a Tribune-Herald paper route in the field. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Ackley, and was born at Four Corners, Wyo., March 23, 1921.
Besides his parents, he is survived by four sisters: Mrs. Anna Allen, Four Corners; Mrs. Iris Tackett, Edgerton; Mrs. Eunice Tackett, Columbine, and Mrs. Jessie Austin, Chalskanie, Ore., and one brother, Bert E., Columbine. Three nephews and two nieces also survive.
Funeral services were scheduled Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Conroy funeral home.
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