Victims of the 1933 Signal Hill Oil Refinery Fire: a Virtual Cemetery

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A Virtual Cemetery created by Scott G

Victims of the 1933 Signal Hill Oil Refinery Fire

On June 2, 1933, a blast of fumes at the Richfield Meander plant near Lime Avenue and 27th Street killed nine people and destroyed several nearby homes and derricks.

8 memorials

Charles Julius Brown Flowers have been left.

1906 – 2 Jun 1933

Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Plot info: Wistaria Lawn Burial Section 1 Burial Lot 170B Grave/Niche 3 Entrance Gate 14

No grave photo

Lottie Tripp* Carlyon* Flowers have been left.

27 Dec 1882 – 2 Jun 1933

Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

No grave photo

Marilyn Margaret Carlyon

4 Jul 1924 – 2 Jun 1933

Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Charles Nugent Cope Flowers have been left.

3 Mar 1894 – 2 Jun 1933

Cypress, Orange County, California, USA

Plot info: Garden of Protection,Map 5,Lot 7542,Space 2

Lucas L. “Duke” Gaughan

7 Jun 1901 – 2 Jun 1933

Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Plot info: Abbey of the Psalms, Corridor E1, C/5/58

No grave photo

Karl Lewis RobinsonSponsored

2 Nov 1897 – 2 Jun 1933

Burial Details Unknown

Joseph Lorin Shumway

16 Mar 1894 – 2 Jun 1933

Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona, USA

Plot info: 1–20-4

No grave photo

Edward Fletcher Wyler

1 Apr 1891 – 1933

Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA