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From: "Griesan, Tom" <>
Subject: RE: [INLAKE] Standard Oil Refinery Explosion
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:30:42 -0600


Susan,
I'll have to check that date out. Thanks for guiding me along on my
journey!
- Jean

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> From: susan cramer[SMTP:]
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> Jean,
>
>
> I believe it was on August 10, or 5 that rings a bell in the year 1955.
>
> Sue
>
> "Griesan, Tom" wrote:
>
> > Hi listers!
> > I am new to the list. My grandparents moved to Whiting,
> Indiana, in
> > 1926, and raised their three children there. My grandparents were Ralph
> and
> > Ermina Donham. Ralph worked for Standard Oil. In either 1949 or 1950,
> > there was a huge explosion at the Standard Oil Refinery. Can anyone
> tell me
> > anything about it, or the date of the occurrence? Thanks for any
> > information.
> >
> > - Jean Griesan
> >
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