[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1827]

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A coffee break saved nearly three dozen Wilson & Co. employees from possible injury or death Tuesday. Moments before an ice house on the top story rumbled and fell seven floors to ground level, about 36 men left the beef and veal coolers on the fourth floor for the 11 a.m. coffee break. The huge cooling system and brine tanks on the sixth floor crashed through the space where many of the crew had been working. "There were only five of us in the veal cooler," said James Hendrix … continued below

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King, Cliff March 24, 1959.

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A coffee break saved nearly three dozen Wilson & Co. employees from possible injury or death Tuesday. Moments before an ice house on the top story rumbled and fell seven floors to ground level, about 36 men left the beef and veal coolers on the fourth floor for the 11 a.m. coffee break. The huge cooling system and brine tanks on the sixth floor crashed through the space where many of the crew had been working. "There were only five of us in the veal cooler," said James Hendrix of route 5, west of the city. "James McIntosh, Noah Clark, Manuel Galindo and Gene Clayton, as I remember." "I heard this rumble and crash, and I ran for the door," he continued. "just as O got to the door, I heard someone yell and I ran back to see Clayton dragging Galindo away from the crash.........."It's really amazing how few were hurt," commented Oliver W. Gaffney, general manager for the plant....The packing plant is located in Oklahoma County, surrounded by Oklahoma City."

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PublishDate: O-3-25-59

Credit: Daily Oklahoman

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  • Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, March 25, 1959

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Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection

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  • March 24, 1959

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King, Cliff. [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1827], photograph, March 24, 1959; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1700786/: accessed May 31, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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