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Walter Boyd
Contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
News From Four States. Utah
Date: 1903-05-06;Paper: Salt Lake Telegram
FOUGHT DEATH GAMELY,. BUT FINALLY SUCCUMBED
Standing Neck Deep in Water, Walter Boyd Is Over-whelmed by Blazing Oil.
TIONESTA, Pa., May 6.
Standing In a mill pond with the water up to his neck, where he had gone to escape a forest fire, Walter Boyd, part owner of
Hat's shingle mill, near Pigeon, was burned to death. A tank of oil exploded and the burning fluid covered the man. His body
has been recovered.
When the fire swept in from all points the other members of the crew fled in terror, but Boyd decided to remain until the last
moment When flight was impossible, he plunged into the mill pond. The mill burst into flame. On the bank of the pond, near
the mill, was the oil tank. With a roar heard above the hissing of the fire it exploded. His face from a line about the neck, as
well as his head, was burned black, showing what he suffered before he fell.
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