Helen E (Hallcroft) Daniels (1907 - 1937)

Born 7 Dec 1907 in Colorado, United States

Died 1 Jul 1937 at age 29 in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, USA

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Helen E Hallcroft. ^[1] File Format: jpg. Firework Blast Article. File Format: jpg. Helen E Daniels Tombstone.

Born 7 Dec 1907. ^[2] File Format: jpg. Firework Blast Article. File Format: jpg. Helen E Daniels Tombstone.

Died 1 Jul 1937. Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, USA. ^[3] File Format: jpg. Firework Blast Article. File Format: jpg. Helen E Daniels Tombstone.

Buried Kohlerlawn Cemetery. Jul 1937. Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, USA. ^[4] File Format: jpg. Firework Blast Article. File Format: jpg. Helen E Daniels Tombstone.

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Helen was born in 1907. She died in a tragic accident in 1937.

She married Thomas Clifton "Slim" Daniels in 1928.

PREMATURE FOURTH BLAST KILLS FOUR By United Press.

NAMPA, Idaho, July 2. - This town's Fourth of July celebration was ended abruptly today after an explosion of fireworks in a drug store that killed four and injured more than 20 people.

At least 12 of the injured were in a critical condition.

Mayor R. Lewis Ord ordered that no more fireworks be sold or exploded in the city limits.

The explosion and fire destroyed a two-story building in the center of town. Two children and two women were killed.

The fireworks were heaped on a display counter and the young son of E. L. Drake, drug store proprietor, was showing them to a friend. Somebody tossed a lighted firecracker onto the counter.

There were several sharp reports and then a thunderous roar. Roman candles and sky rockets flashed across the room, shot out plate glass windows, ignited the holiday display of flimsy crepe paper that hung from the ceiling. Torpedoes, giant firecrackers and bombs were in th heap. Some of the rockets gyrated crazily along the sidewalks and landed a block away.

In a few seconds the building was a mass of flame, all retreat was shut off and 30 patrons in the store were trapped. Many fled up a balcony to the second floor in a panic, and jumped out windows onto a cement alley. Several suffered broken arms and legs. Pedestrians ran into the building and dragged children to safety, after they were crippled by explosions and burns.

Katherine Miller, four, and Ardyce Povek, nine, died of burns. Mrs. Helen Daniels, 29, who operated a beauty parlor on the second floor, and Mrs. Ernest Miller, mother of Katherine, also were burned to death. Mrs. May Ladelle of Homedale, Idaho, was not expected to survive her burns.

All doctors and nurses in the vicinity were pressed into service to care for the injured. Most of them were women and children. Fireman Jack Jekey was seriously burned in an attempted rescue. The explosion occurred during the evening shopping rush, when the building was crowded.

The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA 2 Jul 1937

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-1638970996 Helen E Hallcroft Daniels Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66236052 Note: File Format: jpg Firework Blast Article File Format: jpg Helen E Daniels Tombstone Birth: Dec. 7, 1907 Death: Jul. 1, 1937 Nampa Canyon County Idaho, USAIdaho Death Index shows a birth date of 7 Dec 1907 but headstone indicates the birth year as 1908."Mrs T. C. Daniels, 29-year-old barber's wife, her dress aflame was killed almost instantly." Five other people were killed in the accident.Downstairs was a drug store, upstairs was a beauty shop run by Helen Barr (the second Helen). Uncle Clifton was in his barber shop across the street. Fire Chief Lessinger said children playing with fireworks in the drug store touched off the sparks that was the cause the tragedy. There were fireworks in the display window which helped to make the fire move so fast.The first Helen (Hallcroft) was a client of Helen Barr. The beauty shop operator Helen Barr jumped out of the window into the alley out back and broke both of her ankles, but survived. Later Uncle Clifton married the second Helen. "Thank you to Joyce Daniels for providing information for the memorials. Family links: Spouse: Thomas Clifton Daniels (1902 - 1976)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Kohlerlawn Cemetery Nampa Canyon County Idaho, USA Plot: K 12 4 Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Gravely Diggens Record added: Feb 27, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 66236052
2. ↑ Source: #S-1638970996 Helen E Hallcroft Daniels Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66236052 Note: File Format: jpg Firework Blast Article File Format: jpg Helen E Daniels Tombstone Birth: Dec. 7, 1907 Death: Jul. 1, 1937 Nampa Canyon County Idaho, USAIdaho Death Index shows a birth date of 7 Dec 1907 but headstone indicates the birth year as 1908."Mrs T. C. Daniels, 29-year-old barber's wife, her dress aflame was killed almost instantly." Five other people were killed in the accident.Downstairs was a drug store, upstairs was a beauty shop run by Helen Barr (the second Helen). Uncle Clifton was in his barber shop across the street. Fire Chief Lessinger said children playing with fireworks in the drug store touched off the sparks that was the cause the tragedy. There were fireworks in the display window which helped to make the fire move so fast.The first Helen (Hallcroft) was a client of Helen Barr. The beauty shop operator Helen Barr jumped out of the window into the alley out back and broke both of her ankles, but survived. Later Uncle Clifton married the second Helen. "Thank you to Joyce Daniels for providing information for the memorials. Family links: Spouse: Thomas Clifton Daniels (1902 - 1976)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Kohlerlawn Cemetery Nampa Canyon County Idaho, USA Plot: K 12 4 Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Gravely Diggens Record added: Feb 27, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 66236052
3. ↑ Source: #S-1638970996 Helen E Hallcroft Daniels Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66236052 Note: File Format: jpg Firework Blast Article File Format: jpg Helen E Daniels Tombstone Birth: Dec. 7, 1907 Death: Jul. 1, 1937 Nampa Canyon County Idaho, USAIdaho Death Index shows a birth date of 7 Dec 1907 but headstone indicates the birth year as 1908."Mrs T. C. Daniels, 29-year-old barber's wife, her dress aflame was killed almost instantly." Five other people were killed in the accident.Downstairs was a drug store, upstairs was a beauty shop run by Helen Barr (the second Helen). Uncle Clifton was in his barber shop across the street. Fire Chief Lessinger said children playing with fireworks in the drug store touched off the sparks that was the cause the tragedy. There were fireworks in the display window which helped to make the fire move so fast.The first Helen (Hallcroft) was a client of Helen Barr. The beauty shop operator Helen Barr jumped out of the window into the alley out back and broke both of her ankles, but survived. Later Uncle Clifton married the second Helen. "Thank you to Joyce Daniels for providing information for the memorials. Family links: Spouse: Thomas Clifton Daniels (1902 - 1976)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Kohlerlawn Cemetery Nampa Canyon County Idaho, USA Plot: K 12 4 Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Gravely Diggens Record added: Feb 27, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 66236052
4. ↑ Source: #S-1638970996 Helen E Hallcroft Daniels Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66236052 Note: File Format: jpg Firework Blast Article File Format: jpg Helen E Daniels Tombstone Birth: Dec. 7, 1907 Death: Jul. 1, 1937 Nampa Canyon County Idaho, USAIdaho Death Index shows a birth date of 7 Dec 1907 but headstone indicates the birth year as 1908."Mrs T. C. Daniels, 29-year-old barber's wife, her dress aflame was killed almost instantly." Five other people were killed in the accident.Downstairs was a drug store, upstairs was a beauty shop run by Helen Barr (the second Helen). Uncle Clifton was in his barber shop across the street. Fire Chief Lessinger said children playing with fireworks in the drug store touched off the sparks that was the cause the tragedy. There were fireworks in the display window which helped to make the fire move so fast.The first Helen (Hallcroft) was a client of Helen Barr. The beauty shop operator Helen Barr jumped out of the window into the alley out back and broke both of her ankles, but survived. Later Uncle Clifton married the second Helen. "Thank you to Joyce Daniels for providing information for the memorials. Family links: Spouse: Thomas Clifton Daniels (1902 - 1976)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Kohlerlawn Cemetery Nampa Canyon County Idaho, USA Plot: K 12 4 Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Gravely Diggens Record added: Feb 27, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 66236052

• Source: S-1638970996 Repository: #R-1698092664 Find A Grave Note:
• Repository: R-1698092664 findagrave.com Note:
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCK-G8S : accessed 9 February 2020), Helen Hollcraft in household of E B G Hollcraft, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States; citing ED 60, sheet 16A, line 39, family 359, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 290; FHL microfilm 1,820,290.

• "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3TS-JPV : 10 December 2017), T Clifton Daniels and Helen Hallcroft, 28 Sep 1928; citing Canyon, Idaho, various county courthouses, Idaho; FHL microfilm 1,255,605.

• "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3TS-ZSX : 10 December 2017), T Clifton Daniels and Helen Hallcroft, 28 Sep 1928; citing Canyon, Idaho, various county courthouses, Idaho; FHL microfilm 1,255,605.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHDP-61X : accessed 9 February 2020), Helen Daniels in household of F Clifton Daniels, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 1B, line 74, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 398; FHL microfilm 2,340,133.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66236052/helen-e-daniels : accessed 9 February 2020), memorial page for Helen E Hallcroft Daniels (7 Dec 1907–1 Jul 1937), Find A Grave Memorial no. 66236052, citing Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie Dilworth (contributor 46919630) .