William Sellars Jr (1872 - 1895)

Born 9 Oct 1872 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Husband of Mary Moon — married 18 Nov 1893 in Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States

Died 20 Mar 1895 at age 22 in Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States

Biography

William Sellars Jr killed in the Red Canyon No. 5 Mine Disaster on 20-Mar-1895

William was born on 9 Oct 1873 and passed away on 20 Mar 1895, at approximately 6:00 PM at the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company Coal Mine No. 5 an explosion happened unlike any other seen in Wyoming mining disasters. This one involved more above ground, it demolished the power house at the mouth of the shaft. About twenty men were in the house at the time, and only one or two escaped with their lives. The explosion filled the mouth of the shaft with wreckage of the power house and prevented egress. Subsequent developments showed that it also caused several cave-ins, thus hampering attempts at rescue. ^[1] He is buried in Almy Cemetery, Almy, Uinta County, Wyoming. ^{[2] [3]}

William married Mary Moon on 18 Nov 1893 in Almy, Uinta, Wyoming. ^[4]

Census Reports

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSK-DSM : 15 July 2017), Willie Sellers in household of William Sellers, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 213B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,337.

Notes

• Last name should be spelled "Sellers" according to sources and fathers last name.
• LDS Confirmation Date: 1 Jan 1881
• WAC

Date: 4 Mar 1896

Place: Salt Lake City

Sources

1. ↑ "Death to Sixty Miners." Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company Red Canyon No. 5 Mine Explosion. New York Times, 20 Mar. 1895. Web. 4 July 2017. USMineDisasters.com
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 March 2020), memorial page for William Sellers, Jr (1873–20 Mar 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #21319471, citing Almy Cemetery, Almy, Uinta County, Wyoming, USA ; Maintained by Diane & John (contributor 46842343).
3. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNWQ-GWT : 26 January 2016), William Sellers, died 20 Mar 1895; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Almy Cemetery, Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
4. ↑ "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZFH-13J : 19 October 2018), William, Jr. Sellers and Mary Moon, 1893.

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