Today In SCV History: September 12, 1883 - One Dead, Four Injured After Oil Accident In Mentryville img:is([sizes="auto" i], [sizes^="auto," i]) { contain-intrinsic-size: 3000px 1500px } Today In SCV History: September 12, 1883
Today In SCV History: September 12, 1883 - One Dead, Four Injured After Oil Accident In Mentryville
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Today In SCV History: September 12, 1883
Source: KHTS Hometown Station
Date: 09/12/2026 1:30pm
Article Summary:
**September 12, 1883: One Worker Killed, Four Injured in Mentryville Oil Tank Accident**
On Sept. 12, 1883, a scaffolding collapse at Mentryville’s Pico Oil Wells killed worker P. Ward and injured four others while crews built a 20,000-barrel oil tank. The accident occurred during the town’s late-19th-century oil boom, when Mentryville had grown around the success of Pico No. 4 and housed more than 100 families.
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Date: 09/12/2026 1:30pm
Article Summary:
**September 12, 1883: One Worker Killed, Four Injured in Mentryville Oil Tank Accident**
On Sept. 12, 1883, a scaffolding collapse at Mentryville’s Pico Oil Wells killed worker P. Ward and injured four others while crews built a 20,000-barrel oil tank. The accident occurred during the town’s late-19th-century oil boom, when Mentryville had grown around the success of Pico No. 4 and housed more than 100 families.
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