Wickens - Ted - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

 

Ted L. WICKENS, 46, who was critically injured in the  explosion which occurred last Tuesday afternoon at the Panhandle  Eastern Pipeline Co. at Montezuma died March 17, 1963 at Union  Hospital, Terre Haute where he was taken immediately following  the blast. Mr. Wickens, who came from Houston, Texas was resident  agent for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline. His condition had been  termed as critical ever since the explosion. He suffered burns  over most of his body. 16 other men were injured in the explosion  which occurred in an almost completed building where a 3,000-HP  pumping engine was being installed. Wickens is surviving by his  wife, Mary Louise of Houston; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Wickens of  Texas and a sister. The body was taken to Houston for  funeral.