The Navy Department Library
Civilian Casualties
Finding of Facts, Opinion and Recommendations, continued..
[12. PERSONAL INJURIES: continued]
c. Personal Injuries to Civilians:
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CIVILIANS:
(1) ALDEN, Regina; 223 W. Hayden St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Lacerations left upper eyelid, side of nose and cheek; scar tissue may be permanent.
(2) ALDEN, Wilma (Mrs.); Custodian of School, Port Chicago, Calif.; Nature of injuries unknown (reported by Red Cross).
(3) ALESSANDRELLI, Victoria; 1730 Pine St., Martinez, California; Housewife; Cut across right eye -- vision impaired; may be permanent.
(4) ANDERSON, Charles F.; Astoria Hotel (Rm #54), 844 7th St., Oakland, California; Brakeman, Southern Pacific Company; Cut in left eye-ball. May be permanent.
(5) ASHLEY, Doris (Mrs); 219 Madison, Pittsburg, California; Glass removed from knee; scar may be permanent.
(6) BAGGENSTO[...], Agnes; Route #3, Box 192, Concord, California; Housewife; Broken upper plate of teeth.
(7) BAGGENSTO[...], Herbert; Route #3, Box 192, Concord, California; Infant (17 mos.); Scratches on forehead -- not permanent.
(8) BAGGENSTO[...], Stephen; Route #3, Box 192, Concord, California; Associated Oil, Avon, California; Puncture wound on ball of right foot. Minor scratches on head. No permanent injury.
(9) BARGER, Ida; Route 1, Box 72-A, Martinez, California; Stenciler, Shell Oil Company, Martinez, Calif.; Right eye removed; permanent injury. Cut on forehead above nose..
(10) BARRERA, Lee; 859 W. 92nd Street, Los Angeles, California; Permanente Metals Corporation; Injured right eye; left leg; knee injury; may be permanent.
(11) BAYNE, Caroline; P.O. Box 764, Selby, California; Child -- 10 years; Lacerated right knee -- water on knee; may be permanent.
(12) BAYNE, Dixon (Mrs); P.O. Box 764, Selby, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injuries unknown.
(13) BEDOYA, Catherine; 43 Champion Street, Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cut left upper arm, back and behind left ear. Scars. No injury permanent.
(14) BEDOYA, Robert J.; Box 416, 43 Champion St., Port Chicago, California; Cuts on face, legs, body. Not permanent.
(15) BEECHER, Hazel A.; Route 2, Box 105 (80-4), Mountain View Ave., Pittsburg, California; U.S. Army, Camp Stoneman, Post Exchange; Right eye cut. Some permanent loss of vision. Cuts right upper forehead and back of head.
(16) BENNETT, Camille M.; 2100 Castro Street, Martinez, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.
(17) BOROKOFF, Helen; 1221 Florida Street, San Francisco, California; S.P. Company, San Francisco, Calif.; Injury -- unknown.
(18) BROOKS, Lucius P.; Station Building, Port Chicago, California; S.P. Company, Station Agent; Cuts on face, body and knee; not permanent.
(19) BUMGANNER, Evelyn; P.O. Box #195, Port Chicago, California; Richmond Shipyard #3; Back injury -- not permanent.
(20) CASSIDY, George; 117 Main Street, Port Chicago, California; Bartender, Bank Club, Port Chicago, California; Injuries -- unknown.
(21) CHAPMAN, Mable (Mrs); 228 Driscoll Place, Benicia, California; Yuba Manufacturing Company, Benicia, California; 4-inch wound -- 3 inches deep in anterior surface right thigh; not permanent except for scar.
(22) CLARK, Etta; 305 W. Lind Street, Port Chicago, California; Bauxite Grinder, General Chemicals, Nichols, California; Left eye removed. Cut left cheekbone, right shoulder, cut shin. Left cheek paralyzed. Minor cuts. Scars permanent..
(23) CLARK, David; 305 W. Lind Street, Port Chicago, California; Infant -- 13 mos.; Some glass in leg -- completely healed..
(24) CLARK, Loren; 305 W. Lind Street, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Minor cuts and lacerations -- not permanent.
(25) CLARK, Orin; 306 Burgess Street, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.
(26) COLVARD, Carl E.; 302 W. Hayden St., Port Chicago, California; Asst. Wharfman, Tidewater Assoc. Oil Company, Avon, Calif.; Lacerations and shock -- not permanent.
(27) COLVARD, Myrtle; 302 W. Hayden St., Port Chicago, California; Lichti's Pharmacy, Port Chicago, Calif.; Three fingers cut to bone on left hand; may be permanent.
(28) CURLETTO, John Jr.; Slayton Rd., Box 620, Concord, California; Self-employed (not stated); Lost toe-nail -- not permanent.
(29) DALTON, Henry B.; 415 E. Lind Street, Port Chicago, California. Pumper -- Tidewater Assoc. Oil Company, Avon, California. Laceration left leg -- required drain; not permanent.
(30) DARNELL, Nora B. (Mrs); 309 West Lind St., Port Chicago, California; Camp Stoneman, Mess Hall #2; Cut forehead and one foot. Not permanent.
(31) DENIO, Jessie P. (Mrs); 744 Ohio St., Vallejo, California; Homemaker; Fractured pelvis -- shock; may be permanent.
(32) DODSON, Fannie L.; 401 E. Lind St., Port Chicago, California; Shipping Helper; Assoc. Oil Company, Avon, California; Shock and nervous prostration; not permanent.
(33) DOTY, C.A.; P.O. Box, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.
(34) DUMOND, F.J.; 606 Castro St., Martinez, California; International Assoc. of Mach., Concord, California; Cuts on nose, hand and foot; scars may be permanent.
(35) DUNNING, Mabelle; 315 W. Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Self-employed; Right foot -- broken bone; right leg and knee -- cut, bruises, lacerations -- no permanent injury.
(36) ENEA, Patrina; 198 West 9th St., Pittsburg, California; Housewife; Cut over right eye; deep gash -- scar may be permanent.
(37) EWING, C.W.; RFD, Concord, California; Office Assistant, Tidewater Assoc. Oil Company, Avon, Calif.; Contusion of right knee -- not permanent.
(38) FAWCETT, John W.; 117 Main Street, Port Chicago, California; Bartender, Bank Club, Port Chicago, California; Laceration right hand required suture; injury right thigh and hip; scar left hand; should be no permanent injury.
(39) FLEMING, Bertha; Route #1, Box 544, Pittsburg, California; Associated Oil Co., Avon, California; Right eye blackened; right toe and heel cut; left foot and left knee cut; not permanent.
(40) FOSS, Fred E.; 1327 Peralta Avenue; Berkeley, California; Conductor, S.P. Company; Shock (Injuries not permanent).
(41) FRAGA, Thomas F.; 630 Court Street, Martinez, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.
(42) FRANCE, Jessie (Mrs); Route 1, Box 525, Pittsburg, California; Housewife; Severe injury to right eye; may eventually lose eyeball; vision lost permanently.
(43) FRATES, Isabelle; Route #2, Box 578, Concord, California; Housewife; Glass washed from both eyes; small cuts about face well healed; no permanent injury.
(44) FRATES, Thomas L.; Route #2, Box 578, Concord, California; Millwright, Columbia Steel Corp., Pittsburg, Calif.; Eye injured; may be permanent.
(45) FULLMER, Myrtle (Mrs.); Route #1, Boxy 587, Pittsburg, California; Occupation -- unknown; Severe shock.
(46) GARCIA, Carmen H.; 321 West Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Two lacerations of left elbow and left forearm. Nothing permanent except scars.
(47) GARCIA, John C.; 321 West Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Wire-drawer, Columbia Steel Corp., Pittsburg, California. Lacerations face and leg, right cheek; not permanent.
(48) GORDON, Norma Rose; Nichols, California -- via Port Chicago, Calif. General Chemical Company, Nichols, California. Puncture wound right forearm. May be permanent.
(49) GROSSI, Americo; 235 Carroll St., Port Chicago, California; Tidewater Assc. Co., Avon, California; Sprain, left wrist -- multiple lacerations; not permanent.
(50) HATCHER, Robert A.; 415 Hillside Derive, Port Chicago, California. Shift Supervisor, Physical Laboratory, Assc. Oil Company, Avon, California; Cut below right glukal fold and right leg -- numerous lacerations about face, chin, right side. No functional impairment.
(51) HATCHER, Robert David; 415 Hillside Drive, Port Chicago, California; Child -- 5 years; Cut on back of head; suffering from shock -- not permanent.
(52) HATCHER, Wilma; 415 Hillside Drive, Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cuts on hands and arms; front tooth chipped -- 2 teeth loosened -- not permanent.
(53) HAWKINS, Mrs. S.H.; 224 Poplar St., Port Chicago, California. Housewife; Cuts &lacerations on face, arms and chest; not permanent.
(54) HAWTHORNE, Bernice; Route No. 1, P.O. Box 912; Pittsburg, California; Housewife; Right hand lacerated; not permanent.
(55) HEPBURN, Charles L.; Southern Pacific Depot, Port Chicago, Calif. Telegrapher, Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Well healed lacerations back of head, right temporal area, right posterior thigh. Should not be permanent.
(56) HEPBURN, Jacobina; Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Car Body No. 2, Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Shock; -- sprained right hand -- not permanent.
(57) IVERSON, Jack; 34d &Cotton, c/o Richmond, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.
(58) JONES, Benny Jack; 303 Hillside Ave., Port Chicago, California. Child -- 4 years; Injury to knee -- not permanent.
(59) JONES, Myrtle; 303 Hillside Avenue; Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Minor injuries -- not permanent.
(60) JONES, Shirley Ann; 303 Hillside Ave. Port Chicago, California. Infant -- 19 mos. Injury to inner aspect of right thigh; nothing permanent, except scar.
(61) KILSBY, John M.; Columbia Park, Apt. 462, Pittsburg, California. Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.
(62) KIRKHAM, Wallace H.; 687 Spruce St., Oakland, 10, California; Brakeman, S.P., West Oakland, California; Concussion right knee (not permanent).
(63) LANGBKIW, Oscar C.; 348 Cumberland St., Pittsburg, California; Occupation -- unknown; Cut right and left cheek; minor injuries.
(64) LEATH, Janice H.; 309 W. Minnesota St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cut about face; puncture wound right foot; may be permanent scar.
(65) LEATH, William M.; 309 W. Minnesota St., Port Chicago, California; Tidewater Assc. Oil Co., Avon, California; Cuts on shin, outer forehead, left shoulder. Glass entered both eyes. May be some permanent change of vision.
(66) LEIF, Clement J.; 317 Minnesota St., Port Chicago, California. Occupation -- unknown; Finger on left hand cut by flying glass; lanced three times. Probably not permanent.
(67) LICHTI, Robert L.; Box 256, Port Chicago, California; Operation Department, Assc. Oil Company; Lacerations face, right shoulder, left leg and over left eye. May be permanent injury.
(68) LICHTI, Genevieve (Mrs); Box 256, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Slight cut above left eye -- not permanent.
(69) LICHTI, Robert Jr.; Box 256, Port Chicago, California. Child -- 7 years. Cut on top of head -- minor -- not permanent.
(70) LUDRICKS, Rosalie; 222 West Hayden St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cut left side of head above ear -- small cuts right knee and leg. No injury will be permanent.
(71) MARTIN, James; State Hospital, Napa, California; Laborer -- Sparton Bros. Animal Shows; Shock (Acute psychic) -- not believed permanent.
(72) MATTHEWS, Mable Clair; 220 E. Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Well healed but scarred lacerations of upper lip, bridge of nose, forehead, left arm and left breast with contusions of both breasts. Facial scars will be permanent.
(73) MATTHEWS, W.P.; 220 E. Fleet Street, Port Chicago, California. Master Mech. M.F. Smith, Santa Fe RR, Colma, California; Nervous breakdown and bronchial asthma caused by shock and exposure -- not believed permanent.
(74) MOB, Ida; 111-B Division Street, Port Chicago, California. Paul Collins Restaurant & Fountain, Pittsburg, California. Cut on knee -- cut vein -- not permanent.
(75) MORRIS, Alice Ura; Clyde, California; Operator for Pacific Bell Telephone Company; Left, feet, head and arms cut by flying glass. Hearing in right ear impaired.
(76) MULKERIN, M.; 2411 Orchard Lane, Martinez, California; Car Loader, Tidewater Associated Oil Co., Avon, California. Contusion on bridge of nose. Not permanent.
(77) NASSER, Mary; 315 Scott Street, San Francisco, California; Housewife; Deep cuts and lacerations right temple. Cut right arm. Broken wrist. Not permanent.
(78) NASSER, Samuel; 315 Scott Street; San Francisco, California; Retired; Cut on top of head -- right temple -- severe shock; not permanent.
(79) NOLAN, John W.; 1400 Fell Street, San Francisco, California; Brakeman, S.P. Co., 65 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. Right eye removed; some hope for vision in left eye. Injuries permanent.
(80) NOM, Tom (Mrs.); New China Cafe; 605 1st St., Benicia, Calif. Injury -- unknown.
(81) OLDS, Dewey; Columbia Park, Box 366, Pittsburg, California. Controlman, Tidewater Assc. Oil Co., Avon, California. Shock -- mild concussion -- not permanent.
(82) PALUHICKI, Anna (Mrs.); 320 W. Fleet Street, Port Chicago, California. Self-employed; Eye injury (left) -- shock. May be partial loss of vision.
(83) PHILLIPS, Bertha; Route #1, Box 72-A, Martinez, California. Housekeeper; Forehead cut -- not permanent.
(84) PHILLIPS, Kelly; Route #1, Box 72-A, Martinez, California; Shell Chemical Company; Forehead cut -- not permanent.
(85) QUINLAN, Nadia (Mrs).; 1320 Santa Fe Ave., Martinez, California; Housewife; Injury to head, back, legs; shock -- concussion; Constant pounding in back of head and back -- not permanent.
(86) REICHART, Bert; Port Chicago, California. Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.
(87) REMALEY, Velda; 225 Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Cashier -- Southern Pacific Company; Right leg operated on -- lacerations both shins, right ankle, left leg. No permanent injury likely.
(88) ROBINSON, R.D.; 880 Keiler Avenue, Berkeley, 8, California; Trainmaster, S.P. Company; Cuts and bruises on face, hands; shock -- not permanent.
(89) ROSSI, Eleanor, J.; 320 Hayden Street, Port Chicago, California; Stenographer, Research Dept. Tidewater Assc. Oil Company, Avon California; Shock and hysteria -- contusion and abrasion on entire body -- not permanent.
(90) SAHM, Daisy B. (Mrs); 209 E. Lind St., Port Chicago, California. Housewife; Numerous cuts of arms and face; lesion on ridge of right eye; well-healed scars both feet. No permanent injury except scars.
(91) SCHIFFIANO, Paul D.; Southern Pacific RR, Section #13, Port Chicago, California; Laborer, S.P. Company; Cut fingers left hand. Claims vision dimmed; nothing permanent.
(92) SCHMIDT, Adele; 133 Park Avenue, Port Chicago, California; Contra Costa County -- F.W.A. Recreation Project; Cut over left eye -- lacerations about left eye and bridge of nose. Probably nothing permanent.
(93) SCHOTT, Rodney E.; Route #1, Box 158-A, Martinez, California; Child -- 11-1/2 years. Wrist was placed in cast -- cast now off but wrist still weak and bothers him. Not permanent.
(94) SCHROM, Frank; 910 Myrtle Ave., Schenectady, New York; Merchant seaman -- not employed at time. Cut in right eye resulting in traumatic cataract. May be permanent.
(95) SEGALE, A. (Mrs.); 1052 Alabama St., Vallejo, California; Broken wrist -- probably not permanent.
(96) SJODIN, Mrs. Ed; P.O. Box 401, Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Lesions of muscles and subluxated vertebrae -- not permanent.
(97) SMITH, Dewey; 134 Clyde, Port Costa, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury to head and ear -- probably not permanent.
(98) SOTO, Rose; Route #2, Box 267, Pittsburg, California; Housewife; Leg injury -- probably not permanent.
(99) SOTO, Cynthia Ann; Route #2, Box 267, Pittsburg, California; Child -0- 5 years; Head injury -- probably not permanent.
(100) STEBBINS, Daisy E.; 143 Park Avenue; Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cut back of left hand, left leg above knee, right forearm. Puncture wound below shoulder on right arm. Should not be permanent except scars.
(101) STURTEVANT, Roy; 805 Las Juantas, Martinez, California; Secretary-Treasurer, C.I.O. Council; About 20 minor cuts -- not permanent.
(102) SWINDELL, Troy D.; Route #1, Box 968, Pittsburg, California; Boilermaker, C.F. Braun Construction Company, Avon, Calif. Deep cut through abdominal wall of stomach. No permanent injury.
(103) TUTT, Harry W.; Astoria Hotel; 1844 17th St., Oakland, California; Conductor, Southern Pacific Company; Cuts in right eye; both eyes injured -- nervous shock; may be permanent.
(104) VENTURINO, Con[...]; Nichols (Via Port Chicago, California); General Chemical Co., Nichols (Port Chicago, Calif.) Cut on right shoulder -- not permanent.
(105) WELBORN, Shirley; Box 558, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.
(106) WELSH, Marla; 31 Champion St., Port Chicago, California; Child -- 9 years; Injury -- unknown.
(107) WESTERBERG, Amelia; 3640 Serrano St., Martinez, California; California Hawaiian Sugar Refinery; Struck by falling object -- injury not stated; not permanent.
(108) WILSON, Elaine; Box 397; Walnut, California; Very minor lacerations -- not permanent.
(109) ZICCHI, J. (Mrs.); Box 249, Bell Units, Bell Monte, Pittsburg, Calif. Occupation -- unknown. Injury -- unknown.
CIVILIANS -- SS REDLINE CREW
(110 ANDERSON, Oscar; 710 Ellis St., San Francisco, California; Captain SS REDLINE, Union Oil Company; Deep cut on right hand; bruised and swollen left hand; not permanent.
(111) ANDERSON, Nils; 667 Theresa Street, San Francisco, California; 1st Mate, SS REDLINE, Union Oil Company; Fracture of simple left tibia -- not permanent.
(112) NOLDSWORTH, Raymond; Chief Engineer, SS REDLINE, Union Oil Company; Cut on head; shoulder injury -- not permanent.
(113) ORIAS, Mateus; Ordinary Seaman, SS REDLINE, Union Oil Company; Glass in eye; not permanent.
