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ST. GEORGE — One of the great wrongs in St. George history was righted Nov. 9 in the desert bluffs behind town.
On a brisk fall day beneath bright sunshine, the site of the old Escalante No. 2 oil well was dedicated with a monument by descendants of those who died there in 1935.
In what some call the greatest disaster in the history of Washington County, 10 local citizens and rig workers were killed on the night of March 6, 1935, when an oil derrick blew up 7 miles south of St. George.
Flames from the explosion could be seen from as far away as Hurricane. Folks in LaVerkin and Leeds called city officials to see if an earthquake had occurred.
