*Many* thanks, Karen, for the obits of Robert Sickels and Charles Sickels; Charles was my Dad's ex-wife's father and Robert was Charles's father before him. It's creepy the violent and suicidal deaths in this family. The Bible calls it "family curses" which you can break in the Name of Jesus (specifics are in the Old Testament, specifically Deuteronomy 28-29, plus others; Galations 3 (New Testament) plus others). Say what you will about these things, I personally find that what seems to be a "cursed" family can become a "blessed" family through prayer and using these Bible passages. Kathleen In a message dated 4/9/2007 1:44:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, kmwgen@earthlink.net writes: Stanhope Eagle Wed Aug. 6, 1919 Another distressing explosion occurred in the packing house of the Atlas Powder Company(Forcite), at Landing, at 9:40 last Friday morning, whereby a Netcong young man and four others were blown to atoms in the twinkling of an eye, and the packing house, wherein they worked, a building about thirty by forty feet in size, was blown into splinters and kindling wood. The dead were Martin Gregan, of Netcong, aged about thirty-five years, and the father of six children, the oldest of these being fifteeen years old. Charles SICKELS, of Port Morris, also aged thiirty-five years, and the father of four children. The others were Jesse Longcor, or Newton, single: James Norwood, of Ledgewood, single, and Augustus Mattison, married, of Hackettstown, who is survived by a wife and a year-old baby. What could be procured of Martin Gregan's remains were buried Monday morning, with services in St. Michael's church and burial in Stanhope Union Cemetery. Coroner Joseph G. Voelker, of Dover, who attempted to make a personal investigation, could find no definite cause of the explosion. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.