UPI news brief on the barge explosion

Every once in a great, great while, when I search for news of this fatal blast of 1978, I find something new. Such as this article from United Press International. I knew Lt. Morse fairly well; he arranged a feature I did some other time for Today's Sunbeam, when we spent a day on the cutter Red Oak. Maybe I should pay a visit to the Seaport Museum someday, since that's where the .pdf below originates: Blast Victim Found DELAWARE CITY, DEL. (UPI) – The U.S. Coast Guard today reported finding the remains of a body believed to be that of a man missing after Monday’s explosion of a barge laden with 15,000 barrels of jet fuel. Lt. Thomas Morse said the remains, found aboard the tug, would be sent to the Delaware medical examiner’s office today for identification. Steven Lynch, 21, a tanker man aboard the barge, was reported missing after the explosion touched off a fire that sent billowing black smoke skyward. The blast, which occurred shortly after noon near the Getty Oil Refinery, claimed the life of at least one other victim – 21-year-old Gary Forrester of North Carolina – and injured two people. The barge owned by Interstate Oil Transport Co., a Philadelphia firm, had just been loaded with jet fuel and was being pushed away from the refinery by a tug when it ran aground in sand and blew up. It was about 20 yards offshore. A Coast Guard spokesman said Interstate planned to send a diver down today to investigate the explosion and to begin salvage operations. “The barge is in two sections,” said Coast Guard Ensign John Kelly. “The rear of the barge is submerged and the front is partially above water." Here is the link to the .pdf I just found.

Valero announces sale of Delaware City refinery

The Associated Press is only one of many news outlets reporting the sale on April 8, 2010,for $220 million.
Some others:
Benzinga
Marketwatch
Philadelphia Inquirer

Wikipedia entry for Del. City refinery

Here's the link for the refinery, once owned by Getty, then by Valero, which announced its closing in November 2009

Early news accounts of the blast

Here are the only two news accounts I've been able to find on the Web so far:
Here are the Web links to the stories:
St. Petersburg, Fla., Times
Eugene, Oregon, Register-Guard
Daytona Beach Morning Journal
Schenectady Gazette