The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-07
Terrible rsplo.ion at the rrsmon, Hotel

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GALvE-rON, MAY "a terrible oaiaH
trophe occurred h. mi, city at 7GC
o'clock this morning, One Of the boil
ors ut tho Trmonl hOtol exploded, in
s,antly killing iour persons, wounding
soyeral others and doing great damage
tn tho hotel aud neighbo,ing property.
THE kILLkD
Thomas Cross, engineers leaves a
vile aud several chi dTun.
Lawrence Carr, hrelnani leaves a
family.
Clara Miller, a white woman.
Anderson Jones, a cOlOrod scrnbber.
THE WOUNDED.
Jose Aqulllo, pastry cloki badly
bruised ana injured internally.
John AxmRn, bell-hoyi shoulder
broken and otherwise injured.
Maurice Sullivan, collar bone bro Ken
and badly injured about the head.
Il. Waller colorod waiter; arm broken
and badly bruised.
Mrs. Burns, linen woman; slightly
bruised about the head.
The conclusion from the explosion
was appalling, The fremont house IN u
large nye'stOry brick structure OF $50
feet frontage ON fremont street and
about the Same depth On Church street.
The boiler house was situated AT the
northwest corner OF the building, and
was "a small one.story brick structure
attached To the main building. fha ex.
plOslon shook tho great building
with such terrible force that the
guests Thought n tremendous
earthquake hgn occurred aud ran panic
stricken about the hPlls, The scene of
the calamity presents II droary specta-
clio. Not one brick Of the bliler house
remains upon another, Dus Ia IT, place,
scattered about Tor hall square, lies
the debris OF the building, tine engine,
the pumps and tho boiler. Tao north.
west wing OF the hotel above
the boiler house is badly wrecked, the
walls cracked and windows demolished.
Fortunately but few guests were quar-
tered in tnls part of tnn bail log, There
we're two horizontal tuuuiar' boilers,
each 6O-horse power, attached 20 tho hO-
Cel, only one Ot which was being used az
the time OF the explosion. Both boilers
were new, manufactured in ST, Louis
and were set up last October. AS the
huge monster left it, bsd 1t shot away
from the main structure, passing out the
engine house end first, crossed mn inter-
Hening yard, passed through two
story frame building where the serv &.
ants slept; then crossed Twouty-iourth
street, passing entirely over story
and.a'half frame house fronting
On Twenty-lourtn street; then crashed
through the roof of u small frame house
occupied by a colored family WHO es-
capped unhurt. Continuing onward IL
entered a one-storY house OF i'll repute,
owned by n colOred woman, Julia Win
ters. This house was practically
annnihilated. Not one stick was
left standing. IL was hero
that Clara Miller, the white
woman, was killed, aud Maurice Sulli-
van, her companion, fatally injured.
Every colored occupant of the house
escaped uninjured. After causing this
obstruction, the giant missile finally
landed inside of an adjoining small
structure, protruding half inside the
house and half out.
VARIOUS THEORIES
are aiioat in regard as 10 tho cause OF the
accident. Engineers who examined tho
wreck generally agree that the boiler
was detective; that its tubes were not
sufficiently Tapped over and welded into
the manhead. 1t is thought the steam
gauge didn't register over 90 pounds at
tho time of the disaster, whereas the
boiler was supposed to be ablo to sus-
tain 200 pounds, but in tho absence
of heavy bolts sustaining the
manhead, the boiler, It is
proved, was unable to bear hal. its sup
posed pressure.
The damage and loss to I'll building
will reach $4,000; insured against lire.
The hotel is owned by Col. w. f..
Hughes, of Dallas.
The body of Carr, the fireman, was
blown over one wing of the h. el, land
ing in the court. a coroner jury was
summoned, viewed the remains and adj
journed until tomorrow. Thousands
of people visited the scene this after
noon and clamorod about the neighbor-
ing undertaker's establishment, wait
ing view of the mangled bodies.