Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-04
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the court. A coroner's jury was sum-
moned. 1t viewed the remains and
adjourned until tomorrow. Thousands
of people viewed the scene this after
noon and clamored about the neigh
boring underlaker's establishment
waiting to view the maDgled bodies.
sICKENING SCENES.
So many narrow escapes are reported
that the wonder is no more lives were
lost. Had the explosion occurred At
any other hour or day Of the week the
dead list would have been much larger.
The negro Anderson Jones was killed
as boiler passed through the two
story frame building occupied
as the servants' quarters. 1wen.
ty minutes before the explosion
twelve colored servants left the very
rooms which were demolished. Jones
was torn into small fragments. POr-
tions of his body were found
STICKING ON A BUILDING
across the street. The scenes around
the smouldering debris the first few
hours after the calamity were such as
would melt the stontest heart.
The wife of Engineer Cross,
assisted by her friends, was
searching for her husbands
body, while near by was Mrs Carr,
engaged in the same sad task. When
the body of Cross was uncovered his
widow recognized it from his gar
ments, and falling upon her knees the
poor woman's agony was painful to
behold. The entire top OF Gross head
WAS BLOWN OFF.
A long and weary search failed to dis
cover the remains Of Fireman Carr and
his widow had about given up in de-
spair when it was announced that two
feet had been found on church street
nearly square from the boiler house.
From few shreds Of clothes clinging
to the bleeding limbs Mrs. Carr
RECoaNIzED THE REMAINS
as those of her husband. After the
search for the balance OF the bodies
had about been given up one
of the guests in the house
happened to look from window into
the inner court below and saw large
hole through the tin roof of small
pump-house. Upon entering the
THE sHAPELEss TRUNK
Of Carr was found lying upon the plat
form. For the body to have fallen at
that spot necesaitated a phenome nal
flight. From the point where the
body assembled to the point where ii
shanty
fell lie a distance of one hundred and
forty feet, but between these two
points rises the southwest wing Of the
fremont hotel to the heighth of nine
ty-two feet. An expert mathemati
clan, who calculated the angles and
distances, declares that the body Of
Carr WAS blown
THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET
HIGH,
otherwise 1t could not have cleared
the tall building and wide
courtyard. The local manager
of the hotel, Henry Weaver, ant
his family had narrow escape
Mr.. Weaver was sitting in his room
nearly above the boiler house, will
his little son beside him. A hug,
lamp of brick and mortar was hurled
through the window, passing within
two inches of Weaver's head.
MANY OTHER NARROW ESCAPES
occurred, not the least being that o
the Associated Press agen
at this point, who occupied
room Immediately above the boile
house for the past six months, vacat
ing 1t only two days ago, Enginee
, Cross some three years ago had charg
. of the steamer l. b Coats, which
BLEW UP HER BOILER
, at Clinton, killing two firemen. Cros
: was regarded rs competent and SAT-
9 engineer. His salary had recent,
! been reduced. Some people believ
! this fact aided TO render him some
3 what negligent. The boilers wer
manufactured by John o'Brien & Co
OF st. Louis, and although new the,
have
HAD TO RE REPAIRED
several times since October last
There is no state law compelling tn
!, inspection of stationary steam boilers
: The Galveston city council passe,
an ordinance about fifteen day
!, ago providing for inspection, but n
inspector had been appointed OWN
to the muddled condition Of politica
affairs In the city, pending tn
msyoralty contest.
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