The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-25
CONGRESS- STREETS RUIN.
THE spot WHERE TIE FATAL
EXPLOSIVE WAS Put.
All Doubt of an Explosion
Removed.

The Floor In the Front Hall OF Bull
lard's House Blown Away and Hole
Dug in the Earth-The Statements
of the Survivors Of the Disaster and
the witnesses Before the Coroner's
Jury Tell the story-rhe Negro
Cooks Arrest-The Dead and the
Injured.
There is no doubt that yesterday morn
ing's catastrophe-the wreck OF Billiard :
boarding house on Congress street, and The
killing of three people and the wounding q
six others-was the result Of an explosion.
Everything points to the correctness OF the
theory that the building was blown up, but
how, and by whom, if it was the work OF
fiend, is for the coroner's investigation TO
skow.
There are no names TO be added TO the list
of the dead in yesterdays MORNING NEWS.
The names of the killed are: Mrs. w. j.
Billiard. Matthew Lockline and Gus ROBBIE.
Theiniured are: L. J. Tate, seriously;
John D. Robbins, painfully Nelder c. Hay
wood, the colored boy, arm broken near the
shoulder; Jacob A Rimes. slightly bruised
about the head, neck and lower limbs, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Everitt, slightly bruised. Mrs.
Page and infant and w. ]. Billiard escaped
without injury.
REMOVAL OF THE DEAD.
The bodies of the dead were removed
from the scene of the explosion at
daylight. Mat Lockline was the last
man taken from the wreck. The
firemen were tugging at the end of
mattress which they discovered about fif-
teen feet from the street near the west wall
about 4:30 o'clock, when one Of them
put his hand on what proved TO be
the foot of the dead man. A
mass of brick was cleared
away and the body was lifted out. IL was
badly bruised, except the face, upon which
pillow was closely pressed, From the po-
sition of the body 1t was seen that Lockline
was killed in bed and must have died in
stantly.
Robe BURIED IN LAUREL GROVE.
Undertaken Fox inferred the body of Gus
Robe at the Laurel Grove cemetery yester-
day afternoon. Robbie came here several
months ago from New York. He was be-
tween 25 and 80 years old, and had wife
in New York. He was wood carver by
trade, and was working with McDonough
& Co. upon the woodwork for the indie
pendent Presby terrain church. He was
large, feshy man, and it was deemed advis-
able to bury him at once.
The body of Mrs. Billiard was transferred
from Fox's undertaking establishment to
the residence of Mrs. K Jones, a relative
on Hull street. near Montgomery. Mr..
Billiard will carry the body to Marion, n
c., to-day for interment, as that is his wife's
former home.
LoCKLINE TO BE BURIED TO-DAY.
Lockline was a carpenter by trade and
had been with Lewman g. Co. for a year
and half, and was at work on the Inde-
pendent Presbyterian church up to
the time of his death He came
here from Eau Claire, Wis He was steady
worker, and well liked by his employers
and his fellow-workmen. He had some
money in bank, and S83 was found in his
clothes yesterday morning. He was about
AZ years old and unmarried. Lewman &
Co. telegraphed the chief of police of Eau
Claire yesterday of Lockline's death, so
that his relatives, if any, might claim the
body. telegram was received last night
saying that while Lockline had lived in
Eau Claire for the last ten or twelve years he
had no relatives there. Lewman & Co.
will have the remains buried to-day.
CONDITION OF THE INJURED
John Robbins and l.. J. Tate, who were
30 nearly killed, are at st. Josephs Infirrn-
airy. Their death was reported on the
streets during the day, but both were doing
well last night, though suffering considera-
BILE pain from their wounds. Robbins was
sitting up in bed. He said that he and
Tate retired between IL aud 10 o'clock
Wednesday night. He heard no quarreiinQ
nor anything suspicious during the night.
He feel asleep soon after going to bed and
knew nothing more until he woke up in the
hospital. He was knocked senseless by a
blow across the head and knew nothing of
the disaster. When asked about his excla-
nation in his delirium yesterday morn
ing. "Pll save him, you coward"
he said he didn't know what he
could have meant by it, unless it
was that he overheard the complaints
against the men who would not 60 to the
assistance OF the wounded Robbins re-
ceived bad cut on the head His right
ankle was broken and his left ankle was
sprained. He was scratched and bruised
from head to foot.
TATES INJURIES.
Tate was lying on cot next to Robbins.
He appeared to be suffering considerably.
His face was much swollen, and his right
eye was entirely closed from the blow
across his head. He showed more vitality
than one would expect from his appearances,
though, like Robbins, he knew nothing OF
the disaster, having been stun ned by the
blow across his head, and did not recover
consciousness until he was taken
TO the hospital. He is
badly bruised Besides the severe
confusion on the right side of his head, ht
was injured in the chest by the piece OF
timber which fell across him, and has 6
lump in the small of his back, and is sore
all over from bruises. The appearance Of
both men warrants the belief that they vii
racoyer from their INJURIES though with tn,