Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-11
FATAL EXPLOSION.
A Planning Mill at Marshall Torn to
Pieces-Four People Killed.

MARSHALL Texas, Aug. 1o.-tspecial)
ion Yesterday, died at 6:iO O'Clock this
80 - -. A.. s,,,.,h 1oa,I FROM
evening inns MAKES INC i"u''h ueS'" A''--
the accident
At exactly o'clock yesterday norn'us'
and while the whistle of Lancaster Bros.
planning mn was vi. Vi'"i ms. 's 80 srr,
the mill exploded with terlhc ioree' hurF
Ing two souls into eternity, and horribly
h,,r,t,,, ord ,,,o,,,1tny ,hrna otbers
uI"'Hs "hu "'u'-
For few moments arter Tue explosion
the widest excitement prevailed around
~. ,,,tu !, ,,,,rs, .,orlx, Nm, fa,,. had rnnch
'ue i'''"' -, Usius "a ~ - -.
ed the mil, but no one knew eSucuy now
many were hurt or who they were, as the
o,,-tn, ho,so ,,.as
e"s'He Auuse wee -.
ENTIRELY DESTROYED
and n good portion of the mill was torn
-,
DOWN
John Ethrldge, who lives near the MILL
yyos ntunng tho first 10 arrive on the
-. nv. -, ~, nm ,,,a ,,.o,cb,,on
scene, ne hsaId 'onn hli me .,Eor Gnds
sake. take me ont Of this water, ,,, ,,o
neHt T., '' ur,, ,n'i, nn ,he scene lie was on
ks way To tbe mill whom the explosion
toy nioca IL snys II he had been on
watch, it would not have occurred.
THE KILLED.
-a,e5v. co,orel. Henry smalley. both
Killed. wor-vnpn
=, oath. h,ai,, scn,1o,. Iobr min
LII, ~ LIZ tr,,,,tgnd! I'M, nm %"rnod AMI
pulnrn ui'u ~ uuttH I'm i,,ii, IN "'u "Hu
iii""s'eu' ""u uaer sun ,,',,,
caro,o, investigation fans 10 discover suy
cause for the explosion.
Like anything Of the Kind, only guess
can he made IA TO the true cause,
Old and expert engineers. who visited the
scene this morning, differ in their opinions.
| Some say that there j. every evidence that
The boiler. This tact is further borne out
| by Mr.: Joe Smlih, the engheer, VINO says
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III In, 10 KIT SUI
r. t.a, VIII, Nv u'"an Ia ~ ~ Wl n ne nHeW
t tne w wTte' was OUT N"' ''"' "e ran out u
r,s An1ntheh Ieiegsu9h IRON an me- tne reXns anu
Pacific shops Say MAJ Tue boiler was car
There Is conslIernhie, tax about INC ma
Shinery n@mg 90 d hmm H. had con,,iu91n1'
tput IliS Sanl"' We uglsnueu upon Mt, w.;
| y. Lancaster WIS seem anu ne SAYS re
knows no reason why the boiler should
nave eNhoueu io,r>. ~. INV
JOHN w. HILL
| was night Waterman He is "A son Of q
y, Hlll. and has been partially parolyzcd
for several years. He was 30 years OF age.
TOMMY NIL
-. IT,. -. y, - :, -,
Wa Me- Mo 10y OF o. ~, hili, ana ~ wears
all' ne came uoWh 10 help MS brother
hro up ,,,>.r,. r,,
HENRY sMAli'Ef
was nm orphan hoy about II years old and
has brother and sister In Bolton. wherj
his father was Killed 10y negro Henry
came here three weeks ago, and was living
with the Hills.
JOE BRIGHT
ran the nloner nt the mill ,ybor, Ia, 10.
worl,cI for several wears iio NH M " nas
dawn 10 tbe Mill an1 ,ros "'v ,J III, soii,
the north,y,.st corner ~, NJ s,rimu'ns ~
when the explosion occurred uc c roUu
from Kildare to Marshall. and has a Wiz,
"' "' an KrN->.rpy-
who was killed. Is known In At,,n,o AMI
Kllderc, as Gus Sanders, He had been il
Marshall ABOUT three weeks.
Pieces Of the boiler nnl machinery ar,
scattered over radius OF 800 ycard. on,
plece, weighing about 600 pounds. wal
corner Of l.. J. Tates' residence. A gun
tree changed the course OF the plecc AM
n . doubt s9yed Mrs. Taies' life. a