Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-20

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The shock Of The explosion vns felt
all over the city. South to Evans street
and north TO The old cemetery the STUN
bering citizens were aroused Wy th, qulv.
eftng Of their houses, or fhe noise of
the explosion. Numerous pancs Of WIN
dow glass were broken and nt No. 3
engine house on Houyton street, ull the
gaA lights were blown out.
AZ Fifteenth and rlruckmorton streets,
live two negro women. They were awuk-
ened by q window being blown In and be-
gan yelling murder Gre, etc. They
thought some one was Ia the room, aud
were frightened until they We're frantic.
They tried to get ont, but tho door was
januend and { negro ncighb0r cut
the door down with an axe one of them
tLeu escaping 90 the street, calling fran
tically for her baby, which she held un-
der one arm. almost choAed 10 death, Tor
when size tucked IL under her arm, she
grabbed il by he neck
Last night nll the wounded men were
doing as well as possible
The engine destroyed was one oil the
f0rty-lon new BulLwius, OF which the
rpyas and Pacific bought thirty less
tlnn three yeurs ago
Robert j. Thompson. the night fore
man of The round house, who i8 40 BADLY
scaldcd and bruised, lives at III East
Railroad avenue, and is man tt iHuiiN
=. NJ beats, who WIS cut and Int
tered up, Is n brother OF George Deats,
tle well-ku0Wu foreman of the leNns ANA
Pacific rounlhonse.
The loss 10 the Texas and Pacific com.
pauy 10y the accident b. about $4,000
without taking into consideration the
question of possible damage suits.
There was a llttle negro setting on a
chunk Of wood talking 10 Joe Mills when
the explosion came. he was lited up
and thrown twenty-five or thiiG feet
lint he said II was done 80 quickly he
did not know where ne started from
or where be It,
Many men wore seen runitng about
with blood flowing from tlrir noses on
clfs and yet unconscious OF nny injury,
the shock Oh the explosion causing the
injuries.
Glass was broken at the Windsor ho-
lei aud al kents. o., lower Main street
in the latter case the glass of the WIN
dows being driven inward.
The explosion blew down pile of wood
and scattered 10 like cyclone had struck
THE CAUSE.
The engine was one Of the Baldwin
moruls that were purchased about
year and q half since SHE bad Dcen
In service on the New Orleans division
until few months ago when nhe WIS
transferred 10 the Fort Worth aud Long
view run
She had blown ont the entire fre-box
10 the mud ring and the throat of tho
boiler. The force of the explosion cnused
her go rise np in the air ana turn a SUM
mcrsault landing Oh her back. One ~
her drivers and the a1le was blown hity
frrt away. her dome sheet was thrown
some thirty feet and a portion OF the
aue sheet had heen driven against the
posts supporting the water tank with such
force as almost 10 sever ihcm. Another
nortion of The due sheet had been thrown
over the coal 5heds striking the ground
\ block away. The frame was twisted
and bent as though some child had been
playing with a willow tWig and no sport
md curled and twisted 10 90 see 10 what
oId form "a could be shaped Tho huge
niaton rods were bent Ike q piece ~
uire mad The side rods and the main
rods were scattered pr0niscously no DE
debris The breast .piate was thrown
200 feet away ana The JACKET Of
tbe dome was Of by itself % another
direction, having been peeled on Che doDic
without breaking the riyets, as one would
sIip ID cover over his hand
'rhc cause Of fhe explosion win prob
ally never hr kn0wn, An examination
nj the stav-b0lts Ia The dome sheet showed
so,ne of them had the atnsdr
moo Of having been shenred
M for some time and Is Is supposed
that me Intense heat and lhe expansion
OF The inner sheet IN greater prOp1riiOi
10 that Of the outer sheet hAq caused thc
she1nng This view u born out ~ tae
fact that the engine only had eighty
pounds steam pressure on ana ihe boiler
was full OF water when Tie explosion Dc
cured Il Is said The siny-bQiis probably
gave way aud the suddeu rush ~ water
infO the hot frebOX and instantaneous
formation ~ steam caused the explosion
Ir Il aaid by cngiuenen % De the first
instance In their knowledge ~ the eK-
ploson OF q Baldwin engine.