Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-18
A ROundhouso Burned at Toledo,
Ohio.
TWO PEOPLE KILLED INSTANTLY
Others Severely Injured By the Falling of
Wall,
An Infirmary Burns, the Inmates nc-
ing saved With DiincuIty-nenyy
Loea mt cicvciand-Firc at Flores
vile. Texas.


TOLEDO, March IL
The roundhouse Of the Wabash rail-
road in this city, located at the foot OF
South street on the dock front burned
to the ground between 10 and II this
morning. Three-quarters OF an hour
after the fire started the wall fell in,
buryng twelve men underneath It,
Two men We're Instantly killed. third
died short time after being taken
the debris, and the others were all
badly hurt, one fatally. All but one,
John Bowen, were employees of the
Wabash. The dead are;
h. Ii. BOHLMAN, aged Sc. painter,
married, seven children, skull crush
ed. internally injured;
j. j. PRESTON, aged So, car In
speotor, married, six children, back
broken. skull crushed:
Killed Instantly.
JOHN BOWEN, aged is, spectator,
skull crushed. internally injured.
The injured:
II. IL. HOWARD. general foreman
eastern division. head bruised, face cut.
slightly burned. Will recover.
JOHN LEARN, machinist, leg bro
ken, arm crushed and skull fractured.
may ule.
PATRICK McDoNoUGH, fireman.
skull fractured. shoulder broken. will
recover;
MARTIN GREsBURG. car repalrer.
head cut. will recover.
HARRY ZIMMERMAN, painter, legs
sprained, body bruised.
LOUIS BECKER. painter. head
bruised. shoulder sprained;
HENRY GERDiNG, car repairer,
head bruised and cut;
Y. c. LAUERM, truck foreman, head
and neck sprained, head hurt
CASPER BECKER. painter; head and
shoulders hurt.
The first alarm for the fire came by
telephone to the district offices ut 1910
a, m. A few minutes previously a resi-
dent of the neighborhuod of the round
house saw a small fame burst out OF
the cupola OF the building and lie ran
TO the office of the general foreman
directly across from the round house
and notified those in charge. General
Foreman Howard summoned the COM
pany's private fire department con-
| sistlng of fifteen men to the scene and
| stream OF water was directed To-
| wards the blazing cupola, a heavy
| wind was blowing and the fire soon ate
! its way down to the roof OF the round
house. When Fire Chief Mayer reach-
ed the fire he saw that there was ual-
ger of the flames reaching the oil
\ house, repair shops and the Wabash
| elevator, all in close proximity ana he
/ Immediately sent In general alarm.
Meanwhile the roads fire company
| had directed Its efforts toward smother
1 ing the flames In the southeast END OF
| the structure, which menHced the oil
house, and the fire at this point was
] held fairly in check The roof was al
ready ablaze ana threatened to col
lapse every moment. but the falling OF
the walls was not at this time antlcl-
pated
The iron braces supporting the roof
! expanded IN the intense heat and the
/ frail frame covering gave way with a
mufiled roar. falling In on the stalled
engines. Al this moment the southwest
wall. eighteen feet high and eighteen
| inches thick. was seen to totter outward
from the lateral pressure Of the falling
| roof, and yell went up TO apprise
the men OF Their danger. That only
two werk killed outright was nothing
short of miraculous. Streams OF water
were poured on the smoking debris.
and as soon as possible the work OF
| rescue began. Preston and Bowen
We're buried completely and were dead
some time before their bodies were
reached. They were badly crushed,
Bowers features being unacceptable,
scious condition and removed to HIS
home, where he died few hours after
ward.
BY this time half dozen physicians
had reached the scene. and attention
was directed toward caring for the In
jured. Leary, the machinist, seemed
10 be the worst sufferer. and II was
feared he would scarcely live out the
| day. The others. though badly used
UP, will probably all recover
The flremen had a stubborn night with
the now doomed roundhouse. the heavy
wind greatly aiding the stubborn
flames At noon the fire was practical
Iv under control. after destroying all
that was infammable Of the building.
The property loss is estimated at Sl0O.-
600 probably insured. The roundhouse
which had d capacity Of twenty locomo.
tives. contained only six engines, and
these are all badly damaged.
Wheeling and Lake Erie coal en-
and Baltimore and Ohio box car were
consumed.
Late tonight two more injured mer
were found. They are X. Finley, an en-
gineer Of Andrews, lind, and George
Towers machinist. Finley is seriously
hurt. His chest was crushed and h'
sustained a severe scalp wound. Tow
ers has fracture Of the leg and Is
more or less bruised.
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