Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-03
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FOUR LIVES LOST.


were killed, two were fatally injured.
four more missing, and thirty-one 9TH
ers received injuries more or less seri-
Gus as the result of an explosion that
occurred this morning at 1903 North
Second street. Everybody for blocks
around Second, Third Lacourt and
Olive streets were starsled shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock today by series of
three explosions, which demolished the
building at 300 Second street, in which
It occurred, badly damaging adjoin-
ing structures and SCATTERING thou
sands of panes OF glass In the vicinity.
The dead are:
ALBERT MELTER, laborer. Excel
sior, Iron and Wire Works.
FRANK NElVHAUS. porter for
Lewiston Il BY the company.
PAUL HAuPrNER. laborer. Excel
sior Iron and Wire Works.
Those missing are:
FOREMAN ARTHUR, fireman Ex-
celsior Iron and Wire Works.
l.. A. LAYTON. Excelsior Iron and
| Wire Works.
$. SAXroN, teamster, Excelsior Iron
ana Wire Works.
JOSEPH CARLOCK-
Fatally injured;
AMOS ScnNlTZ. aged Is. burned In
| ternally.
CHARLES Il. AMOS, letter carrier.
| internally injured.
Also thirty-one others who received
less serious injuries caused mostly by
falling glass and bricks. As near MS
| can be escertained their names are as
follows; Albert Steinmeyer. boy in
the Levison X Blythe building, crushed
and arms broken; VIII Brandewelde,
| cut on head, face and body; Christ
| Laft, deep cut over right eye; Horace
| Dlort. cut in upper lip; L. Diort.
numerous cuts on head and face; John
| Corcoran. employed by the Frey
| Stationery company. severely Injured
| about the head besides sustaining
severe bruises about the body; Edgar
| Vanno, an employe of George Morit2
| Blank Book company, badly cut about
the head and badly injured; s. w.
| Goldshaw. 10 years. cut about neck,
| back and head, serious; Hugh p. Allen,
| typesetter. employed at Byron & Clark
| Printing company, seriously cut about
head; II. l., Green, badly bruised: Joe
Corcoran. severely cut and bruised;
Joseph Deverak. cut and bruised, Al
Schietz. badly burned, VIII die; w, II.
I Colshard employe Of Levlson & Blythe.
badly cut In face by flying glass:
| Michael Slack. driver for Lanort Furni-
tu-e company. leg and hand cut; w.
L. Clark. slight Ont on right wrist;
Fireman Thomas Fitzgerald, of No. 6
| truck, badly cnt about head by fslllng
| walls; Richard C. Coleshaw. aged 40,
Stationery company. head badly cut
and n piece of glass blown In right
| eve. serious: Fred Williams, aged %,
| hand and head cut, not seriously;
Annie Monnigan. hand cut; Frank
Sand. cut about neck and head by
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several places by glass; Charles Weir,
employed by Little q Beckers cut
about face and head with glass; War
rem Clark. OF Clark & Seymour. receiv-
ed niece OF glass In right hand cnus-
ing SLIGHT wound; F.. C. whitlock. fore
| or. ~. s. Green. George Reno. George
| Barrett and r, II. Burke, cut less
| se-'ous'w ~ fvinp r'ass
| The buildin~. which is occupied nv
the Anchor Peanut comnnny and II
! d Gruhb. agent Of Dilwillin G. Street
OF Greenfield. ". J., was set ON fire in
some manner The flames, which
started on the first floor communicates
to quantity OF fireworks on the sec.
ord fnor owned by Grpbb. These ex.
ploded with terrific force. thrnwina
burning brands, brloks and debris "
every direction. The concussion haf
rent the partition wal to the snnit
and Ink Manufa cturing companv',
building and the Excelsior Wire nnt
Iron Manufacturing companv adioir
Ing m the north. and the flames soor
communicated To those two hu'la'nos
In which a considerable number nj mer
and bows were at work. Three alarm
wore sent In
The whole down town FIRE denarf
ment responded md ak nmhular"n'
were kept busy conveying the dead
End wounded TO the rnorgue and cit,
dIspenFnry. Emmett Kennedv. n how
waa taken from o third story front
window Of I.evlsnn C plvtrr's estn'.
llshment. Kennedy said there wer,
two other mon on the second floor
The fremen hurried tn the snOt pnf
| could haar the c-'aa of the mon. whs
wore slowly burning to death nv thi,
time stream NJ water w1q turned nr
tho fire surrounding the hurn'oe men
who were screaming nltaniisly for helm
A. soon as the flames were snhdned q
dover frernen heonr IN tear awav The
wreoksva around the irnnr'soued --"'
WITH n'cts. ayes and saws. AIhari
Steinmever was taken out and soor
| f'fe~ the crushed ma dead body Of
| F~nnk Naihaun was recovered
The most horrievire INCIDENT Of the
rre was tho srfferinss OF SteT,mevei
| willie the frerrcn were removing fhs
dnhr's which hA'd him MINED dnwr IN
the wreck, Roth NJ his lars were fast.
| ened nv f'rhera and 81 heavy fron rim
| erc'r-led his neck. while the Are was
eating Into his desh. He suffered the