Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-15
GREAT STEELE GASHT F.
.lTlTANE COLLAPSED.
IL Carried Death and Destrue-
tIOn With IL In New
York City.
NOT KNOWN HOW
MANY ARE DEAD.
Three Bodies Are Recovered. Some
Twenty Persons Injured and
Several UnaceOuBted For.
CAUSED A TIDAL 40. e4f
WAVE TEN FEET HIGH.
The Tank Contained Eight Million
Gallons Of Water and Inundated
the Entre Territory ADJ
joining IL.
CAUSED A TIDAL r1 eaf
WAVE TEN FEET HIGH.

New York, Dec. H. -Tbs great steel
gas tank Of the Consolidated Gas com.
pany, at avenue A and Twentie,h street,
the larges Of ~ kind in the world. col.
lApsed At 20 O'Clock yesterday evening
II went down with n crash and roar liks
great explosion.
Masonry u granite blocks and bricks
to the height Of 90 fsot fell liks a ohild's
toy house Of blocks, and loosed from
bondage 100000 gallons Of water,
which deluged tbs streets. carrying
l0-foot tidal wave, which carried death
and destruction 20 the surrounding
nsighbOrhood. IL Il not known how
many were killed and injured.
The dead 40 far a. recovered Ares
Andrew Wendt. workman.
Pious Baum. engineer in an adjacent
factory.
About 20 others. 80 far as has been
learned, were injured moro or les. Sc.
vsrely and almost drowned. and a mum.
Der Of persons are missing.
The Steel tank was i7s feet In diane
ter aud 100 feet high. Rising out Of tins
grounds 70 a height OF 20 feet was
great circular wall OF granite and brick
many feet In thickness This was
filled with 5000 900 gallons Of water.
A gang Of men was AZ work under .
foreman filling the pit with water 10
make the first water test
The great tank seemed 10 Withstand
the test well. The lAborers were sven
beginning TO gather up their tools to
knock Oh, when suddenly came an aw.
ful crash The men below had scarcely
time TO Az from beneath the falling
walls ere they were pisked up by the
mass Of rolling water aud hurled hun.
dreds Of Feet away. Into the Easements,
the hrst and second floors Of factories
and tsnements rushed the food.
Workmen were shot ont ot the factory
windows ike mere straws and women
were washed out Of the first doors and
almost drowned
w. J. Logan Of the Iron works Of
Green Point, l.. l., the contractor, ar.
rived on the scene within a few minutes
after the collapse aud was at once placed
under arrest
William II. Bradley, chief engineer Of
the Consolidated Gas company, and said
20 b. jointly responsible for the work
with Contractor Logan, was also placed
under arrest Both are charged with
homicide and their bail was placed at
$1,000 each.
After tho Missionary Of the tank col.
lapsod the tank proper osreened and fell
IN q battered heap 20 one side. The
giant upriRhts were bent as II made OF
paper the whole one great mass OF
scrapIton The loss Is about $780, 900
The collapse Of the tank caused the
rupture Of some OF the great water
mains which were constructed to feed II
and for some time thess poured their
torrents into tho streets
The down town district suffered
greatly All gas supplied by the Con.
solidated company In that part Of the
city was shut on This affected the
down town restaurants, the down town
hotels and al elevated stations, oil OF
thefcrry houses and whatever business
houses arc Ia the habit OF doing busines,
az night
!. The loss 20 others than the gas com
panios will exceed $4,000