The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-03-04
THE WALLS SPREAD.
A Large Steam Dry Kiln at
the Four { Mill
Tumbles in.
SEVERAL MEN INJURED,
The Fire Companies Called Out and
Lent Assistance in Extricat-
ing the Men from
the Debris

the Debris
Yesterday afternoon at p. m,
an alarm of fire was turned in from
the 4-C mill, and the two fire com.
panies was soon under whip for the
locality desiring their services.
When the boys arrived they found
no fire, but there was plenty OF
work for them to do, as it was
known that several men we're in
the promiscuous pile of plank and
brick that laid heaped up in la
byrinthlan pile,
1t was discovered that 4 new
shed just erected, one that was
6Ox8O, had tumbled in while several
men were busllY engaged in showing
out the cars of lumber it containe
The shed has been thought to be
in an unsafe condition fot a week,
and MI. ]. D. Howard, the fore
man, thought he would relieve the
strain on the walls and timbers of
support by emptying the kiln OF
the cars and III, 900 feet of lumber
on the same, and with this idea in
view he sent in a squad of colored
men to shove out the cars on the
shed tracks. The men had sue
ceeded in getting out several cars
when the walls collapsed with a
great crash, throwing up cloud OF
dust, almost binding.
The kiln was a fine one, costing
the company some $4,000 to erect
it and with the destruction to the
cars aud lumber and the cost of
cleaning up and sorting the lum-
Der from the debris, will amount to
almost double.
AS soon as the clash came, the
alarm was sufficient to cause hun
dred of people TO gather about the
collapsed kiln and when it was
learned that several men were un-
der the fallen tino oers all went to
work with a will to extricate them,
and to lend them succor in what
ever way they could.
Several physicians were on the
ground and they volunteered their
assistance to DR.. Cullum, the com
panys physician, to help him with
the wounded as they were taken
from the death-trap. Dr. Cullum's
Office was turned into a reception
room fer the wounded, and in an
hours time the following men had
been taken out and their wounds
attended
]. D. Howard, foreman, slightly
injured in leg and arm.
Gus Walton, head badly mashed
and ldcerated, skull fractured and
hurt internally. viii probably die.
Will Slade, foot badly mashed.
Bill Smith, seriously hurt in left
leg and shoulder.
Richard Bunting, leg badly hurt,
right foot broken; also back and
shoulder, aud hurt internally.
John Henderson, sprained elbow
and ankle and right Zip mashed.
Levi W. Williams, left leg and left
arm injured.
L. Reeves, right shoulder hurt.
Gus Smith, chin hurt.
]. W. Rabb, escaped with slight
scratches.
The men are all negroes with the
exception of Foreman Howard.
New men we're hired after the ex-
citement had somewhat abated and
put to work cleaning up the fallen
walls and taking out the lumber, in
order that the building may be
erected again.
The 4-C mill is certainly in hard
lines, for it has not been a great
while since they lost a valuable row
of dry kilns, along with many thou
sand dollars worth of lumber, and
they have had other troubles not
necessary here to mention.
The colored men who we're hurt
are all being cared for and their
welIbeing viii be looked after by the
company.
We trust that none of the wound
ed will die of their injuries and al
will speedily recover.