The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-13
That II Is Not Easily Exploded Has
Been Demonstrated.
TANKS FILLED WITH IT STOOD IN FIRE
Which Destroyed the Santa Re Round
house at 5eaumont--A Letter from
General Manager Nixon.

| SNN'"'V "a N"'''''l''9 N'''N W. N'"N WI
| diSabusc the minds Of many OF impressions
| as 20 tbe danger OF beaumont et,ide nctr,
| ,o,,, t,., o.,t.,t.,,, 1,bo io.4. a. 49,,
'Vun llolu vNpioSion' "0 ''''e' Is st'lcty
| TO the point.
,,,11aaor 90 tho S,nts ,,o u,i,, ,',,,t,. WA,
""H"eei VI '"e N""'% =" ' N"oN ''"'
ne mas been prompted only ny lhe conser'
! Yutiyo idea Of fairness and business In
,nstip, Oh, y,attor onntaiucd baret, ri,tr
| H F'''
TO the people aud shce ne mas no peeNWary
| Interest in the held Itself the doubling
| Thomas cam tho more rendily SEQ thn t,.pth
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va '''N "N'"o' 'N '''N ''''''''' wa
the past Ideas Of tho insurance people.
/ They have been making the cuunciis OF
tho ,,rfo,,s cittss and thc o,yuers ~ noon,
! Wv vs. ~
cry INNS ,uat tue on WI eANlo1S WIN
oul me SliRntest proNoc9lo4 anu ihls let'
! .Ht suHu'u snow Shen p la'HN yuyUsa th'l
f II ~ f uIi,u,us a. '"''' ''"'"S'
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t 9nY w! e"I'ponA ,WVWU'S5''f t,t
1,'.Io,rJ,r 70 yoTI iaffer az Vsrrh I'm IN
| ~, ,,t,uS W $500 E ~ ''
| nnn,Tsb ma Nv AIp Nf.6opot,gb m In,
i,ti az F 81 tI,,, h.,i ~ - ,,,,
nisIo M staton,ont asi.ad I'm b"yo
S,s1ci,,ed tbn nnci,,st vhlsS vsr" 1, Xxx
] fire I nm narbaps cnupeispi 10 circ Won
! tho desired Statement
! The three engines which were burned he.
lonred ia The Gulf. Colorado ana santa 10
ana were in the beaumont fOuUun0uSn
| ON rho Gulf Beaumont and Kansas CIV
road as We ara running through trains Go
| that point ! received report by ttle.
uhope while tho rouDdhousn was biiiufu+
Which report gave the number of these en-
! zines
| Last Saturday | was ~ Bcaumout and
saw engines o2ol and olSa as they were
O2ul has her Jacket headlight and all ut
tinrs to tbe boiler together with the cab
connlctply ruined. ali OF tho pIpeS show
. - {,,ta oil an
an tbe engines was entirely consumed The
| forward and rear end sills on the tank or
tbe enginn 6o0f wore cousnmgds thov ,ycre
| Wood the balance of tbe tank Loiur iron
| me oil tanks which are plarcd on the
TOP of engine tenders. and also Ia the coal
/ 49, w. FL +.t,,'' i,,,.,,t .,, ,,,i.f,i,,le
Htt'e tt ~ ~ 1r,o ,,in, tr9ss,. ybjcb
ri,r},5 th - tbo,,cd c,id,I,rs NJ 6e9t
| cdlfleu lhe water suoMtu tN"vn'V Vl ~
water eNaporated the IRON wa 'tll uNp'
tecJed ana the same WAS n'uil uatH"s ny.
escaped In the FORM Of Gas, WllcA putnra
after II LETT the small vent pipe on top
OF the tank. This burned uerctly Ior sew
! eral hours. After the neat became re-
duced, which was not until attor the round
house was consumed tho fame from this
burning gas extinguIshed itself.
Engines Disc and DO stood a severe test
+bev srp oil burners and were ia the house
durin, The Are. they stood M the ends OF
the house, so they did not get as severe
tsst as engine o2Ol: however. The test
- .,'rro ,,n,,cb n b,u,r rho cotS and
HHS $500 S"Ou -. :" ~, a,,.,,,,,g ma 20
al WoouWo'h Hpouu III 1niuH Jrcsrc
complVleE u'sSp'e tnsine VU,au .,,,j
u-ul stood ID the center OF wy hVo9g KY,
Iemalueu tuerc uu"gI l.'vmse , n,", '1''"7
the entire time the mousse was hWh,N- 49,.
There was no explosion and the on IN tne
tanks did not In any particular aaI luol iv
the names dll nor euppose tng "ll Nnu,u
undergo such a test without serious dlsQN'
ter, although / have q letter from pr. Alle-
man OF the bureau OF forestry, VINO amt
lived some Of the oil and stated In SUD
stance that the oil would stand test sueh
as described above. I did not fully realize
the force OF his statements until after
knowing what the oil went through in tue
Beaumont rouudhousc fire.
We had another accident last Saturday
morning which was very peculiar, but
which gave ms another demonstration %
/ the fact that we have been mistaken MS tu
Train M2 So 9S W9 s es sSgond ' enpe ene Wien