The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-22

cndeaNOr 10 recover the bodies IN Tue
burning tank and are showing every
consideration possible Ia The families
Of their unfortunate employees, The
lawful disaster has been about the on
= ly matter given any Thought by our
people today. The impusshility for
anyone To do more than Is being done
ar Ia In any way assist In recovering
the unfortunate victims Of the awful
catastrophe Is matter OF general
regret.
When the explosion occurred, the
roof Of the tank was lifted ten or III
teen feet In the air and fell back,
Il portion II the roof falling into the
tank and part on the out side. Only
| six men were AT work ON the roof
when the explosion came, several
who had been working there Il few
minutes before having gone down 10
the ground for various purposes. Oh
the six, four fell back into the tank
with Il portion of the roof, and were
killed either by the flames or by
drowning in the oil. They are:
FRANK LAWRENCE,
WIN. GLOUGH,
J. +. M'DONALD.
GEO. SALES.
The other two men were thrown to
the ground, piece Of the tank roof
falling on them, almost instantly Kill
ing RObt. Cooper and seriously injur'
ing Ernest Wuckash.
Mr.. Lawrence leaves family OF
four, his wife, two sons and one
daughter. He was forty years of age
and has been a resident OF the city
for several years.
Mr.. Glough removed to Port Arthur
with his family, consisting of his
wife, two daughters and Il son, two
years ago coming from Clifton, Texas
where other relatives reside.
Mr.. McDonalds family reside in
Beaumont, he having been employed
at the relncrY for about four months.
He was thirt"two years of age and
leaves a fami. OF three, his wife and
two children.
Mr.. Sales had no immediate rela
tiycs here. He came to Port Arthur
from Dubuque, la, last spring; he
was about J.,y-liyc years of age and |
single.
Mr. Cooper. who was about fifty |
years Of age. has been employed by |
the Texas company since the compa-
ny first began work here. lie leaves
Il wife and three children.
Mr.. Wuckash is about twenty-five
only about year and half AS soon
N M, l..
roof he was carried to his home on
Stilwcll Heights, where he is being
cared for. His right hip is broken.
both hands badly burned and his head
bruised and cut but it is believed
that there is a chance for his recovery
in spite of the serious nature of his
injuries.
The boy of Robt. Cooper was taken
from under the tank roof and brought
TO CrOwell and GiifOrd's undertaking
rooms in town, where it was prepared
for burial. The men who took him
from the ground state that nearly ev-
FRY bone of any size was broken by
he falling tank roof.
Al the time OF going to press the
bodies inside the tank had not been
recovered although all possible means
% do so Were being used Unless the
bodies were burned. they are at the
bottom and as yet untouched by the
lanes, as ahuman body Immediately
sinks in oil. Yesterday the oil
was pumped out of the tank until tho i
heated oil began TO flow out ana water
vas then pumped in to raise the burn
ng oil away from the bodies. I'm
his way it is hoped that the flames
have been kept away from the bodies
md that they have not been touched
" the flames.
The tank struck was No. is with a !
.apacity of 10000 barrels. in which
here was about II feet of oil.