Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 293, Ed. 1, Monday, May 4, 1885 Page: 1 of 8
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OK NEWTON
TEE CITY NATIONAL BANK
Cashier
Of Fort Worth
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prompt attention
rrfiiari drawn on all Ins principal cIUm of Europe Collections a eneotaltr
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VicePresident
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Cashier
ir Houston and Second Streets Fort Worth Texas
OASH CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 430000
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TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
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IE TRADERS5 NATIONAL BANK
rt Wirth Texas Seoond Street between Kauston and Threokmortoa
CAPITAL PAID IN 125000 SURPLUS FUND 815000
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Kit 1214 IB nnd 18 West Sooond Street Corner Throokmortsn
f ROBINSON M til FRENCH GEO B LOVING
GEO 33 2LIOVI3STO cs < C5
ICH LAND AND CATTLE BROKERS
Gazeito Building No 208 Wast Second St Fort Worth Tex
JRHESrONDHSCK SOLICITED
V89LLER ik CO
AKT33 j C 3E3 3S2T OF S
bes and Pastures State and County School Lands and Railroad
Lands for Sale or Lease
is Rendered and Taxes Paid Lands for Sale in Every
County in Northwest Texas
BW control tu sale nf rallrond and school land along the lino of Iho extension
on Worth A Denver City rallrond In Wichita Wilbarger Hardeman Childress
counties
f WORTH CORNICE COMPANY
I Do all kinds of QalvanlreU Iron work and make a specialty of
Felt and Slate Roofing
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jMsU orders recelvo prompt attention and estimates clvon on application
103 sua 105 Rnak St cor Wealuerford Port Worth Texas
fWORTH CORN AND FEED MILL
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° H6al Bolted and Plain and all kinds of Chopped Feed always kept In Block
both Wholesale and Itetatl
Yinth and nusk Ste Fort Worlh Texas
I3VIEAKI > Ac JOYCE
Succettors to J K EZELL 4 CO
Wholeealo and Retail Dealers In
and 4U Houston Street
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FItT WftltTII TEXAS
iRTIN BROWN COMPANY
ExcluMve Wholesale Dealers In
Goods Notions Clothing
L Vorth Texas
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Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
aple and Fancy Groceries
Soclhwest Corner Public Square
I W0RTH TEXAS
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PIANOS
FACTORY PRICES DUPLICATED
Bargains in Second band
Instruments
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PORT WORTH TEXAS MONDAY MAY 4 1885
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HANDKERCHIEF AND LACE COUNTERS
1 Lot 60 Pieces Colored Silk
Simnlih Mo 5 inches wltlo at 25c per
yard wort >
248 pairs Kid Button
Boots at 250 per pair
worth 350 per pair
25 dozoii Indies rrlntad and llonisliclivd Hand-
kerchiefs at 10c each veal value 25c each
al sale at sblk counter
21 nieces assort d colored htttn Meronleeux at 50c worth 00c
15 Pieces colored Oros Grain SilkH at 75c worth 1 25
11 Meet 8 colored tiros Grain Silks at 0c worth 150 4
An assort tl lot of Cheok and Striped Summer Silks at 75e worlh 150
SPECIAL SALE AT SHOE COUNTER
Every pair warranted
It costs nothing to try
on a pair
Special Sale in Hat and Clothing Department
IB closeoxx Boys Stxavc
At QCSo OHJfvola WTortlv GOo XIaoli
Send all orders lor Goods and Samples to
250 pairs Pants at 100 per
pair Not one pair in the lot worth-
less than 250 a pair
Taylor < dte 33 burnr
311 rtnd 313 Houston Street I orfc VV > rtI rle7icn = <
BOOKS STATIONERY MASON HABILIN
Window Shades
WALL PAPER
Send lor Samples of Spring Stylos
Artists Materials
EASTER OARJDS
Wholosalo Dealer in
H N CONNER CO
Boo sollors zxxxdL JStcvtloaaox
201 Houston Unci
Croquet Rasa Ralls Rats Hammocks Marbles Tope Dumb Bells Etc
LINDERMANS CELEBRATED CYCLOID PIANOS
Toe best Jlano In America
WIRE WIRE WIRE
SHONINGER
CIough Warren
ORGANS
Violins Banjos Guitars
SHEET MTJSIO
inkM TINWARE
Quoonsware Crockery aud Glassware
CORNER SECOND AND HOUSTON STREETS FORT WORTH
WM CAMERON CO
Wholotaloand Ilftall Dealers In
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Fort Worth Decatur Weatherford Gordon Baird Abilene Colorado
Big Springs and Pecos
KEEP A FULL LINE of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS LIME Etc
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ORGANS
lowest prices easiest terms Ilenalrlnie
and tin toning u specialty lU shoot
mnsle pnbllcatlocsrecelvrd regularly Hen J
nsronrordeisand we will save tou money
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TWO POINT AND FOUR POINT NO 1 BROOD MARES
Round Barb nnd Cat Barb Kegnlar and ThickSet Staples IMnln ITOIft SAXED
and Jalrauhed 1ostllole Aurora and Wire wf < tft fr
Stretcliers in Quantities to Suit
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Will Quote Prices Delivered at any Railroad Station
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COhTPlACTORS AMD BUILDERS
Will farnlsh astlmaUs of coil on all kinds o
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Good Solid Colors
CAiitOiJ LOTM
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VOL IX NOS
THE FORCE OF STEAM
It Propels tha Ocean Vcwol it Hum the
Iron Horse Bnt it Also Destroys
Human Life
Four Persons Killed nnd Several Others
Wouudcd liy n Terrlflo Holler Ex-
plosion at Galveston
A Glgnntlo Boiler Sent Whining Among
the Houses Leaving Deatmotton
In Its Wnke
ntartrcntllo Seeues ARertlio Explosion
Onolloily Blown Throo Hundrod
nnd lVoutj riTO Toot
Hpeolal
dAiviSrov Tux Mny A ti < rrl
bio ontastrnplio occur rod In this city at
halfpast oven oclock thin morning
Ono of tho bollors of tha Treiuont
hotel cxiiloilcil lnstnutly hllllnn foi r
liorsons wouiulIiiKBOverBJolhttH nuil
ilolug grcnttlimtsKO to tho hotel nntl
nolRliborlntt propelty Tho Jtlllod nro
ns followH i
Thomas Ckohh cnglucor lonves n
wlfu nnd auvornl children
Lawhiincd Oaiih llroiunn Ichvcsh
family
CIjAHA MiuiMt n whlto woiimn
nnd
Andkiwon Jonhh a colored HOiub
tierTho
Tho following weio wounded
JohbAimiiMo jmhlry cook bmlly
briilbed nnd Injured Internally
John Asman bell boy ahouldor
tirokcnothorwl o Inlurcd
Mauiuci Suiiivan collar bono
broken bmlly outnbout tho head
It Walton colored waiter nnu
brolcoti bmlly bruised
Muh RuitNfi tt lino wuitinn sllRhtly
bruised about tho hrud
Tho ooiKUHslon from tho explosion
was nppivlllni Tho Tromont houso
In n Jurgo llvcfltory brlok Htructuro
with 180 feet frontoB on Tremonl
street nnd ubout tho nnno depth on
Ohuroh street Tho Jnrtor houso wn
hIUnited t Iho northwest corner of tho
biilldlni It wn n miiitll onestory
brlxlc Htructuro iittnohid to thu tiiuln
building Tho explosion
HllOOK Til K OHKAT HUUIMNd
with suoh terrible force tlmt the
KUchIh thouhl u triinriidoiii curtli
quulto had occurred nnd rnn
pnnlostrlckcn ubout tho Imllwuym
Tho hcoiio of tho calamity presented n
horrible spectiiclo Not ono brlok of
tho boiler houso rcmnlnu iiK > u miothcr
In Its place Hcnttorcd nbout for hnlf
n squnro lien tho debris of thu building
olivine juimpH nnd boilers Tho
north wost wlnjof tho houhonbovothu
boiler houso In
IIAIHY WIIKOKIII
TJo wnllu nro crooked nnd tho wln
dows nro dcmolMiod Fortmintcly
butfew uuoflts wcro pmrlcred In HiIh
portion of tho building There Were
two horizontal tubular boilers each l
fjIxljliorBopowornttuoliuHotliohnlbl
only ono of which wiih beln < used at
tho tltnoof tho explosion Roth > oU
omwero new They wcro mnnufnc
lured hi Mt Louis nnd wore set up list
October As tho hugo tuoustor left
Ha bed
IT MIOT AWAY
from tho mnlii Hlrucltire lafulng out
ofthoeiitluohouiOleiid llrst It crossed
tho Intcrvenltig ynrtl passed llirotiuli
n twostory frame bulldlUK where tho
Bcrvnnts slept then cronmd Twenty
fourth street panning entirety over u
story mid uhulf frame buildliu front
Ini Twentyfourth utrcot and then
crashed through tho roof ofutmull
frame houso occupied by a colored
lutnlly who Mcapid unhurt Con
tlnuliiK onward It entered u onestory
houso of Illrepute kept by u colored
woman Julia Winters This house
WAB lKAtlKAMV ANNIIUriATKI
Kot ono stick was left i > tandiuf It
whs hero that Ulnrv Miller Iho whjtp
woman was killed nd AfaurlcoSu l
Ilvun her companion fatally Injured
Kvery colored occupant of tho house
escaped unlrjurcd After causing this
destruction tho giant missile finally
landed Insldo of an adjoining small
structure protruding half Inside the
liounu aud half out
VAHIOUH TllJtOItlCS AUK AVtJOKt
regarding tho cause of tho necldont
Tho eijliceiH who examined he
wreck generally agree that tho boiler
was defective that its mud ytetu
not sufllelently lapped over
and welded Into the manhead
It la believed that tbj jiUnm
gungo did not register sixty pounds at
tha tltno ofthu disaster whereas the
boiler won supposed to IO ablo to sus-
tain 20Q pounds but in tho nbtsencB of
heavy bolts suatalnlng the ruanlieadn
of tho boiler it proved unable to bear
HAhV m ITS SUIIOtliO > ilE88iitB
Tho damage and loss to tbo hotel
building will reach 15 000 Insured
against lira Tho hole Is owned by
Co w K Hpgbea of inllfts The
body of Oarr the fireman w blown
over one wJntf of th k > > > l landlpgJti
OvoWaniiO M rvttftfe <
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