Disaster Draws a Crowd

ID: 301 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: The Liberty Building Explosion
Disaster Draws a Crowd

In the explosion's aftermath, curious onlookers replaced regular shoppers on Austin Avenue. Here, a group of men survey the damage while one of the dislodged awnings of the Goldstein-Migel department store blocks the sidewalk behind them.

This file appears in: The Liberty Building Explosion

By Geoff Hunt
Shortly after the 1936 flood waters had receded and cleanup was well under way, disaster struck Waco again. On October 4, the Liberty Building on Austin Avenue and Sixth Street exploded, fatally wounding 65-year-old janitor Warren Moore and causing…