Havoc in the Library

ID: 308 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: The Liberty Building Explosion
Havoc in the Library

The law office located on the fourth floor of the Liberty Building lost its entire law library—more than a thousand volumes of books.

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…