Broken Glass

ID: 300 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: The Liberty Building Explosion
Broken Glass

The force of the explosion shattered windows as high as the sixth floor and left blinds dangling haphazardly like twisted skeletons within the bare frames.

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…