Amidst the Rubble

ID: 303 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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A recovery worker endeavors to navigate a retail space wrecked by fire. Given the extensive damage to the building, it is not surprising that it took investigators more than two years to determine the exact cause of the explosion.

This file appears in: The Liberty Building Explosion

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…