A Fatal Explosion. Rockdale, Tex., Oct. 10. -- One of the seventy-five horse-power boilers of the water and electric light plant blew up last night, completely wrecking the entire plant, house and machinery. An eight-foot section of the front end of the boiler was blown three blocks away, passing over several houses, and fell on Mr. Rexford Wells' seed shute, completely demolishing it and otherwise damaging his gin house. The other portion of the boiler was blown about a block in the opposite direction, landing in Mr. Davis' cow lot. Two large pieces of timber crashed through the roof and ceiling of Mrs. Charles Brieger's house, over a block away, and completely demolished two bedsteads on which he and three other members of his family were sleeping. Fortunately none of the family were hurt. The fireman, Mr. Antone Strelsky, was killed, and M. Wooldridge and J.L. Wooldridge, father and son, injured, the young man seriously. The town is left without light or water, and it is thought it will be thirty days before either can be supplied. The situation grows more serious every hour, as the people realize they are entirely without water and the difficulty of procuring it. The loss is estimated at $8000. Dallas Morning News, October 11, 1897
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New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Anton Stralsky
Arrival Date: 7 Jan 1867
Birth Date: abt 1861
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: St Louis
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Elena
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New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Anton Stralsky
Arrival Date: 7 Jan 1867
Birth Date: abt 1861
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: St Louis
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Elena
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A Fatal Explosion. Rockdale, Tex., Oct. 10. -- One of the seventy-five horse-power boilers of the water and electric light plant blew up last night, completely wrecking the entire plant, house and machinery. An eight-foot section of the front end of the boiler was blown three blocks away, passing over several houses, and fell on Mr. Rexford Wells' seed shute, completely demolishing it and otherwise damaging his gin house. The other portion of the boiler was blown about a block in the opposite direction, landing in Mr. Davis' cow lot. Two large pieces of timber crashed through the roof and ceiling of Mrs. Charles Brieger's house, over a block away, and completely demolished two bedsteads on which he and three other members of his family were sleeping. Fortunately none of the family were hurt. The fireman, Mr. Antone Strelsky, was killed, and M. Wooldridge and J.L. Wooldridge, father and son, injured, the young man seriously. The town is left without light or water, and it is thought it will be thirty days before either can be supplied. The situation grows more serious every hour, as the people realize they are entirely without water and the difficulty of procuring it. The loss is estimated at $8000. Dallas Morning News, October 11, 1897
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New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Anton Stralsky
Arrival Date: 7 Jan 1867
Birth Date: abt 1861
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: St Louis
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Elena
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New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Anton Stralsky
Arrival Date: 7 Jan 1867
Birth Date: abt 1861
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: St Louis
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Elena
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