Show tells to of awful blast tie ne spectator thus described the ne ile of the texas school disaster in n the middle of a ring of about ia persons lay the remnants of huge e st structure the center por per h had only n ly a bare are split wall at still standing the brick tear stones t ones were vere piled about 15 feet ain 1 in a quarry like effect from ponderous oil trucks to the mass of debris covering the children were I 1 stretched stout cables sweating oil field roughnecks rough necks turned of mercy many seeking their own sons and daughters in the manner of stevedores they lined up on the rock and passed debris hand to hand to a clearing blood smeared an upturned brick with a shout the workers gathered available shovels and lights and stretchers were called an arm a head appeared terribly crushed in a few minutes it was on the stretcher carried to a waiting ambulance and speeded to the nearest temporary morgue the scene was repeated over and over finally the worst of the shock was over and the men and families settled down to a quiet organized effort to get out the bodies as quickly as possible not actually in the hopes ot of life but to make certain relatives would be spared the anguish of ignorance of their childrens fate which the rescuers knew too well |