Workers Who Died in Blast Mourned

A wreath of blue and white flowers joined memorials of roses and poinsettias at the gate of a Houston metal-fabricating factory where an explosion killed eight workers. Cliff Hearn, whose brother-in-law Michael Anthony Gunn died in the blast, knelt at the gate to place the flowers. Asked how the family was holding up, Hearn said: “Not good, not good. It’s just a terrible, terrible tragedy.” Steven Nagy, 29, also was killed by the Sunday night blast at the Wyman-Gordon Forging Co. plant. Two other workers were injured in the metal fabricating factory. State and federal agencies were investigating the cause of the explosion, which occurred as workers were doing routine maintenance on huge pressurized tanks. Company officials announced they would contribute $10,000, plus an additional unspecified amount, to the families of the dead and injured men. The machinists union also will raise money for the families.