Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-28
Fail of "a Large Mass of Rock i'm
the Quarries at West Rutland.

Monday morning about o'clock, just
as the workmen in the employ of the
Rutland Marble Company, and of Parker,
ellison and Dewey, were getting ready for
work il their respective quarries, the fires
having been started in the several engines,
they were startled by the fall of some
small stones in the water which had ac-
cumulatcd in the bottom of the pit, fol-
lowed by a noise which seemed to be
caused by large crack. They immedi-
ately commenced retreating from the
to the order of their going, and all sue
ceeded in reaching the ground above, but
not moment too soon. Almost immedi-
ately large mass of rock, estimated to
weigh several hundred tons, scaled off
from the sides and top, and fell with
crash on the place which the workmen
had just vacated. The engines, machines,
etc, were of course crushed, but no per-
son was injured in the least
The loss of the Rutland Marble Com
pany, in the destruction of engines, ma
chimes, pumps fixtures and the removal of
the debris, will amount to some twenty
to twenty-five thousand dollars, and that
of Parker, ellison and Dewey to five or
ten thousand dollars. We understand
that work will be continued in both of
these quarries the same as usual, the place
of the engines, machines, ETC., destroyed,
being supplied by others which the COM
panies have on hand.
As a general rule work is resumed in
nearly if not all of the West Rutland
quarries at IL o'clock Sunday night, but
on this occasion on account of the severe
rain, the workmen delayed going into the
providential delay, without doubt NUM-
Der of men Quo thoir lives.
SEVERELY INJURED.-Qaite a num-
Der of workmen were injured more or less
severely, at the quarry of the Rutland
Marble Company, in West Rutland, on
Saturday.
On Friday afternoon some of the blocks
of marble, piled up under the "traveler"
an apparatus for hosting and piling the
blocks of marble as they come from the
quarry, fell down, and it was observed
that others were also in danger of falling.
The next day, Saturday, arrangements
were made for removing and repiling
these blocks and gang of men was de-
tailed for that purpose, -and seven men
were employed on or near the "traveler"
to block and the men had commenced
to hoist it, when the chain broke, and the
block, in falling, struck against one of the
upright posts which supported the cross
track to which the hosting machinery
was attached, throwing it down. One
man was lodged in between this post and
large block of marble, so that it was
with considerable difficulty that he was
extricated, he however suffered little or
no injury, and was at his work again in
the afternoon. OF the other six men, one
had his ribs broken and was otherwise so
severely bruised that it was feared, on
Saturday and Sunday, that he could not
survive, but we learn that Lo is to-day
Monday somewhat easier, and it is be-
lieved that he will recover. The injuries
received by the others were comparatively
light, most if not all of them, being out
and around, as usual, the next day.
We have not been able to ascertain the
names of the injured men, but under
stand that six of them were French and
the other was Irish