The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-07
KILLED AT SEA.
The singular Accident Which Be-
fel the Steamer WeSter-
land.
She Ships Huge Wave With Fa-
tai Effect List of the
KILLED.

New York. Dec. 2.-The IS amer Wes-
terland, from Antwerp, which arrived
heie to-day reports that on November 9th,
encountered a terrific hurricane from the
northwest, during which III immense sea
struck the vessel over the bows, staving in
the turtle back aud killing four seamen
and two steerage passengers, and injuring
fifteen other seamen and passengers.
The deck was crusheI in and buried
the uniOrtunateS beneath mas OF wood
and irUn debris. The next instant the
water swept along the gang ways of the
main deck carrying several persons with
it. The crash was terrific but before the
appalling nature of the accident was real
lied by the passengers the officers of the
snip had all the men available engaged in
the work Of IeScuing. The injured were
carried To the intermediate cabin which
was transformed into a hOSpi al Four
Seamen were |, und To have been
KILLED OUTRIGHT
They were X. Sandgen, aged ~, OF An
twerp. His skull was crushed tO q Jelly.
Gus Quart. aged 10, OF An; Serp, crush
cu 10 ucdNy IRON Dtdn.
He leaves wife and three children.
+. Decock, 20 years old, of Antwerp,
unmarried. lie was found pinned to the
main deck by the Jagged eId OF an iron
sIanehion which had pierced his abdomen.
henry Jshnens, aged q, unmarried.
His legs broken and his throat cut.
The two others killed were storage pas
sengers, Max Frank, eighteen years old, of
Germany, and Gabriel Livadiere, aged
seventeen, Of ConstantinOple. Franks ab-
dOmen was cut open and his skull iractur-
ed. He died AT l:30 o'clock Sunday MORN
ing
Livadiere sustained internal injuries
which caused death five hours alter Frank
expired.
THE INJURED SEAMEN ARE
Second boatswain, Neal Hansen. left leg
and arm broken.
Niles Olsen, both legs broken and in
jured.
Henry Verstraeten, both legs broken and
chest bruised.
Francis Frank, Charles Bedo and Fred.
Hilman escaped with slight bruises.
THE PASSENGERS INJURED
we're as 70 lows:
James Liyadiere. b. tn arms were broken.
He is a brother of the yonng passenger
who died OF his injuries
Max kagle, leg broken.
Julius We'll, severe confusion on back
and abdomen.
+. Iassani, three ribs broken and lungs
William Harcomb, of New York. leg
broken and arm dislOcated.
+. SOhmer, severe scalp wounds.
Gus BranD, severe Commissions on back !
and thigh and face badly cut.
James Chairman, arm broken.
Martin Neiser, ankle spra.ned and back !
bruised.
The dead were buried at sea- Affecting |
scenes were witnessed at the hospital |
when the passengers inquired about their |
injured friends. Everything possible was |
done for the relief of the injured. The /
cabin passengers showed their sympathy I
with the unfOrtunates with many kindly /
acts, and raised
PURSE OF 10000 FRANCS,
10 be distributed among the families OF the
lead and injured When the Wcsterland
reached port, the injured passengers were
transferred to the hospital. An inspection
If the vessel afforded some idea OF
he terrible blow she had received.
The crushed deck was known as the
Onward whale back. 1t was
OF four inch pine planks rest
ny upon massive iron beams, these in turn
we've upheld by three inch lion rcd stanch-
ms. The vast volume of water struck
he whale back about ID feet from the
tern and crushed in section % feet in
ength and extending the full width of
he ship.
SECOND OFFICER EBAFF
made the following statement: 1--WE left
Antwerp ON Saturday, November 20
With sixty-nine cabin and 574 Storage
and a full cargo. At $50
'clOck Saturday p. NJ, Nov. - were i'm
attitude IL degrees 10 minutes, longitude
IS degrees % minutes, | was on the main
'ridgc when noticed An enormous wave
n the star board bow. The next instant
mother towering wave Joined il from the
ort side, they seemed To leap into the air |
$ they united. They must have been ,
Orty feet high Is ! saw their united mass
boye the lower yard OF the foremost.
hen came 4 crash of the water upon the
eek, it seemed louder than dozen can
Ons fired at once The water swept from |
ne end to the other of the main deck
arrying everything before it. The disas- .
er was
NOT NET WITH IN A STORM. :
Merely good strong breeze was blowing !
-om the Southwest with chopping sea-
he vessel was steaming at half speed '
inc knots an hour. The day was clear j
nj most of the cabin passengers were
Glow. A group of sailors on the upper /;
eek were, under what is technically known :
the forward "turtle back" walking
round them were several steerage passen-
rs who were idly watching the sailors q
aking "Sennel," a material for mating =
ed for sails. The first officers was be-
W. 1t was the Star board watch and the