The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-03
DISASTER AT SEA.
Six Men Killed and Thirteen
Seriously Injured.
THE DEAD ARE BURIED AT SEA.
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A Frirh,ral Disaster at Sea.


A FrightfuI Disaster at Sea.
JERSEY CITY, n. J., December "A
frightful disaster. involving the death
or six men and the infection of serious
injuries to thirteen others, was re-
ported this afternoon upon the arrival
of the steamship WesternLand. On
Saturday afternoon. November %.
huge cross sea was suddenly en-
countered, and it fell with terrific force
upon the forward deck. The steamship
Hesteraldnd was then seven days out
from Antwerp. The deck was crushed
in anu buried the unfortunates
beneath a mass of wood and
iron debris. The next instant the
water swept along the gangway
and the main deck, carrying severci
persons with il. The crash was terrific,
but before the appalling nature OF the
accident was realized by the passengers
the officers of the ship had all the
men available engaged in the work of
rescue. The injured were carried to
the intern ediate cabin. which was
transformed into hospitll. The four
seamen were found to have been killed
outright. The passengers injured were
as follows:
Joseph Leyadori, both arms broken.
He Is brother to the young passenger
who died from injuries.
Max Kagl, leg broken.
Julius Wiel, severe confusion on
back and abdomen.
Francis TassanI. three ribs broken
and legs puncturtd.
Willie Harromb, OF Newark, leg
broken and arm dIslocated.
Eugene SOhmer. severe scalp wounds.
Gustave Brem, severe conclusions on
back aud thigh and face badly cut.
Joseph Christmsn, arm broken.
Martin Meser, ankle spraiued and
back bruised.
The dead were
BURIED Al SEA.
Many affecting scenes were witnessed
at the improvised hospital when the
passengers inquired about their many
friends. Everything possible was done
for the relief of the injured. The cabin
passengers showed their sympathy
with the unfortunates by many kindly
acts and raised a purse of 2,OOn
francs to be distributed among
the families of the dead and injured.
When the WeSterHldad reached port, the
passengers were transferred TO the
hospital. The inspection of the vessel
aforded some idea OF the terrible blows
she received. The crushed deck ~,
known as the forward whale ha~k. /,
was constructed OF tOur-iuCh piue
These, in turn, were held up by
three inch iron rod stanchons. The
vast volume OF water struck the whale
back about fifteen feet from the stem
and crushed in a section twenty-nine
feet in length and extending the full
with OF the steamship =.
The second officer, Hoff, made the
following statement: We left Ant
werp on Saturday, November 20,
with 90 cabin and 574 steerage
passengers and full cargo.
At 2.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
November 9th. we were in latitude 81
degrees, 50 minutes, longitude 43 de-
gree, 81 minutes. 1 was on the main
bridge, when 1 noticed an enormous
wave on the starboard bow. The next
instant. another towering wave joined
il from the por. side. They seemed to
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must have been nearly forty feet high,
as l saw their united mass above
the lower yards of the fore mast.
Then came a crash of the water
upon the deck. 1t sounded louder than
dozen ca mons fired at once. The
water swept from one end of the main
deck to the other. and carried every
thing before it. The disaster was not
met with in q storm. Merely q good
strong breeze was blowing from the
southwest. with a chopping sea. and
the vessel was speeding sixteen -lots
an hour. The day was clear. Most of
the cabin passengers were below. A
group of sailors were on the spar deck.
under what is technically known as the
Turtle Back" Moving around among
them were several storage passengers,
who were idly watching the sailors
weaving ''senneti. material used for
sails. The first officer was below. Il
was starboard watch. and the captain
and second man were on deck, the latter
being on the bridge.