New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-03
WHELMED BY GREAT WAVES.
SIX MEN KILLED ON THE wEsTERNLAND.
DOUBLE SKA DROPS ON THE STEAMSHIP AND
CRUsHEs IN THE TURTLE-DECg.


results occurred on board the Red star steamship
"esern'and on saturday last. upon her voyage from
| Antwerp TO Now-Yorif. double sea, such as Is
sometimes but not often witnessed by mariners.
In 'front.' OF tho vessel, came up her bows. and
down in solid volume upon the middle of the forward
turf cdecR' br'akng It In and killing six persons
four sailors and two Immigrant passengcrs-snd in.
)ur ng more or less seriously fourteen Others six OF
| them sailors
The Westcrnland arrived at her pier at sussex-st,
jersey CITY, yesteriay afternoon. She sailed from
Antwerp on November 90. under command of Captain
Randlc, with 60 cabin and 574 stcerage passengers.
mostly inhmigrants All went merrly during the first
| part OF tho voyage. The weather was fair and the
| Immigrants gathered in groups in the stceage under
| the turtle deck along the rail- and spcculated
| upon tne happy future which seemed 10 be before
| them.
Last saturday morning moderate gale sprang mp
rom 'ne "est-northwest. bringing with 1t an ordinary
heavy sea- and this continued for about thirty hours
| Ihc weather however. not by any means the
worst mat has been seen upon the Atlantic nor did
the seas break over tho vessel with the force that
tney sometimes do. Still it nasty enough to
cause the watch deck to put on sou'westers and
oilcoats over their pea jackets About fifty of the
immigrant passengers who found below decks too
disagfeeabe in bad weather even for their not fas
tdious tastes, were housed under the turtle deck.
1hetc were also about dozen sailors under tho deck
employed In splicing ropes. repairing sheets. etc
Tho Wc'ternland at this time 400 miles
cast OF Sandy Hook Second Officer EhoH had tho
deck.
At 2:45 D. m. without any warning. two rolled
up under the bows from opposite directions and meet
ing, rose In solid volume. then dropped with such
tremendous force upon the middle OF the turtle deck
as to make wreck OF it, The swept aft through
the aleyways on each side. wrenching the doors Of
the officers stitcrooms from their hinges and doing
other damage. The most serious effects. however.
we're under the turtle deck. There heard
shrieks and rrOans DR. Hcrlack the ships surgeon,
at once rushed deck and almost at his heels.
drawing on his coat he ran, was DR.. COhn. one OF
the saloon passengers whse assistance TO DR.. Hcrock
was recognized IN letter of thanks and an offer to
pay for his services her he two surgeons reached
the forwan rar Of tho vessel heartrcnding picture
was presented. The iron plates Of the turtle deck
were wrenched anG torn six of the iron glriers we're
broken or bent If made OF tin. three Of the iroin
Sanctions had pierced through the top Of the iron
deck the threench plankng torn into splinters.
and underneath the wreckage near by on the deck
were the dead, dying and injured. The injured had
their arms or legs broken and scaps torn. and were
bleeding profusely from their wounds. One Of the
dead hal his entire side torn open having been hurled
against Delaying pin. Most Of the killed had received
in ernal Injuries only.
The two doctors examined the dead, and then gave
their attention to the injured, whose wounds were
dressed and who made comfortable as possible.
The dead disposed Of after the usual custom
of those dying at sea- being consigned to the deep
after the reading of the burial service Nearly all
of tho.e killed had families who were dependent upon
item. A subscription Of 1000 francs made by
the passengers
Following are the names OF those killed and injured
with the exception of q half dozen whose injuries
slight:
De Cook, Emile; sailor twenty six received fatal in
Dudar Gustave sailor married internal injuries
sko Nav. rant
beES %as throws against the rail by sea-
,,sR Y YReiff; @ sailor injuries
lie had a brother who WAS injured
vaas aSs d rom iar%s SSe ass een native of Marsa
sansap x Ra%ps ase nS 81 has asa wife
deckate cut his thro and nearly severed the head
@ the body g lie had Dd been me ssE to sea & forty %
was entitled pension under the Belgian laws he in
tended to teuie IRON the sea III January.
INJURED.
Brown. Gustavei immigrant; confused side
ThrsmaP Josef im%grant a., D1da d arms fractured
a6ar1s l. sailor; internal lnnr1s ,n,uo.
aSSen Nss % sailor les 5Tokcn and shoulder fractured
Livadir, Joseph Immigrant rght arm broken
Meiser Martin immigrant sprained ankle
Solmer. josef immigrant scalp wound.
Tasana Francisco; immigrant broken ribs
NeI-tTaten, Henri sailor; leg broken
weiI julius Immigrant Injured n back and stomach.
When the vessel reached her pier Olsen and Hansen
taken to the Jersey City Hospital Jersey City
Heights. Here ii found that llansens left
broken near the shoulder and an ncsed wound which
through the arm az the break juring the limb to such
to this his lett thish was 'dsocated at the
hip and both bones of the left leg were broken When
from severe pain In the back and ta s caused him
pam TO talk He Is the second boatsWain OF the
work under the turtle-dcck. He said in
speaking OF the accident 81 was at work
came and before knew anything the deck came crash
ing in ON us was caught in the falling iron and pinned
TO the deck, and that's about all remember of it,"
Olsen had both thighs broken. and when seen at the
hospital appeared in halfconscios state and could give
his injuries The physicians at the hospital say he will re-
cover.
The other two of the ships people who were injured
remained aboard the vessel These were Henri Yer
sraen, sailor whose leg broken and who will be
Dupont the stewards who lost OF his fingers.
Inc sieerage passengers were not taken to Castle Car
den and those injured remained aboard the vessel and
attended by Dr. Pieson Rector OF Jersey City, who
attends to the SEX Of the Red star Company while in
Jersey Cly With the exception OF one, the injured
seerage passengers were all able to walk about last
night.
Captain Randle could not be found last
evening and it said the pier that he had gone to
Philadelphia where his family resides.
Second Onicer Ehof said 1t sad and sickenng
accident was on the afternoon watch on saturday last
might DC called no more tnan moderate
gale and number of the immigrant passengers were
About 243 p n two rolled up from opposite drec,
tions and met right under the bows Then they seemed
down In an unbroken mass upon the turtledcck
crushing u IN like so much paper The screaming
under the mass of wreck were PAINFUL Some
were already dead and poor old sandcgan had
his head nearly severed by the iron sheets. The
force OF the sea may be imagined by the way the turtle
deck was wrecked the iron girders Swapping In two and
bending ana the sIanchions piercing through the deck
plates never Witnessed such thing before and never
wish 10 again. IL was accident that nobody could be
held to blame for, and IL remarkable because the
vessel was making good weather of it,"
As she Lay in her berth last evening the Westernland
presented 10 one standing the pier no evidence OF fhe
terrible ordeal through which size had passed But
view OF the forward deck conveyed some idea OF the
force OF me Dlow she had sustained. The urtedeck was
constructed OF four-inch pine planks which rested
upon heaVy iron beams. These upheld
by tnrcelhch iron stanchons. The body of water
struck the trtledeck about fifteen feet from the stem
and crushed IN section twenty feet III length and
extending the full width of the vessel.
PRODUCTION or THE WESTERN WHISKEY POOL.