The Portland daily press., 1892-02-25
DEATHS QUICK DESCENT.
Piteous Cries Of the Injured Under
Tons Of Rock.
SADDENED HOMES IN ENGLAND AND
PORTUGAL.

The English Horror Caused BY Falling
! Factory Chimney-women the Victims
Six Bodies Recovered-Fire Adds Its
Terrors-PortugaI's King Directing the
Rescue of Imprisoned Quarrymen-
Nineteen Quarry men Killed or Manned.
LONDON, February 24.-At Cleckheat-
on, West Riding, Yorkshire, today, q
massive chimney, $50 feet high, at Marsh
mills, a flannel factory, collapsed and
fell on the roof of the factory just as a
number of young women operatives
were leaving work. The wing of the
factory on which the chimney fell was
crushed into heap of debris. The pit
eous cries of those caught in the ruins
could be heard as the horror of the scene
was augmented by the breaking out of
fire. Numbers of the imprisoned vic
tins were more OF less burned. A force
of workmen and fire brigade were
speedily got to worl, to move the de-
bris. The number already extricated
includes six killed and many injured by
having their limbs crushed. Twelve
persons are still missing and are not
likely to be extricated before morning.
s'Steeple Jaclks'' had been occupied for
week past in repairing the chimney
which fell. They found it collapsing
and made their escape. The manager
states an expert examined the founda-
tions of the chimney at 8 p. M, and de-
clared them safe. 1t is reported the
cause of the disaster was the removal of
number of defective bricks for the
purpose of making repairs. Public GEN.
sure is directed against the owners of the
factory for permitting large number of
employees to continue at work, knowing
the dangerous condition of the chimney.
THE KING DIRECTED THE RESCUERS
Nineteen Workmen Buried BY Falling
Rock in Portuguese Quarry.
LISBON, February 24.-An explosion
occurred today at a quarrya short dis
tance from the royal palace of Ajuda.
The explosion rent huge masses of rock
from the sides of the pit and tumbled
them down upon the men below. The
noise and shock were heard and felt a
great distance and an immense crowd
gathered about the quarry. Among
those who fastened to the scene We're
King Charles and his brother, the Duke
of Oporto. They supervised the work of
rescue. The fescuers have taken out
four workmen mangled in a dreadful
manner. Their injuries will prove fatal
Fifteen men are still buried under the
rocks. 1t is feared some are killed.
STARVATION OFFICIALLY UNKNOWN.
So When People Die for Want of Food
Russian Doctors Doctor the Report.
LONDON, February PA special cor
respondent travelling in Russia for the
purpose of investigating the famine situ-
alton, has reached Saratov after 800 mile
drive through the Volga valley, where he
went to inquire into the condition of the
German colonists. What the correspon-
dent learned on his trip fully confirms.
the reports made regarding the pitiable
condition of these Germans. The prin-
cipal land owner, he says, does nothing to
relieve the distress among the colonists.
The grain given by the authorities does
not last the allotted time and the many
deaths that occur among the people are
really due to starvation and not to dis
ease as stated in the official reports. The
doctors have received a significant Off
cial intimation that there is no starva-
ton in. Russia. AS natural consequence,
in their reports of deaths, the cause is al
ways attributed to some common dis