River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-02-16
DEATH ON LAND AND SEA.

A Huge Wave sweeps Her Decks aud
Causes Loss of Eleven L.ves-Tsn Men
Killed by a Collapse la n Marble quarry
"A Land Slide In Colorado Kills Six
Persons
LONDON, Feb. 13.-The Allan line
steamer Pomeranian, from Glasgow
January 81 via Neville for New York.
has returned 10 Greencek, after losing
a number of her crew and passengers
in heavy storm. The Pomeranian
was about 1. $50 miles westward from
Glasgow when she encountered weather
of unusual severity. The gales had
increased with great suddenness until
heavy sea unexpectedly swept over
the deck, carrying everything be-
fore it like an avalanche The
deck saloon, the chart-house. the bridge
and the boats were smashed
and swept away by the tre-
mendous force of the waves. and when
scene of ruin. and the shrieks of per-
ishing sailors and passengers could be
heard in the waves that surged about
the dismantled steamer
Capt. Dalziei had been or the bridge
when the avala niche struck the YES
sci. He was swept from his post
and dashed against the bulwarks.
where he lay stunned and help
less. The mates, John Cook and John
Hamilton, who were on the bridge
with the captain, were swept out to
sea and drowned. Besides the first
and second officers named, two quarter
masters, two stewards, four first cabin
passengers, and one second cabin pass
enger persisted by drowning.
James and Lillian Gibson, of Dali
keith, Jane Gallery, of Londonderry,
and John Stuart. of Glasgow, were the
first cabin passengers lost. They were
in the deck saloon at the time of the dis
aster, and were hurled overheard with
the ruins of the saloon. They were
never seen again, but survivors say a
despairing cry pierced the air even
amid the thunderous roar of the wa
tiers. Peter Forbes. of Dundee. was
the second cabin passenger missing,
and the stewards were James Pritch-
ard and Fred Westbury. The stew
ards were engaged at the time 10 their
usual duties when borne off their feet
and swept into the sea. Two seamen
named Peter Mclean and William Ur-
quhart, who were on duty at the time,
also persisted.
For a moment after the catastrophe
the survivors were too stunned to act.
With the captain disabled and
the first and second officers
drowned, there was no one for the
moment to give orders from whom
orders were expected. Every one
looked about to see who was in com
mand. Then the third officer quickly
brought the crew to their senses, and
took prompt action to save the
steamer and its human freight from
further calamity. All the instruments
for navigation had been swept away
except the after-compass, by which the
steamer had to be navigated.
Capt Dalziel was borne below. His
injuries were fatal, and he died on the
following morning. The crew cleared
away the wreckage and the vessel
started on its return voyage, making
its way back slowly and carefully to
Greenock. The survivors of the pas
seDgers and crew are in very ex-
hausted condition after their terrible
experience.
RUTLAND, VT, Feb. 1S.-The worst
disaster in the history of Rutland
county took place at West Rutland al
o'clock Saturday afternoon when al
least ten men were killed and eight in
jured by me falling in of a wall in the
old Sheldon quarry at West Rutland.
| TIE real cause of the accident is not
known, though the recent heavy rain
is supposed to be responsible for it
/ The accident was near the extreme
end of the quarry, far under the hill
/ The killed and some of the injured
/ were buried under tons of rock, anC
| the work of rescue was necessarily
| difficult, but scores of men. in eharg,
/ of competent bosses, went at IL with 1
/ will. The loose pieces of stone were
removed and blasts put in to remov,
! the larger pieces. The bodies brough
to the surface were in many case,
crushed SO horribly that they were un
recognizable.
1t was at first reported there were
$50 qusrrymen in the vicinity when the
disaster occurred, but there were les
than 100 in the quarry. Reports from thu
workmen themselves show that grea
many men were at work within a few
rods of the fatal wall when the
huge mass of stone fell AL
the victims carried accident in
surance with the Vermont Marble
company. The families of the deaC
will receive $500 each in all cases with
one half their yearly wages, if tn,
wages were over $1,000 a year. TIT
injured men will receive one-half thei
weekly wages and all doctors bills,
The quarry is just north of a biz
saving mill of the Vermont Marble
company, and is known as the Sheldor
covered quarry, or quarry No. 3. /
was opened by Sheldon & Slausou II
1868, but last year was leased by The
Vermont Marble company, which has
run it since. Depth and surface con
sidered, it is the largest quarry in the
world.
VILLA GROVE, Col, Feb. 13.-Sun
day morning slide occurred in thu
wallrock on one of the tunnels at thu
Orient mines of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company; six were killed and si'
were injured. The names of the killed
are: Z. j. Breen. Ed Carter, Hugh
Connolly. Ed Johnson, James II. Nor
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