Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-02-18
DEATH ON LAND AND SEA.

n bugo wave sweeps Bsr Decks and
Causes Loss of Eleven Lives-Ten Men
Killed by n Collapse In n Marble quarry
"A Land Slide In Colorado Kills Six
Persons.
LONDON, Feb 13.-The Allan line
| steamer Pomeranian, from Glasgow
January 27 via Moville for New York,
has returned to Greenock after losing
| a number of her crew and passengers
| in heavy storm. The Pomeranian
was about ,I50 miles westward from
Glasgow when she encountered weather
of unusual severity. The gales had
increased with great suddenness until
a heavy sea unexpectedly swept over
the deck, carrying everything be-
sUro it like an avalanche. The
deck saloon, the chart-house, the bridge
and the boats were smashed
and swept away by the tire.
mendous force of the waves. and when
the sea had passed over the decks were
a 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. Dalziel had been on the bridge
when the avalanche struck the ves-
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
/ l..
enger perished by drowning.
James and Lillian Gibson, of Dali
keith, Jane Caffery, 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
ters. 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 in their
usual duties when borne off their feet
and swept into the sea. Two seamen
| huliiCo CbCl hCbSdh anu w lllldul - T.
quhart, who were on duty at the time,
also perished.
For 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 tc
r Greenock. The survivors of the pas
sepgers and crew are in very ex
hausted condition after their terrible
experience.
RUTLAND, VT, Feb. 13.-The worst
disaster in the history of Rutland
county took place at West Rutland a
. o'clock Saturday afternoon when a
least ten men were killed and eight in
> jured by the falling in of wall in the
: old Sheldon quarry at West Rutland
: The real cause of the accident is no
3 known, though the recent heavy rair
v | &c ~, ho Ia fo,
The accident was near the extrem,
: end of the quarry, far under the hill
The killed and some of the injure,
were buried under tons of rock, an
the work of rescue was necessaril,
difficult, but scores of men, in charg
of competent bosses. went at it with
will. The loose pieces of stone wer
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 We're ur
. recognizable.
- 1t was at first reported there wer
y $50 quarrymen in the vicinity when tn
disaster occurred, but there were les
:, than 100 in the quarry. Reports from til
workmen themselves show that a grea
| ulduy lnCu WGIC ~ WoIh Withlh a. ~
" rods of the fatal wall when til
:, huge mass OF stone fell A
- the victims carried accident il
= surance with the Vermont Marbl
:. company. The families of the dea
:, will receive $500 each in all cases wit
"a one half their yearly wages, if th
wages were over $1,000 a year. I'll
. injured men will receive one-half the
a, weekly wages and all doctors bills.
# The quarry is just north of b
Ia saving mill of the Vermont Marb
m company, and is known as the Sheldc
IT covered quarry, or quarry No. 3.
was opened by Sheldon & Slauson
1868, but last year was leased by ii
Vermont Marble company, which hi
)e run it since. Depth and surface co
I'd sidered, it is the largest quarry in I'll
n. world.
)e VILLA GROVE, Col, Feb. 13.-Su
ST day morning slide occurred in 81