The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
CRASH, OCEAN WAVE AND FIRE
WORK AWFUL HAVOC.
Seven Men Crushed, Twelve Lost at SEQ
and a City Fire Swept.
SEVEN CRUSHED TO DEATH.

One of the worst disasters in the history
of marble quarrying occurred at West Rut-
land, VT, Saturday afternoon, in quarry
operated by the Vermont Marble Company,
with which Senator Proctor is connected.
A mass of stone fell into the quarry, and
seven men were instantly killed and a num-
Der injured. The victims were crushed so
that some of them could not be recognized.
The killed are: Vim. Lukas, Frank Sulig,
Edward Powers, Alexander Blumquest, and
three crushed so that they could not be rec =.
ognized. The injured are: John Dooley,
John Dunn, Charles Anderson, Fred Mar
chand Anton Ractio, John G. Anderson,
Peter Grenier, John Michan and Michael
Cupps
All the doctors in Rutland were called and
responded quickly. Scores of men were
sent down into the quarry. Hundreds OF
men, women and children hurried TO the
quarry. In the crowd were relatives Of the
Killed men and they were frantic with grief
The cause of the caving in Of the quarry
is not positively known The mass OF stone
which covered the men who were at work
c Osy by was, as near as can be estimated, W
ieet in length and 20 feet wide. II fell with.
out the least warning and all who were nt
Morse treasurer of the Vermont Marble
Company says the scale" or part of the
roof that fell, had been loosened by treez-
ing.
An OCEAN DISASTER.
A dispatch from London says: The Allen
line steamship Pomeranian, from Glasgow,
January ~. via Moville for New York has
returned to Greenock, in distress, after hay-
ing met with one of the most fatal acci-
dents that has occurred to transatlantic
steamer for many yeas, an accident that
resulted in the loss of twelve lives.
The disaster occurred when the steamer
was about l. $50 miles out The Pomeranian
encountered buisierous weather immediate
| " after leaving port The gale increased in
| severity until the 4th Of February. Every
| prccau,ion was taken to prevent the water
getting below. Suddenly tremendous lea
| reared its crest n short distance ahead OF the
| steamer as she plunged down wave. The
deck saloon chart house, the bridg, and th'
| boats were smashed to pieces and partly
washed overheard. The deck was covered
| with u mass of wreckage and the utmost
| confusion reigned.
| Capt. w. Dalzel, commander, and Johr
Stewart of Glasgow, first cabin passengers
were talking together when the first Sc;
swept over the vessel They both had thei
legs broken and died few hours afterward
The second and fourth officers. two stewart
| and two quartermasters of the vessel, thre'
| first and two second cabin passengers wer'
swept overheard and lost.
The vessel then nut back 10 Greenock.
NASHVILLE FIRE SWEET.
At Nashville, Tenn, alter smelling fir
early Sunday morning a long search tndet
| by discovering flames in Sol Frankland
Co.'S store Before the flames were sub
dued loss of $1,000 on premises and stool
was figured up, insurance $4,000. Abou
O'Clock this morning ilnm es came from j
H. Fall h Co.'S. next door. They carried
heavy stock of arms, and tn explosion
scattered the crowd and iet irded work. Tn
building was consume. Loss on stock
sl35 COO; insurance, s9i, 600. A building oC
cupied by the Globe Clothing Company AM
belonging to Mrs. Carter was also sinred
Loss on stock by water, 3O,OOO; insurance
5000
Later ire was discovered in the block Of
Union street occupied by the City Saving
Bank, HilIbrand, iewe er and Miss lser
milliner. Tire buildings are three and fou
stories high and portion of the roof wa
burned and the buildings iiooGed with wat
er, damaging buildings and stocks. Th
damage is all covered by insurance. A
night the fire signal was turned in Tor th
third time in "a hours. and it was soon dis
covered that the hrPning Bunntr building
occur ed by the Banner an by Haslock
Ambrose Job printers. WAS in flames. Tn
Banner lost s25,0O0 aud the job printer
$4,000. insured for tS,0 the total losse
caused by the fires in the twenty-four hon
are about S2Si, 900 insurance. s2sO,OOO,