Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-12
FIVE BODIES RECOVERED
j.. q. williams, President and Treas.
uref Of the Company, Was Killed
The Other Victims Were Hun.
Garlans-Mcu Caught Like RATS
In . Trap-No Warming.

mont SIa'c company here to-day, Whei
about 100 feet of tho west bank crashed
down without warning, burying the vic
tins under hundreds of tons of slate an,
loose earth. Five bodies were recover
hut it is doubtful whether the others car
be reached before next week. Tho deat
with the exception Of John q. Williams
president and treasurer of the company
are all ~Hungarians. The list follows:
John q. Williams
stephen Banois.
John Illnctakic.
Joseph 1llnctaki
Metro Dcmsic.
John Taranco.
Joseph Wasick.
The injured:
Frazier Queen. leg crushed. shoulder
broker and cut about the head.
William Cotobill. shoulder spraircd.
Several others had narrow escapes.
The slide "ccU'fcJ az so o'clock this
morning. while the gang Vas ut work in
the quarry. directed by Mr.. Williams and
the mon were caught like rats in a trap.
Mr.. Willi. ms was standing near the edge
If the bank while the others were below
in the pit. JIG had Just raised his arm
to signal to tho engineer in charge Of
NV - 'ISii't' "ECl Wv btIh ShN
way. carrying him into the pit Is feet
below.
The mon in the quarry ran in all di-
rcctions in a desperate effort to es-
cape the falling mass. Two Hungarians
had nearly reached safety when the de-
Iris overlook them. One escaped with a
broken shoulder. the other being Instantly
killed. Frazier Queen was buried to the
arm mite WheO thc rNo'- v.o-t lnu.,, q,
r"l'ott like Il carnon shot followed. a.; it
tore awa% from. the ledge behind and
tivt. inmates afterward there was not a
sound.
HUNDREDS TO THE RESCUE.
Tho quarrios Of the Edwards Slate
company. the w. n. Hughes Slate COM
tany. Norton I:rothcrs. Rising e. Nelson.
T.. j. Roberts. I.ayden e. Rurdick and
Thcnia Griffith. all il the Immediate VI
,inlty. were almost immeiiately chut
down. the hundreds ~ cp1plCyts rushing
{" the scene of the accident. News OF the
catastrophe was tricphoned 10 this riacc
aud surrounding. towns and tho c,ti.cts :.
accompanied Ivy many Physicians, h,ir.
RCD to the Ouo,rv.
The rcscucrs wcrc lowered into the
quarry. ono of the first TO reach Mr.
Williams's body being his bother. Ed
ward. who is also employed by tn.
company. The man was Just breathing
his last. One foot and his shoulder had
been crushed. hut what undoubtedly
caused his death was a deep Jagged cut
over his righ'. eve. supposed to have
hecn made by n square of finished slate,
much of which fell with the larger
mass.
when assistance reached Queen, the
man was still conscious and WAS try
ing TO pull the rocks away from his
body. lie was removed to his board
ing place and later was taken to the
Albany hospital. Ono leg will have
10 be amputated. but it is believed
that he will recover.
Tho bodies ~ two Hungariars were
then r"m"vel when it was found recess
sary to ivy tfosc of tire others m,ci,
deeper ty l~lastins off much If the over
hanging rock. which threatened to fail
On the trs, ,crs.
Two moro bodies wrro remove .his 1r.
tctnoon. but thu other h"c VIII probably
remain ~ tho debris until nest week. ne
most 81 the rock viii have to hc Loistcd
"nt OF Tic Grarry tsforc tl.c% can be
reached.
The acoldent is believed to have beon
due 10 "A seam in the rock, AS the Ledge
from which the mass of debris slid is nor.
fcctlH smooth. Edward Williams stated
Jhst night that this part Of the bank had
never been considered dangerous. and
that either he or his brother always stood
near the place where the latter was stand.
inS at the time OF the accident. to di-
rect the workmen below and to signal
tho engineer.
President Williams lived in Fair Haven
where he leaves a wife and two sons. Ho
was about 80. He had been connected
with the Giarries about a year. having
Formerly been IA travelling salesman.
Tho puarries where the accident oc.
urred arc situated in Pawict about 80 rods
from the New York line, four miles from
Granvill' and a mile from Pawlet village.
They arc located on what is known as tho
Dillingham; farm. Tho company was for.
m"riy the Warren Slate company but had
h"cn fcorGanizcd within q year or twu
under the name OF The Vermont Slate
company. 1t is understood the stock is
principally owned in northern New York
and the West.
,.,'TiSn't safe to he a day without DR..
I'll $500