Rutland County VT Archives Obituaries.....Lukas, William Lukas February 11, 1893
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Oregnonian  February 12,1893
Accident in A Quarry
Seven Men Killed and Numbers Seruiosly Injured
Rutland,Vt.,Feb 11,-One of the worst disasters in the histroy of marbel 
quarrying occured at West Rutland a little after 1 o'clock this afternoon in 
the quarry operated by the Vermont Marble Company. A great mas of stone fell 
into the quarry, and seven men were instantly killed and a number of others 
seriuosly wouned. The victims were crushed so that some could not be 
recognized. The killed and injured were:
Kied- William Lukas, Frank Sulig, Edward Powers, Aexander Blumquist, and three 
unrecognized men.
Injured: James Dooley, John Dunn,Charles Anderson, Fred Marchand, Anto Ractio, 
John C. Anderson, Peter Granier, John Michian, MIchael Cupps.
So soon as the accideny happened an electric  danger signal was rung in at the 
company's offices and the mill and woek stopped at once. All the doctors in 
West Rutland and Rutland were called by telephone and repsonded quickly.Scored 
of men were also sent down to the quarry.Soon the news spread to the streets, 
and hundredsof men,women, and children hurried ot the quarry, and by five 
o'clock the vicinity was crowded. In the crowd were many relatives of the dead 
and injure dmen, and they were frantic wirh grief. The accident was near the 
extreme end o fthe quarry,far under the hill. The killed and some od the 
injured were buried under tons of rock, and the work of rescue is necessarily 
difficult. The cause of the caving in is no tpositivel yknown. E.B. Morse, 
treasurer of the company,said the cause was not certain,though the "scale" or 
part od the roof that fell was probably loosened by freezing.

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