The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-27
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Hfty;Eght Passengers Lost The Gal
5 liant Captain Goes Down
with His Ship. =
Interesting Interviews with Survivors
LONDON, November o6.-The Hamburg
American line steamer Pomcrania cameir
collision last night at midnight during Q
fog, about eight miles southeast Of Folke
stone, with the Welsh.bark Noll Elaine o
Pamaryon, from Rotterdam for Cardiff, in
ballast. The Pomerania at the time was
on her way from Plymouth to Hamburg.
The steamship foundered in about ten
minutes, and 172 Of her passengers and
crew were savedby the iron screw steamer
Glengary OF Middlesboro and landed at
Dover. Tho vessel with which tile Pom
erania was in collision is anchored off
Folkestone with her bows stove in and
her forward compartment full Of water.
A tug has gone to her assistance. aHr
1880 P. MA telegram just received by
the agents, in this city, OF the Pomerania,
suys that 1G9 Of the persons on board were
saved and IS missing, including the Cap
tain. is .utl''
The agents here, Of the Hamburg-Amer-
lean Co., say that forty-seyen passengers
Of the Pomerania were to have landed at
Plymouth and Cherbourg, leaving lO4 on
board. -Four second and one third-class
passengers embarked at Plymouth, making
the total number on board, when the dis.
aster occurred, at 100, provided forty
seven had landed as intended. b IA
| A dispatch from Dover says: o. Helms,
chief engineer; DR.. ]. Scheiding,C @. Peters,
chief steward, and two stewardesses are
supposed to be drowned.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
LONDON, November 26-4p. M.-Further
particulars OF the Pomerania disaster
show that at the time OF the collision she
was about three miles from the shore. She
was struck on the starboard side and sunk
in less than twenty minutes. Distress
signals were given, and responded to by
the steamer Glengary, proceeding down
the channel, which made all speed toward
the scene Of the disaster. There were nine
boats on the Pomerania, four OF which
were crushed in the collision. Five were
got of, but one being eyer-crowded with
passengers, was sunk. All the boats pulled
away from the ship, leaving the Captain,
who refused to quit the ship until the last
moment, The last boat TO leave was un-
der the Chief Officer, who did all In his
power to persuade the Captain to leave.
After pulling half an hour the survivors
were picked up by the Gleugary. The
Glcngary stayed near the scene until day
break, when tho Pomerania was seen
with hermast above water. The Glengary
then.proceede to Dover with those saved
and landed them at nine, when they were
taken, to the Sailors Home and treated
with every kindness. The greatest possi-
BILE order under tho circumstances was
maintained by the officers and crew.
STATEMENT OF A PASSENGER.
The following is narrative OF Louise
Louman, OF Akron, o.:
We had capital run and got TO Fly
mouth about o'clock in the morning on
the e5th inst. We landed some passengers
and took some for Hamburg. The crew
consisted OF III. We have here at the
Sailors Home 172. / was In bed last night
at fl2 o'clock, when felt o sudden
bump; l was alarmed, but l didn't think
It was ANYTHING serious as we had kept a
good lookout and the Captain appeared to
be yery careful. 1t was his l26th voyage.
He told us he celebrated his l25th
when he was last ut Hamburg. A lew
minutes after the collision the stewart and
some OF the crew came running in and
said sailing bark had run into us
and we were all TO go on deck.
I went on. deck and saw our ships
light, but the fog was SO great could see
nothing else, but they told mo the bark
had run away. The crew were then oil
busy lowering the boats. The ship, was
beginning to sink. In lowering the boats
there was great confusion, everybody try,
: inc to crowd into them. One boat filled
/, anil sank after 1t got into the water, two
others were smashed by the collision. The
,, boats were fastened up tight and we could
not Get them undone. The Pomerania
, was sinking rapidly. There were q number
of women among the passengers, oui
CAPTAIN had some fire works on board and
, iet them of. We managed toget into the
boats that remained, and had been there
about ten minutes when the steamer
Gleneary picked us up. She cruis'
,, ed about for long time, ON
|, Captain had chance to save his liie
,, but would stick to his ship. ! saw him
when our boat got away from the steame'
standing on the bridge, giving command
i. irving 10 maintain order and save as many
: as he could. In 20 minutes after the col
! I;s;on the Pomerania went down gradu
aIly, The ship by which she was rrr
down never saw at all. They told mt
b sbe was sailing bark. II was very thici
weather. There was good lookout al TN
t;mc Our boat was so crowded that 1t wa
very nearly even with the water.
!. PASSENGERS FORWARDED BY RAIL.
Q LONDON, November $50 ?. Nth
o London, Chatham & Dover kailr9S, Y,
j. brought free to London this evening ~ ~
: OF the Pomerania survivors, 70 Geihg ~
}, men and the others second and tlllrd.sias sal,
d Messengers. There were number ol nrs'
Q Glass passengers, and . few women anon
h them. Only fiye Of the tirst-class passep
;, gers saved are at Dover.
u STILL LATER.
9 NEW YORK, November pa Dover dii
4. nath avs: From fifty to sixty passenger
( IN mi the Pomorania have been lost. IN
"a y c@a,astrophe @ occurred pt quarter to !:
"a y The bafk Elaine, which was in ,eolltsiS9
y ,,;,b the steamship, was bound down N
~ ~ nMhsnneI M IN ballast Tor Cardiff. When tn
y cn,iision occurred the steamer Glengary,,
/. NH iIeborouph, was, most fortunately
Y, noSs;ns N the lime. The officers and ere
10 piibe tSlengary did al in theirpower 70 sp
= 0as ths unfortunate passengers. the poal
y, y, were @ an manned without delay, and succee!