Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-27

terrible and the air was filled with
prayers and curses. The veteran Cap
tain, Schwenzen, stood on the deck CIV
ing orders, in cool voice, to have the
life boats cut from the davits, no little
delay unfortunately occurringin launch
ing the boats, the night being dark and
foggy. OF eight boats the Pommerana
carried, five were successfully launched,
each b, at holding twenty persons in
addition to the crew. Three boats were
stove while being lowered. Another
was 20 heavily laden that it swamped
and all in it had to swim for their lives.
Hopes are entertained that some OF the
survivors may have been picked up by
passing vessels. The boats OF
the Glengary searched all
night. Several good swimmers owe their
lives to the long search. All on board
the Pommerana were aroused and no.
body was left sleeping. There is great
excitement at the Office OF the company
in this city. The Pommerana was built
at Gillnock- Clyde, in 1873. She was
of 1888 tons burden. The following are
her principal proportions: Length, 365
feet; breadth, 40 feet; depth of hold, 30
feet. She was brig-rigged. Her en-
gines were compound and OF six hum
dred nominal horse power. She had
six bulk heads. She was the most pop
ular vessel of the line.
FALKEsToNE, November 26.-The vari-
Gus accounts of the survivors concur
IN the praising of Capt. Schwenzen and
his officers, but represent that the crew
only added to the confusion by their
determination to save themselves.
Captain Schwenzen, to quell the excite
ment, told the passengers that the ves-
sci was aground.
Roderick Schneider, a passenger states
that the Captain replying to repeated
entreaties to get into one OF the boats
asked them to stand along, when the
mate shouted, 1--WE have waited long
enough" The Captain told them to
pull away little and wait. Just then
the vessel sank. AS she went down
Captain Schwenzen threw up his
arms and exclaimed, "Oh God"
While the boat was rowing about we
saw many people with the life pre-
servers wrongly put on, SO that the
lower part OF the body was floating
while the head was under water. The
conduct OF the second .boatswain on
board the steamer, in endeavoring to
save the ladies was admirable, and the
carpenter stood by with hatchct,
threatening to kill anybody who at
tempted to rush into the boats.
Mary Clymer says she was standing
in the same berth with her sister Rose.
They were awakened by the crash and
rushed on deck half dressed to where
the boats were being put off. They
were there joined by their brother, who
assisted her, Mary, into a boat. A
sailor threw Rose in, but she fell into
the water and had to be dragged out.
Young Clymer, who remained on the
steamer, seeing the boat was full and
that the sailors were trying to get ahead,
thusendangeringth their lives, cut the ropes
and set her adrift, saying: Goodbye"
to his saved relations. He thought his
mother and other relatives were in the
boat, but the sailors had prevented
them from getting in. 1t isa noticeable
fact that los sailors out OF Ill were
saved
Louise Rossman, of Philadelphia,
steerage passenger, who escaped, says:
Captain Schwenzen's last words when
the boat was obliged to row away, to
avoid being sucked down, were in Ger
man, and that they were Farewell,
children" There were good many of
the passengers around the Captain, cry
ing for help and clinging to each other.
Henry Schmidt, steerage passenger,
says that the plug was missing from the
first boat lowered, which prevented her
from being righted. When capsized,
six persons were drowned from that
boat. 4 rowlock was missing from the
second boat, which prevented her going
to the assistance OF the strugglers. One
of the Pommerania's crew says he saw
the bark's lights ten minutes
before she struck, but the collision
did not seem probable until three min
utes before it occurred. As the Noel
lillian was going free, she might have
avoided striking. The Pommerana went
to port as far as she could, but
the collision was then unavoidable.
The first officer, Franzen, says it was
his watch, and that he was IN charge of
the ship. Captain Schwenzer was on
deck, but not on the bridge. Franzen
declines to say whether the whistle was
blowing.
READING, Pa, November 2G. - Mrs.
Mary Hester Clymer, a passenger on
the steamship Pommerana, was the
only sister Of the Hon. lIiester Clymer,
and widow of W. b. Clymer who
died in Italy three years
ago. She was on her way to Europe
with her four children-Mary, Rose,
Maria and Richar,l-where they were
to complete thoir education.
The Lost.
The following passengers are lost or
unhcartl from: Mrs. w. b. Clymer, OF
Philadelphia; Miss Maria Hester ely
mer Philadelphia; Mr.. b. Clymer, Phil
adelphia; Alex. Bodisco, New York :;
Bayis Bodisco, New York; Mrs. Anna
Bodisco, New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernst, b. Lucke and three children,
New York: Miss Amelia Waltf, New
York; W. S. Adams, Springfield
Mass; Robert Pommar, St. Louis;
Xavier Walz, Allegheny, Pa; Jacob
Kaufman, New York; II. Muller, Ger
many; Caroline Dehu, Srn Francisco;
Miss Christine Frick. New York; Mrs.
l.. Funk, Madison, Wis. Emmie Grend,
Hartford, Conn; John Semann, Wal
den, n. y; Master Theo. +. {. Harden,
Green Point, l.. l.; John Deck, y. y:
Johann Braun Quincy, Illinois; Nina
Stiehl and four children, Morrisiana, y
y; l.. NJ. Adsen, Harlem, y. u; John
Haake. Chicago; Christian Jensen, Ra-
cine, Wis; Louis Roath, Chicago; II.
Stroh, st. Louis; John W. Johnson,
jamestown, New York; Louis Korn-
doefer, st. Joseph, Mo-; Jargen Ban
nick, Davenport, Iowa; John klos,
st. Louis; John Stengel, Turner's Falls,
Mass. August Becker, Buffalo; George
Krus. Delaware, o.; Michael kraus,
Delaware, o.; J. c. Olesar, Omaha; JAS.
]. Howing. Omaha; Louis Talinsky,
Buffalo: August Beyrer, Buffalo; John
NJ. Walz, Sandusty, o.; Her
man NJ. Rasmussen, Milwau.
kec: Friedrich Zudz, Chicago;
Wilhelm Hegerman, Ia Crosse, Wis,
John Rackleman, La Crosse, Wis; r,
Scheel, Chicago; Gattfried Berger,