Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-27
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II: n New ok t. isamtIrg Tas aancunccI 10
yesterday 3 Gsz:!la The following additional
particulars have b2en received since. LOUISA
I.on!aana ot !iktca, Ohio, 4 rescued passenger,
sajs: 49,,
we had capiisl rul, aud got 10 Plymouth
| about hraa o'clock 10 the morning on the 25h
lust. We landed some passengers and took
| some for Hamburg, and then ran tor Chcrbourg
aud landed passengers, nearly all or whom were
| ca;,u. These lett we're mostly between decks.
The crew consisted Of III. We have here at
the Sailors Home ~. | was in bed last night
al about quarter 10 twelve o'clock, when |
| tel. q sudden bump, 81 if tho pommeranla bad
si,ucE upon . rcck. | was alarmed, bot did
not thk at first that X vas anylhlGg very scrl,
Qua, az We he'd kept IL good lookout, end tho
| caplGia appeared to Do very careful. IL was
| his ono hundred and twenty sixth voyage.
| lie had tod US he celebrated his ono hun
drid ard twenty fifth when he was lest
ct Hamburg. a few seconds after the col.
| sion The steward and some Ct the crew came
| luaning to us and said sailing bark had run
into Us, and We were all to 60 on deck. | went
Oh dcc!. directly and saw our ships light, but
The fog was 50 great that could sec nothing
:lsl; tu. they told mc that the bark had lua
away. Tho crew were then all busy lowering
boats. The ship was beginning 10 sirk. Ia
lowering the beats there was great confusion,
everybody trying to crowd into them. Olc
boat filed and sank Immediately alter it got
uto the water. I've olhc5 were smashed by
the collision. Tho boats were fastened UP tight,
and we could not get them unIone. The Pom.
inerauia was shaking rapidly. There were q
nuclber Of women among tie passengers. l
| dci know hoS many, but eight have been
saved and baby. | think the baby's mother
has been drowned. Our captain had some fire.
VOL Ks CO board aud lei them otf. We msuag ed
! 10 get into the boat that femaincd, and had been
there about tea minutes when the steamer
Gcngarry picked u5 ny. She crused about a
! long time. Oar captain had chance to save
! hia life, but veal sick 10 bis ship. [ saw him
whcn cur boat got away from the steamer,
standiog eli the bridge siviog commands, trying
to obtain order aad save as many as he could.
| la twenty minutes alter The collision the Pom
moraaia went down. She did cot heel over,
| bu. wear rIo%n gradually. Tho ship which ran
Us Go70 never saw at all. They told ME she was
| ealing bark, and that with Z north northeast
wind she came bowling along ADD rau rig into
u. | thought Until wc landed that we had
! run upon rccs, is the Schiller did. 1t was
ytry thick ucat!lrr. There vas good lockout
! co the P0rimcrania al tho tirac. She had
smart SailAa AMI there we're always two or three
| en- the bridge and two on the iurcpart from the
lime sbc raarcd the Charotl. Oar boat was so
crowded i! vas very ncarlT even With the water.
| Mr.. Ptnpcnhnscu sta!2s that he had sooe 10
bed aud VS.; wakencd by 10 crash. lie thought
there had been Il collision, and, half dressed,
rushed oa leck. lie vas net By the doctor,
who, sad, "Y vu had better pat on q lite pre-
earv"rl" which he did with the doctors help.
| IL did not altoulNt to save any OF his ctsctS,
! but SO. into . beat which was Immediately low.
cree This Was the second b1ai. 1t WAS fol-
! loved 80 closely by third that they nearly
swanped each other hir. Poppcnhuseu saw
| Uap!ain SHhwcnsGn o. The bridge 6 thu boat
put IF.
Tie Ccu!r, N.wa s,5s it is believed that
Captain SchwcDsen and his "ltc persisted. Their
| luug year old child WAS saved, AZ well as several
other ycuag children.
Aiuslt f. FAbrr states that IL was in his
bal;!', ony two sections from the spot where
the huaIatraIil vas stove. lie rushed On
confusion AID thick darkness. lie met the
| bliss: CIgmcr on deck aud assisted them 10 8
| boat The ladies' were cool and co!la0Icd.
2lvs. Oa:r~leil says that she had retired, and
| ,gai awakened by the terrific crash. she sp:aug
troal her !crth ADD gained the d=ck, where all
was lmpaun:rsb!a dalkaess The slccraec pas
senxers we're crying loudly. Che was pushed
| toward liia-toat which was Just then beiDp
lowered. Even alter getting fl rat there Seem
I'd little hope tpr safety; bus they s)o0 aaw the
! ghls pl tii: G!cnGary, v!i!ah took ihcm 90
! board I'll these tiga persons speak IN The
higijrsS terms Of the captaio who was on tho
bridge uoai!y all oftha previous three days and
ariI;3 They thitl- 90 other iifBl class passed
| gers Wcro saved.
Tho lummerah:a landed fourteen first class
passengers and twcuyslX others at Cher
! DGurg.
The Noel Eliaa struck the Pommeraoia On
| the safboard side. abait the funnel, making q
large aperture. Blue lights were sent up. THo
boats were amashcd and one swamped Five
crew All were picked up by tho GIonga!ry
which hove to On seciug the P0mmerania s
signals. The Noel Eilian disappeared in the
| dark ness and Waa Dot seen aiterRard
| Chief Officer Fran2an commanded tho last
| beat A he nut off the captain, who was on
tho bridge, called to him TO keep az close to the
| pcmrnerania as possible. lie laid 10 about ten
| yards from ihe steamer, bur she went doWn 10
| five uinutca The boat had forty people on board,
| had taken 10 considerable water, and Was too
Iauch laden 10 attempt the rescue OF auy per-
SONS floating. We rowcd to the Glenaarry,
from lsouon Tar l,itb. which stood by dn,i1g
The night, and wn saved one passenger from
TIE wafer. 1T daylight the toPmast Of the
p0mmcrania and her tore and main yards were
visible aboyc tho watcc, but there was nobody
10 the rigging. She lies about aou!hweat Twelve
miles from the teraland light. Tho GIengarry
then steamed fer Dover, and the Tug Granville
lock the people into the herbor. where they
we're taken to the Sailors lloma.
Officer frarZan says there vas q thick fog
all day Monday About !ort5-6ge minutes
after eleven o ciucs at night, without hardly
The slightest warning Of the olcss proximity Of
any vessel, bark appeared on our star board
side aud Immediately crashed into US, just abaf'
the tunnci, making big hole The water
rushed in. AID the Pommcrania began shaking.
| The captain ordered blue lights sent up. aud
the boats cleared iiway. Perfect discipline Was
maintained thrcurhcur. The captain remained
Oh the bridge, oveisociog he launching Of The
boats, AID. though begged to leave, steadfa5tly