Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-27
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SINKING OF THE STEAMSHIP POM
MeRANA.
She collides with the Sailing Bark EiIian
and Sinks in Twenty Minutes Sixty
Lives Supposed to Have
..-5 Been Lost. .:.- %

LONDON, November 26.-The steam
ship Pommsfana, Captain Schwenzen,
which left New York November 18th,
for Hamburg, was sunk by collision
off Folkstone, last night. Fifty-eight
persons are missing. One hundred and
sixty-two were saved. The vessel with
which the Pommerana came in contact
was a Welsh bark, from Rotterdam for
Cardiff. The. Pommerana at the time
was on her way from Plymouth to
Hamburg. The steamship foundered
in about ten minutes. One hundred
and seventy-two Of her passengers and
crew were saved by the iron screw
steamer Glengary, OF marlborough,
and landed at Dover. The vessel with
which the Pommerana was in collision is
anchored off FOlkestone, with her bows
stove and her forward compartment full
of water. A tug has gone to her assist
ance.
1890 p. M.-A telegram just receivtd
by the agents in this city OF the Pom
merana says that l6o of the persons on
board are saved, and 5S are missing, in
Guiding the captain.
The agents here of the Hamburg
American Company say that forty-seven
passengers of the Pommerana were to
have landed at Plymouth and Char
bourg, leaving one hundred and four on
board. Four second and one third class
passenger embarked at Plymouth, max
ing the total number on board when the
disaster occurred one hundred andnine,
provided the forty seven had landed as
intended. A dispatch from Dover says
that o. Helms, chief engineer, J. Scheid-
ing, doctor, c. Peters, chief steward, and
two stewardesses are supposed to be
drowned.
Further particulars of the Pommer-
ana disaster, show that at the time OF
the collision she was about three miles
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starboard side, and sank in less than
twenty minutes. The distress
signals were given and re-
sponded to by the steamer Glen
gary, proceeding down the channel,
which made all speed toward the scene
of disaster. There were nine boats on
the Pommerana, four of which were
crushed in the collision. Five were got
of, but one being over-crowded with
passengers was sunk. All the boats pull
ed away from the ship leaving the
captain, who refused to quit the ship
until the last moment. The last
boat to leave was under 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 Glengary. The Glen
gary STAYED near the scene till daybreak
when the Pommerana was seen with
her mast above water. The Glengary
then proceeded to Dover, with those
saved and landed there at nine, when
they were taken to the Sailors Home
and treated with every kindness. The
greatest possible order under the cir
cumstances was maintained by the otii-
GERS and crew.
Statements Of Survivors.
The following is the narrative OF
Louise Louman, of Akron, Ohio:
We had capital run and got to Ply
mouth about ; O'Clock i'll the afternoon
of the 25th inst. We landed some pas
senpers and took some for Hamburg.
The crew consisted OF III. We have
here at the Sailors Home l72. | was in
bed last night about quarter to II
o'clock, when | felt sudden bump. l
was alarmed but l didn't think at first
il was ANYTHING serious, as We had kept
a good lookout and the Captain ap-
peared to be very careful. 1t was his
i26th voyage he had told us. lie cele-
brated his l25th when he was last at
Hamburg. \ few seconds alter the
collision the steward and some OF the
crew came running and said n
sailing bark had run into us
and we were all To 80 ON
deck. went on deck and saw our
ships light, but the fog was so great |
could see nothing else, but they told me
the bark had run away. The crew were
then all busy lowering the boats. There
was great confusion, and everybody was
trying to crowd into them. One of the
boats was TILED and sunk. After
it got into the water two Others
were smashed by a collision.
The boats were fastened up tight, and
we could not get them undone. The
Pomnerana was sinking rapidly. There
were a number of women among the
passengers. Our captain had some fire
works ON board, and let them OF. We
managed to get into the boats that re-
NAMED, and had been there about ten
minutes when the steamer Glengary
picked us up. She cruised about long
time.
Our captain had chance to save his
life, but would stick To his ship. saw
him when our boat got away from the
steamer, standing on the bridge giving
command trying to obtain order and save
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