The daily gazette., 1878-11-30
THIRD EDITION
The Pom. naerania.

Only Three Bodies Recovered from the
Sea Want Of Discipline-7e testimony
Before the Coroner's Jury at Hast
ings-A Disgrdced Creio.
HASTINGS, Nov. 49, 1878.
came here this morning from Dover,
and find that the report sent to Dover
last night and forwarded to the Herald,
to the effect that twenty-siX more bodies
had been landed at TINS place, is totally
unfounded. The report came from Lon
don originally, and arose through mis-
apprehension of the telegram. The
facts are that Only three bodies have been
recovered. OF these two are identified.
Ore is the corpse of young r. w. ely
mer; the other is that of Peters, the
steward of the Pommerania.
THE UNIDENTIFIED.
The third body, a womans, is unden-
tilted, but IL is presumed to be Mr.. Il.
b. Lucke. The body has been described
to Misses Mary aud Rose Clymer and
they gave it as their unqualified opinion
that 1t was Mrs. Lucke. The Chief of
Police of this place gives the following
description of the corpse The lady was
aged about forty, very tall measuring
five feet seven inches), dark brown hair,
robust and intelligent looking. The body
is clad in plaid check dress, with but
=,
brown stockings, low brown cloth and
patent leather sho and black jacket
trimmed with fur. On her hands are two
rings, one marked at. L., 1876" the 9TH
er "W. g., 1866" and a gold chain with a
ioeket at achea.
WHAT THE INQUEST REVEALS.
The Coroners lnqu, st on the three
corpses already found was held here to-
day, and after the hearing of much tes-
fhs. trArHiaf raanhaH.
stands an the book simply, "Perished at
sea" The most important testimony
taken was that OF the English sailor,
Bhgh, who had already intimated to me
at Dover the reprehensible conduct of
the Pommeranias crew. He to-day re-
iterated certain charges which it is the
imperative duty OF the Hamburg Ameri-
can Steamship Company to investigate.
HOW ROSA CLYAER WAS SAVED.
Miss Clymer stated to her cousin. Mr..
b. S, Clymer, of Washington City "a
student OF architecture in Paris, who
hastened to her assistance, sRnd Is now
here), that she and her sisters were not
by the sailors in the slightest degree.
Her brother Whose corpse is now here
let Miss Mary Clymer down over the
ships side. She fell into the bottom of
the boat considerably stunned, but on
her recovery she saw a body fall into the
water beside the boat, and, putting out
her hands, seized the person by the hair.
She held on with all the desperation of
despair, and with the assistance of those
already in the craft, young girl was lifted
into the boat, who proved to be her lit
tie sister Rosa. The boat then put off from
the ship, but Miss Mary Clymer says it
was not near full
NO HELP FROM THE CREW.
In short, from the entire evidence, it is
clear that the sailors did not assist the
passengers and they were obliged To help
each other as best they could in the dark :
ness and confusion of the moment. The
Pommeranias officers do not appear to
have had the slightest control of the sail
Ors under their command. 1t Is altogeth-
er, deplorable showing of want dsci-
pine and ungallant conduct on the part
Of German sailors. The inquest was ad-
journed to give the chief mate an oppor-
tunity for exculpating himself.
NOT MUCH AFTER ALL
The $4,000 belonging TO one of the
rescued passengers OF the steamer Pom
M rama, which was found in a small boat
belonging to the steamer, was in the
shape of "a draft for that amount.