Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-27
With Lists of the Passengers on
Board, the Saved and
the Lost.
HEROIC CONDUCT OF CAPTAIN.
Who Dies in His Effort to Save the
Lives Of Those in His
Care.
STATEMENTS OF SURVIVORS,
With Scenes and Incidents of the Heart
Rending Disaster.

LONDON, Nov. 26.--The Hamburg Ameri-
can line steamer Pomerani, Capt. Schwen-
son. which sailed from New York tffe 18th of
November for Hamburg, and arrived at Ply
mouth at midnight the 24th, came in col
lision last night, about midnight, during
fog, about eight miles southwest of Folke-
stone, with a vessel reported to be the Welsh
bark Noel Ethan, of Carranvon, from Rotter-
dam for Cardiff in ballast. The Pomerania
at the time was on her way from Plymouth
TO Hamburg. The steamship foundered in
about ten minutes. OF her passengers and
crew 172 were saved by the iron screw
steamer Glengarry, of Middleborough and
were landed at Dover. The vessel with
which the Pomerania was in collision is an
chored off Folkestone with her bows stove in
and her forward compartment full of water.
A tug has gone TO her assistance.
THE COLLISION.
New YORK, Nov. pa Dover dispatch
says; From fifty to sixty passengers on the
Pomerania have been lost. The catastrophe
occurred quarter to 1 o'clock. The steamer
was bound down the channel in ballast for
Cardiff whore the collision occurred. The
steamer Gslengarry, of Middlesboro, was
most fortunately passing at the time. The
officers and crew of the Glengarry inmedi-
ately did all in their power to rescue the I'M
fortunate passengers. The boats were
manaed without delay, and succeeded in res
cuing ]72 persons. This leaves fifty still
missing. Most of those rescued had moth
ing on save night clothes, and as the night
was very cold, their sutferings were intense.
The larger portion We're in the water cling
ing to the debris of tho wreck when rescued,
but some few had succeeded in getting into
boats before she went down.
ANOTHER STATEMENT
of the disaster says: The Pomerania was
proceeding at q moderate speed when a
deafening crash was heard. The decks were
soon filed with affrighted passengers. The
confusion was terrible and the air filled with
prayers and curses. The veteran Captain
Stevenson stood on the bridge giving Or
ders in cool voice to have the life boats cut
from the davits. No little delay unfortu-
nately occurred in launching the boats, the
night being dark and foggy. OF eight boats
the Pomerania carried, five were success
fully launched, each boat holding twenty
persons in addition to the crew. Three
boats were stove while being lowered; an
other was so heavily Loaded thai it swamped.
and all il it had to swim for their lives
Hopes are entertained that some survivors
may have been picked up by passing vessels
PASSENGERS AND CREW.
New YORK, Nov. 26.--The Pomerania
had on board 1872 passengers when she sailed
from this port Nov IL It is not Inuwn how
many were left at Plymouth as passage is
always engaged for Hamburg, even if in
tending to land at Plymouth or Cherbourg.
The officers and crew numbered Ill. The
following is list of officers:
THE OFFICERS.
Captain, lei. F. Stevenson; chief officer,
r. F. Tronzer; second officer, O. Tokkes;
third officer, w. Larrow; fourth officer, A.
Geslotf; chief engineer, O. Holms; second
engineer, r. Bernhardt; third engineer, P.
Koser; fourth engineer, e. Engelke; physi-
clan, DR.. j. Scheduling; purser, G.. Niers
chief steward, G. Peters, first cabin, upper
saloon; and B. Kruger, first cabin, lower
saloon. Capt. Schwenson's last voyage to
this port completed his 125th round trip be-
tween Europe and America, as commander
of steamships Of the Hamburg American
Packet company. He was born in Flens-
burg. Schleswig, the 28th of August, 1926.
When he completed his hundredth voyage to
this port, which he made on the Pomerania
in April, 1875, a record Of his voyages were
published in pamphlet form.
THE CARGO.
The cargo of the Pomerania was valued at
about $250,000, and was all consigned to
Hamburg except f5175,o00 Mexican coin,
consigned to London and undoubtedly de-
ivered at Plymouth. Seventeen bags OF
letters and twenty-five bags of papers are
supposed lost
LIVES LOST.
LONDON, 1890 P. MA telegram just re-
ceived by the agents in this city of the Pom
erania says that 162 Of the persons on board
were saved and ffty-eight are missing, in
Guiding Capt. Stevenson. The collision
occurred at forty minutes after IL o'clock
last night during dense fog The Pome-
rama sank in thirty minutes
ON BOARD.
LONDON, Nov. 26.-The agents here OF the
Hamburg American steamship company say
forty-seven passengers of the Pomerania
were to have landed at Plymouth and Cher
bourg, leaving 1O4 On board. Four second
and one third class passengers embarked at
Plymouth, making the total number of pas