The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-12-06

York on the 14th of November for Ham
burgh and arrived at Plymouth at mid.
night on the oath, came in collision last
night about midnight, duriug a fog,
about eight miles southwest of Folk
stone, with vessel reported to be the
Welsh bark, Noel lillian, of Cornarvan,
from Rotterdam bound for for Cardiff in
Ballast. The Pommerania at the time
wac on her way from Plymouth to Ham
burg. The steamer foundered in about
ten minutes. One hundred and seventy
two of her passengers and crew were
saved by the ironscrew steamer Glengar-
ry, of Middlesbaro, and landed at Dover.
The vessel which the Pommerania came
in collision with is anchored off Folk
stone, with her bow stove in and her for
ward compartment full of water. A tug
has gone to her assistance.
THE TWO SHIPS.
The Pommerania was built at Green
Oak, on the Clyde in 1878, and was 1883
tons burden. The following were her
principal proportions: Length, 365 feet ;
breadth, 40 feet; depth Of hold, SO feet.
She was brig rugged; her engines were
composed of six hundred nominal horse
power; she had six bulk heads; she
was the most popular vessel of the line.
The cargo was valued at about $3.50 900,
and was all consinged to Hamburg, ex-
cept IT 800 Mexican dollars, consigned
to London, and undoubtedly delivered
at Plymouth. Seventeen bags of letters
and twenty-five bags of papers are sup
posed to be lost.
THE EILIAN.
LONDON Nov. 26.-The Noel lillian
is a new iron barque of 1 900 tons gross
owned at Liverpool and built at Sun
derland last year. What was her bow
is merely a gaping assure. Only her
water tight compartments kept her
afioat.
CAPT. PRITCHARD's STATEMENT.
LONDON, Nov ,26.-Capt Pritchard of
the barge lillian, is very reticent and re-
fuses to show his log; he says he was go
ing down the channel at five knots an
hour; he was on deck; he had been
sounding fog horn all night until the
steamers lights were visible; the colIis-
ion occurred almost before the Noel Ell
liam was aware of it; the blow was
glancing one; the bark bounded off and
he did not again see the steamer. Cap
tain Pritchard thought he was sinking;
the Noel lillian was too much disabled
to render assistance; seven feet of her
bow was carried away; her lights were
burning brightly at the time; he was
sailing free on the starboard tack; the
POmmerania ran across her bows and
came onto the port bow, turning her
around completely and then went away
at full speed he was not aware that the
Pommerania had sunk until he arrived
at Folkestone.
THE NUMBER SAVED.
A .dispatch which left London at 10 80
says: A telegram just received by agents
in this city of the POmmerania says, 1852
of the person on board were saved, and
SO are missing, including Capt. Schwen-
zen.
When the collision occurred the steam
er Glengarry, of Middleboro, was most
fortunately passing at the time. The Off
GERS and the crew of the Glengarry i'm
mediately did all in their power to sue
cor the passengers. The boats were
manned without delay and succeeded in
still missing. Most of those missing
had nothing on save their night clothes
and as the night was very cold their suf-
ferings were intense. The larger por-
ton were in the water clinging to the
debris of the wreck when rescued but
some few had succeeded in getting into
the boats before she went down.
THE AWFUL SCENE.
A later telegram says: Further partic-
ulars of the Pommerania disaster show
that at the time of the catastrophe she
was near Dundeness Point, and about
three miles from shore. She was struck
on the star-board side, midships, and
sank in less than twenty minutes. Dis
tress signals were given and responded
to by the steamer Glengarry, proceeding
down the channel, which made all speed
toward IF no
were nine boats on the Pommerania
four of which were crushed in the col
lision. Five were got off, but being
overloaded with passengers, were sunk
All the boats pulled away from the
doomed ship, leaving the Captain, who
refused to quit the vessel till the last mo-
ment. The last boat to leave was under
the chief officer, who did all in his pow
er 10 persuade the Captain to go with
him. After pulling for half an hour,
the survivors were picked up by the
Glengarry. The Glengarry stayed near
the scene till daybreak, when the Pom
merania was seen with her masts above
the water. The Glengarry then proceed
ed to Dover, and landed the passengers
at nine O'Clock, when they were taken to
the Sailors Home and breakfasted-
A PASSENGERS ACCOUNT.
The following is the narrative of
Louis Lanmann, of Akron, Ohio: We
had capital run and got to Plymouth
about three in the morning, on the 25th
inst. We landed some passengers and
took some for Hamburg and then ran
for Cherbourg and landed passengers,
nearly all of whom were cabin passen-
gers; those left were mostly between
decks" The crew consisted of Ill.
We have here at the Sailors Home, 172.
was IN bed last night about quarter
to twelve O'Clock, when felt sudden
bump as if the Pomerania had struck
upon rock. i was alarmed, but did
not think at first IL was any thing seri-
GUS as officers had kept good lookout,
and the captain appeared to be very
careful. It was his one hundred and
twenty sixth voyage, and he told us
that he had celebrated his one hundred
and twenty-ffth when he was last at
Hamburg.
A FEW SECONDS AFTER THE COLLISION
the steward and some of the crew came
rushing TO us and said a sailing bark mad
run into US, and said we were to get on
deck. went on deck directly and saw
our ships light boat, but the fog was SO
great could see nothing else, but they
told me the bark had run away The
crew were then all lowering boats, as the
ship was beginning to sink. In lower
ing the boats there was great confusion,
everybody trying TO crowd into them.
One boat filled and sank immeniately af-
ter 1t got into the water, and two were
fastened up so tight that we could not
get them undone. The Pommerania
was sinking rapidly and there were q
number OF women among the PASSENGERS.