The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

mcraBia a. the time was on her way
rom Plymouth 10 II smburg. The
steamship fuuujeTed in about ter
minutes. One hundred and seventy
tSn OF the passengers and the crew
eeTe saved hy The iron screw steamer
GleHgary, OF Miid.esboro, and landed
~ Dover. The vessel with which the
Pomm-rsnia collided is anchored off
/ FoiSCstonc with her bows stove, for
ward compartment full of water and a
tug had gone TO her assistance.
/ LI5Sr-A Telegram just received by
the agents In tins city of the Hamburg
American says that log of the persons
on the POmmsrania are saved and fifty
eight missing, including Capt. Sven
son.
The Reuter- Telegraph Company
have 4 dispatch which ssys the lis
ion occurred forty minutes after IL
O'Clock last night during dense fog.
The Pommerania sank 10 thirty mir
utes after the accident occurred. One
| hundred and seventy persons saved out
of the total 220 on board. Fifty are
believed to be lost, including Capt.
| Swenson, second officer Tokkes and
third officer Yarrow.
| LONDON, November 26.-4 P. n
Further particulars of the Pommersnia
| disaster show that at the time of the COL
| lision she was near Duageunis Point,
about three miles from the shore. She
was struck on the starboard side, mid
ships, and sunk in less than ten
minutes. Distress signals were given
and responded to by the steamer
| Glengary, proceeding down the chan
mel, which made all speed toward the
| scene of disaster. There were nine
boats on the Pommerania, four of
which were crushed in the collision.
Five we're got off, but one being over
crowded with passengers was sunk.
All the boats pulled away from the
doomed ship, leaving the captain, who
refused 70 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 for half an hour
the survivors were picked up by the
GIengary. One gentleman was taken
from the water in an unconscious state
and restored 10 consciousness. The
Glengary stayed near the scene until
daybreak, when the Pommerania was
seen with her masts above the water.
No other bodies were recovered. The
Glengary then proceeded to Dover
with those saved and landed them at
8 o'clock, when they were taken to the
Sailors Home, treated with every kind
ness and breakfasted. The story told
by the survivors tends to show that the
greatest possible order, under the cir
cumstances, was maintained by the
officers and male portion OF the crew.
The following is narrative
of Louisa Laumann, of Acron, Ohio:
We had capital run and got to Ply
month about O'clock in the morning.
On the twenty-second instant we land
ed some passengers and then ran for
Cherbourg and landed passengers,
nearly all of whom were cabin passen-
gers, and those left were mostly be-
tween decks. The crew consisted of
Que hundred and eleven. / was in
bed last night about quarter to twelve
O'Clock, when / felt sudden bump,
as if the PommeranIa had struck upon
L rock. was alarmed, but did not
think at first chat it was anything Sc
rous, as we had kept a good look
out, and the captain appeared very
careful. 1t was his one hundred and
twenty-sixth voyage. He told us
he had celebrated his one hundred
and twenty-flth when he was last at
Hamburg. A few seconds after the
collision the steward and some of
the crew came running to US and
said sailing barque had run into US
ana we were all to go on deck.
went on deck directly and saw our
ships light, but the fog was so great
l could see nothing else, but they
told HE the Oarque had ran away.
The crew were then all busy lowering
boats as; the ship was beginning to
sink. On lowering the boats there
was great confusion, everyb body trying
to crowd into them; one boat filled
and sank immediately after 1t got
into the water; two others were smash
ed by collision. Tho boats were fas-
tened up tight and we could
lot get them undone. The
I
There were a number of women among
the passengers; l don't know how
many, but eight and baby have been
saved. think the baby's mother has
been drowned. We managed to get
into boats that remained and had been
there about ten minutes when the
steamer Glengary picked US up. She
cruised about long time. Our cap
tain had a chance to save his life but
would stick to his ship. I saw HIM
when our boat got away from the
steamer standing on the bridge giving
command and trying to obtain order
and save as many as he could. In
twenty minutes after the collision the
Pommerania went down. She did not
keel over but went down gradually"
The London, Chatham and Dover
railway brought free to London this
afternoon 1l9 of the Pommerania's
Survivors, slxty-fve of whom were sea-
men and the others second and third
class passengers. There were no first
claes passengers, and no women among
them. They were forwarded to Ger
many.
DOVER, November 26. The name OF
the vessel which sank the Pommerania
is Noal Elton. She is now docked at
this place.
QUEBEC, November 90. John Brown
&, Co., cordsge manufacturers, have
suspended. Liabilities, $50, 600; prin-
cipally among local creditors.
RICHMOND, Va, November &c. :
The National Grange of the Patrons
of Husbandry, which has been in ses-
sion here nearly q week, adjourned
until Thursday in order to give dele
gates an opportunity to accept an invi-
tatlon from the ChurchlaDd Grange, of
Norfolk county, to visit them. Nearly
every member left on the steamer Wy
anc Ike this afternoon en- route for Mol
folk. In to-day's session Mr.. Dardeu,
of Mississippi, in advocating resolu-
tons setting forth more directly and
distinctly the purpose and principles
of the order, said that the people in
his State felt no ill-will toward the
people of the North, and had any ever
existed it has been dIspelled by the