The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-26
TELEGRAPH:[1C.
FOREIGN.
A MIDNIGHT coLLIsIoN AT SEA.
The Vessel Sank In 80 Miuutes.-Tifty
People Lost.

The Vessel Sank In 80 Minutes.-Fifty |
People Lost.
LONDON, Nov. 26.-The steamship
Pommerania, Captain Schwenzin, which |
left New York November l4th for Ham |
burg and arrived at Plymouth midnight
the oath, was sunk by a collision off Folke- |
stone last night. Fifty eight persons are
missing, one hundred aud sixty.two were
saved. The vessel the Pommerania was
10 collision with was Welsh bark.
The Hamburg American line steamer
Pommerania, Capt. Schwenzin, which sailed
from New York on the 14th of November
for Hamburg and arrived at Plymouth
midnight oath, came in collision last night
about midnight, during fog. about eight
miles southwest of Folkestone with a
vessel reported to be the Welsh bark Noel
Eilian, of Camarvon, from Rotterdam for
Cardiff, in Ballast
1890 P. MA telegram just received
by agents in this city of Pommerania says
that one hundred and sixty-two of the
persons on board were saved and fifty
eight are missing, including Capt. Schwen-
zin. The collision occurred at forty
minutes after eleven oelock last night dur
ing dense fog, The Poumerania sunk
in thirty minutes; one hundred and seven
ty persons were saved out of total Of 220
on board; fifty are believed to be lost, IN
Guiding Captain Schwenzin, Second Officer
Fokkes aud Third Officer Zarnow. The
Pommerania, at the time, was on her way
from Plymouth to Hamburg. The steam
ship foundered in about ten minutes, one
hundred and seventy-two of her passengers
and crew were saved by the iron screw
steamer Glengarry, of Middlesborough,
and landed at Dover. The vessel with
which the Pommerania was in collision Is
anchored off Eolkestone with her bows
stove and forward compartment full of
water a tug has gone to her assistance.
| LONDON, Nov. 26 Agents here of the
| Hamburg American Steamship Company
say AZ passengers of the Pommerania were
to have landed at Plymouth and Cher bourg
leaving l04 on board. Four second and
one third class passengers embarked at
| Plymouth making total number of passen-
gers on board when the disaster occurred
| 100 provided AZ had landed as intended
The agent at Plymouth says the following
passengers landed there: Miss f. Konigs,
Miss Wilson aud Messrs. Brock, Easter
brook. Hunt, Nankervis Pearce, Pearn,
Phillips and Thomas, ten in all. A dis
patch from Dover says: D. Helms, chief
engineer, j. S. Cheiding, Doctor c. PETERS
chief steward and two stewardesses are
Isupposed to be drowned. A gentleman
named Schneider and lady named Miss
Amelia Neumann were saved.
i 4. P. M.-Further particulars of the
lPommerania disaster show that at the
ltIv e h.
point, about three miles from shore. She
was struck on her starboard side midshiI
and sank in less than twenty minutes
Distress Signals were given and responded
to by Steamer Glengarry proceeding dowr
channel, which made all speed towards
R the scene of the disaster. There were
:, nine boats on the Pommerania, four o
which were crushed in the collision fvt
were got off, but one being over crowded
with passengers was sunk; all the boat
pulled away from the doomed ship, leaYinl
the captain who refused to quit the shi
until the last moment The last boat t
R leave was under the Chief officer who di
all IN his power to persuade the captain t
leave. After pulling for half an hour tn
= survivors were picked up by the GlengalrJ
One gentleman was taken from the waite
in an unconscious state-anG restored. Th
= GlengarTy stayed near the scene till da
s. break when Pommerania was seen wit
r her mast above water, The Glengarr
{ then proceeded to Dover with those save
and landed them when they were taken
the Sailors Home and treated with ever
- kindness and breakfasted. The creates
possible order under the circumstances WI
maintained by the officers and crew.
\ Louis K. Saumann, of Akron, o., one
- the passengers in the Pommerania corrol
crates in main the facts already sent. 81
was wakened by the noise of the collisit
M but did not at first think of anythiI
IN, serious, as she had great confidence in tt
"a captain who was careful man and hi
made 126 trips. Boats were immediate
- lowered but one heavily overloaded SUI
Immediately after it got into water. IL
- others were smashed by the collision. Il
Sd boats were fastened up tight and we cou
not get them undone. The Pommerar
was sinking rapidly; there were a numb
IA Of women among the passengers; dol
know how many but eight have be
=, saved and baby, | think the bab,
L. mother has been drowned, Our capita
had some fire works on board and let the
Is, of. We managed to get into the boi
that remained and had been there abe
10 minutes when the steamer Glengal
picked US up; she cruised about a 10
len time at moderate speed when deaft
ing crash was heard; the decks were SC
}. filled with affrighted passengers. I
confusion was terrible and the air Y
filled with prayers and curses; the vetel
Captain Schwenzln, stood on the brio
ing giving orders in a cool voice to have ord
Our captain had chance to save
life, but would stick to his ship. | S
ISL him when our boat got away from
a'' steamer, standing on the bridge Civ
commands and trying to obtain order {
save as many as he could. In 20 minu
t. after the collision the Pommerania W
Ia down. She did not keel over. but W
Gown gradually. The ship which ran
down | never saw at all; they told me
-" was sailing barque, and that with mol
east wind she came bowling along and
right into US. | thought. until We lanC
we had run upon a rock, as the ''Schill
, . did. 1t was very thick weather; there
a good lockout on the Pommerania all
time. She had smart sailors and tt
I Inge we're two or three on the bridge and two
ngo ngo the fore part, From the time she nea
ns the channel our boat was so crowded
nss was very nearly even with the water.
nes 5:3OP. M.-The London, Chatham
noe Dover railway brought free to London,
n9e afternoon. 100 of the Pommerania's su
are vors, 65 being seanen aud the others {
here ond and third class passengers, and no
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