The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-26
Third Edition
AWFUL CALAMITY!
Steamer Run Down in the
Channel.
$50 American Passengers on
Board.
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
National Associated Press to the Star.
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National Associated Press to the Star.
HORRIBLE DISASTER IN THE CHANNEL.
LONDON, Nov. 26-10 A. Information
of terrible disaster in the English Channel
has just reached here. The German mail
steamer Pommerania, which sailed from
New York November 14th for Hamburg, was
sunk last night by collision with another
large vessel off Dungliness, in the English
Channel. The Pommerania had three hun
dred and fifty passengers on board at the
time of the disaster. Nearly all the pas
sengers were in their berths, and many
went down with the vessel. One hundred
and seventy-two of the saved have arrived
at Dover and a few survivors have reached
Plymouth. Sixty persons are missing, in
Guiding the Captain, First Engineer and
Doctor. They are believed to have been
drowned. A lady named Herman and a
gentleman named Schneider are among the
saved.
LONDON, Nov. 26-11 A. M.-The Pom
merania collided with the iron ship Noel
Elain at midnight during dense fog off
Foleson. The Pommerania foundered in
ten minutes. She left Plymouth yesterday
for Hamburg, after landing her English
mails, passengers for England and specie.
There is great excitement over the disas-
ter
LONDON, Nov. 26-2:3O P. M.-Additional
particulars received of the Pomerania dis
aster state that there were nine boats on
board the steamer. Four of the boats were
crushed in the collision, and the other five
were launched, but one was overcrowded
and sunk. Captain Schwerzen remained
on the deck of the vessel, refusing to leave
it, and went down with his ship. Louis
Lanmann was among the saved.
LONDON, Nov. 26-3 P. M.-Among the
first-class cabin passengers of the steamer
Pomerania known to be saved are NJ G.
Poppenhausen, Alfred Faber, Mary and
Rose Clymer, and Sophie Ohrnstein.
LONDON, Nov. 26-3:30 P. M.-Most of the
passengers of the Pomerania were saved
by the boats of the steamer Glengarry
which was passing at the time. They
picked up one hundred and twelve from
the water Most of them were rescued
from the water, clinging to debris, and suf.
fered intensely from the cold.
The following is complete list of the
first and second cabin passengers of the
Pommerania: Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Ward,
three children and two servants, New York
Mrs. Rufus King, New York; Mrs. w. B.
Clymer, Miss Mary Clymer, Miss Maria
B. w. Clymer, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Arnstein, two children and
nurse, San Francisco, California
Miss Amalie Wolf, New York; Mr. G. Pop
penhusen, Hamburg; Miss E. Koenigs Gre
field; Mr. Alexander Bodisco, Mr. Boris Bo-
disco and Mrs. Anna Bodisco, New York
Mrs. Clementine s. de Freire and family
and Miss Victoria de Freire Washington;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest B. Lucke and three
children, Mr.. L. Il. Schwartz and Mr.. AL
fred Faber New York; Mr.. H. Muller, Ger
many Mr.. Quo Kornemann, New York
Mr.. Jacob Kaufman, Germany; Mrs. Caro-
line Dehn, San Francisco; Mrs. Caroline
Kozi, Mr.. Julius Charles, New York; Mr..
Emil Bloch, Clarksyille, Tenn; Mr. w. s.
Adams, Springfield Mass. Mr.. Robert
Pommer, Prof. Henry Robyn St. Louis;
Mr.. Xaver Walz, Allegheny City, Pa
Mrs. S. Ohrnstiel, Miss Amalie Neu-
mann and Miss Christine Frick, New York
Mrs. L. Funk, Madison, Wis; Mr.. G. H.
Westphal, La Crosse, Wis; Mr.. Chas. Jos.
Guillemot, New York.
The following are the officers: H. F.
Schwensen, Commander; R. Franzen, Chief
Officer; 0. Fokkes, Second Officer; w. Ear
now, Third Officer; A. Gesloff, Fourth Off
Ger; o. Helms, Chief Engineer; R. Bern
hardt, Second Engineer; P. Koser, Third
Engineer; E. Ergelke, Fourth Engineer;
DR.. J. Scheiding, Physician; G. Mems, Pur-
ser; G. Peters, Chief Steward, first cabin,
upper saloon; B. Kruger, Chief Steward,
first cabin, lower saloon.
Among the steerage passengers were Fred.
M. Orr and B. Orr Columbiana, Ohio;
Louis Lanmann, Akron, Ohio; George and
M. Kraus Delaware, Ohio; Fanny Brock,
Cleveland, Ohio; NJ. Appel, New York !;
Charles Appel, Cincinnati; J. M. Walsh,
SanduSky, Ohio; Samuel Schluep. Colum-