The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-27
RUN DOWN IN A DENSE FOG.
ossoP TUE HiMBURG STEAMER PO1-
niNI4I IN THE BKIIISH CH1hAkL.
..o,,v.T TUBEF PISSENGERs AND RIGHT
oI TuE SHIr'S OFEJCERS MISSING.


Ernest Is. Luehr. Mr.. helm"nf' rn-t"erI
.s.,r BodisUo aud Two Nonsi sister or
s.e lion. HeI.er Cymrr. aud her Two
Ch,ts.rn, Probably Among the Drowned
Tn. vessel sinking In FIneen Minutes Amer
a. Collision -stntemruts Of the Survivors.
to,,noS Nov. 2s-2 A. MA telegram is
,.,olycd at Lloyds from Maassluis. Holland.
announcing that the steamer City OF Amstor-
dam has arrived thcro with the Captain Of the
pomcrsnla on board
JoSpoN. Nov. 26.-Almost the identical
-, t, the Lurllsh Channel which was tho
,oepc # the recent sinking Of the German iron
,l.d Cirosser Kutfurst. has bccn again made
Mo -,enc Of another irightiul calamity. The
sL.rcr Pomcrania Of the Hamburg Amori-
oan Packet Company which sailed from New
york for Hamburg On the l4th inst. was sunk
At .imilnillt last nilht between Dungcnoss and
Voik.stouc. She touched nj Plymouth on tho lith
,ne, whcra she landed her English mails and
nor pa.senecr- for England aud at Cherbourg.
whore sho landed fourteen frst-clnss and twon-
tx.a, other passengers. She thon proceeded
on hor voyage along tho south coast OF Eng
land and through the channel Yesterday and
las, nlsht dense fox prevailed. and at about
minlght, when on Dungcncss Point about
tbree miles from shore she calnc in collision
with the Welsh hnrk Noel Eiian. from kottcr-
dam for Cnrdn. IN tallast. and sank In about
ahron minutes The PomcranIa was struck
on the starboard side. ahaft the funnel. making
al,ree aperture. Blue lights wetr scnt up. and
responded to hy the steamer Glengarry. which
msde all speed to the scene OF tho disaster.
There were nine boats on tie romcrnuia. two
lt..l MI "a.
the ollision. Five were launched with 172 Of
tho passengers and crew. and. after pulling
about for half an hour. were picked up BY the
aengarry.
Ohief Offlcer Franzcn COMMANDED tho last
boat and did all in his power % persuade Capt.
schwenson to quit the ship. IA he put or the
CAPTAIN who was on the bridge. called 10 him
bkeep rs close tn the Pomcrnna ~ possible.
He laid "a about ten yards from tho steamer
but she went down In few minutes. The boat
had forty persons On board. l. al tax on In consld-
cradle water and was too much laden to attompt
the rescue Of any persons floating She rowed
b the Glongarry and saved one passenger from
hc water. At daylight the topmast Of the Pom
Mania and her fore and main yards were visi
No above the water but there was nobody in tn,
rigging She lies about southwest twelve milc'
from the Foreland Light The Glcngarry ihei
steamed for Dover and tho tug Granville tool
he survivors into the haTbor where thcy were
AIKEN TO the Sailors Home.
0ni'er Franzon says there was thick ioa
all day Monday. About IS minutes after
,'ciosk Mt night with hardly the slightes
warning OF the close proximity OF any vessel.
sark appeared on our stsrboard qunrtc
md Immediately crashed into us lust abaif tn
unnel making large hole. The water rushe'
n. and the Pommerania began sinking Th'
Captain ordered blue lights sent up and tn
boats cleared away. Perfect discipline wa
maintained through out. The Captain remainc'
- the bridge overseeing the launching OF tn
boats. and though begged t. leave. -'endfastll
refused 10 desert his post. less than niteci
minutes after the collision the steamer sank
DE Captain with II. There were many pas,en-
gers swimming about in tho water. hui th
boats wore So full II was impossihl" 20 take an,
more on board. The Gengarry's people trcatc'
the saved with the greatest kinin"s.."
The Noel Eilian after th, collision disap
poared in the darkness. She j. now anchore,
In Dover harbor. Sho is magnificent nc'
iron bark OF Loo tons gross owned in Liver
pool: clossed 100 Al; built NJ sunderland las
year. What Was her bow l@ mrr .ly g0uin
hs-nrc. Only her Tatcuight "omparimou ut
m Pomrrania hsd on board 1i2 passengers
HCr pulcors and crew numbered u n. Ten pas
bNsrfN were lnndel AT power ana llrtb q
Ch rUourg. -Four second and one third-clh-
PASSENGER embarked al lBu.. uth. making
total 20 lO1 pass 'ngers On botgd 40 the time q
The dlsastrr. which. with u" ON ers aud crcv
male 2is souls in al. Those landed at lJ
mouth werJ N $50 J.. kongs. cabin .passcngrl
Mis- WeSel, and Me-srs. Brock. Ihstrrbuol
Hult. Narkewis. Pearcc Icara. lhillips, an
Thomas Storage passengers. Only i've OF Ill
hrsclass passengers wero landed at Dove
These are Miss Mary Clymer and Miss Ros
\. ClImer oi Philadelphia Mr.. Alfred fahcr
Now York. Mrs. ). Ohrnstlcl Of New York an
Mr.. .. POppeulusen Of Hamburg. These ~
al tho Lord Warden Hotel The LondOl
Chatham. and Dover hallway brought tree
London this afternoon 100 Of the fQlnmora rania
survivors, 65 being scnmen and tao oih"l
second and third d-oHss passengers. There wei
no tlrst class pRssenxers and no women anon
them. They viii 10 forwarded 10 German
mesrs. q. Helms, tue Chief Engineer;
bcheidlng Doctor; Z. Peters. Chief Stcwnr
drowned
.Ablegram from Dover says tho following 81
ne nrst-class passengers who were landed
UheIb0uIg aud are safe: Mr. T., 4. Ward an
iamlT Mrs. Rufus King. Mr. !. Arnslein au
hmily, Louis 7. schwartz. and Mrs. Clemantir
3 % frolre and family.
The various accounts OF The survivors ron"t
70 prAsug Capt Schwenscn and his officer
Dut ropresent that the crew only added 70 n
confusion by tho unntelliglblc low Gcrma
which they spoke and thor determination
save themselves. Capt. Schwensen. TO quell n
sAelement told tho passengers the vessel vi