The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-11-28
n wATEkY GRAVE,
Which was What Over One Humid
red of the Passengers Of the
Steamship Pemmeranis
Found Yesterday.
Being Caused by a Collision IN the
English Channel Near Dover.
Sad Scenes Enacted While the
Doomed Vessel was Sinking.
Shameful Conduct Of the Crew and
Bravery Of the Officers.

American line steamer "Pommeranic
Captain Stevenson, which sailed from Ne
York on the 18th of November, for Han
burg, and arrived at Plymouth at midnigt
on the oath, came into collision last nigh
about midnight during fog, about eigh
miles southwes, of Folks,one, with YES
sci reported to be the Welsh bark, "Nol
Rilon," of Cornarvan. from Rotterdam fo
Cardiff, in ballast The "Pommersnia" q
the time
| WAS on HER WAY
from Plymouth to Hamburg. The steam
er foundered in about ten minutes On
hundred and seventy-two If her passenger
and crew were saved l., he iron sore,
steamer 'GleI garry" a. Mi1dic'r,, an,
| landed at Dover The vessel with whicl
the "Pommerania" was ia collision is an
chored off Falkstone vi h lie b,w stow,
and her forward co.nrar;m. nj full Of water
| A tug has gone to her assistance.
A TELEGRAM Just RECEIVED
by the agent in this city I The 'Pommeran
ia" says 1872 OF the pcr.Jns On board wer,
saved and fifty-ei.ht are missing, includin,
Captain Stevenson. The collision occurreC
| at forty minutes after eleven last night
during dense fog. The "Pvmlierania'
sank in thirty minutes. One hundred anC
seventy persons were saved out OF two hun
dred and twenty on board Fifty are be
lieved to be lost, including Capt. Sevens IN
second ,,officer Foxes, snd third Office
Slonow.
THE AGENTS HERE
of the Hamburg American steamship say
forty. seven passengers of the "Pommerania'
were to have landed at Plymouth and Cher
bourg, leaving l04 on board Four second
and one third class passenger embarked al
Plymouth, making the total number o.
passengers on board when the disaster oc
Cured l09. provided AZ had landed as in.
tended. The agent at Plymouth says the
following passengers landed: there Miss
E. Hangs, Miss Wilson, ard Messrs. Brock
Easterbrook, Hunt, Nsnkervis, Pearce
Parn, Phillips and Thomas, ten in all. A
dispatch from Dover Gays that OHelms
chief engineer, J. Schuding, DR.. c. Peters
chief steward, and two stewardesses, ar,
supposed to be drowned. A gentleman
named Schuder, and a lady named Mis-
Amilie Newman were saved.
4P.M.-Further particulsrs Of the "Pom
merania" disaster show that at the time o
the disaster she was near Dundeness Point
about
| THREE MILES FROM SHORE.
| She was struck onih. stsrboard side mid
ships, and sunk in less than twenty minutes
Distress signals were given and responde,
to by the steamer "GleDgarry," preceedin,
down the channel, which made all spec,
| towards the scene Of the disaster. Their
were nine boats on the "Pommerania,
| four of which were Ct ushed in the collision
Five were got off, but one being ovel
crowded with passengers was sunk. Al
| boats pulled away from the doomed ship
leaving the Captain, who refust d to qui
the ship till the last moment
THE LAST BOAT To LEAVE WAS
the chief officers, who did all in his powel
10 persuade the captain to leave. Afte
pulling for a hall an hour the survivor
we're picked up by the 'Glengarry." On,
gentleman was taken from the water in ar
unconscious state and restored. Tie Glen
garry" stayed near the scene till day breal
when the "PoInmerania" was seen with
her mast above wster. The "Glepgarry'
then
PROCEEDED To DOVER
and landed the passengers at nine O'Clock
and breakfasted. The greatest possible or.
der, Under the circumstances, was main
tanned by the officers and crew.
PASSENGERS STORY.
The following is the narrative of Louis
Laimann, of Akron, Ohio: We had 8
capital run and got to Plymouth about
three o'clock on the morning of the 25th
inst. We landed some passengers and took
some for Hamburg, and then
RAN FOR CHERBoURG
and landed passengers, yearly all OF whom
were cabin passengers. Those left were
mostly between decks The crew consisted
of Ill. We have here at the sailors home
172. 81 was in bed last night about a
quarter to twelve o'clock, when felt sud-
den bump as if the "Pommerania" had
struck upon rock. | was alarmed, but |
did not think at first ii was anything seri-
Gus as / had kept good lookout and the
Captain appeared to be very careful. 1t
was his hundred and twenty-sixth voyage.
he had told us; he celebrated his hundred
and twenty-ffth at Hamburg. A few sec.
onds after the collision tbs steward and
some of the crew came running TO us and
said sailing bark had run into and said
We were to
GET ON DECK
| went on deck directly, and ran our ships
light, but the fog was so great l could see
nothing else But they teld me the bark
had run away. The crew were then all
busy lowering boats. The ship was be-
ginning to sink in'lowering the boats, the
crew was in great confusion, everybody try
ing to crowd into them. One boat was fill
ed and sunk Immediately after it got into
the water, two others were fastened tight
and We could not get them un-
done. The "Ponmerania" was sink
ing rapidly. There were a number Of
women among the passengers. don't know
how many, but eight have been saved. A
baby, and l think the baby's mother, have
works on board and let them of. We man.
aged to get into the boats that remained,
and had been there about ten minutes when
the steamer "Glengarry" picked us up. Our
captain had chance to
SAVE HIS LIFE,
but would stick to his ship. l saw hin
when our boat got away from the steamer,
standing on the bridge giving comua nds,
trying to obtain order and save as many as
he could. In twenty minutes after the COL
lision the "Pommerania" went down. She
did not keel over, but went down gradual
ly. The ship which ran US down / never
saw at all. They told me it was sailing
barque, and that with northeast wind she
came bowling along and
RAN RIGHT INTO U.s.
1 thought until we landed that We had run
upon q rock at Schiller. 1t was verv thick
weather. There was good lookout on the
"Pommersnis' all the time. She had
smart sailors, and there we're Away. two or
three on the bridge and two on the fore
part from the line she neared the channel
even with the water.
LONDON, $50 r. M.-The London, Chat
ham and Dover railway brought to London
this afternoon, ne hundred and nine of the
" Pomerania's" survivors, sixty-fve being
seamen, and others second and third class
passengers, and no women among them.
They will be forwarded to Germany.
HE fOMNfhANlA fAsSH-SoEfls.
NEW YORK, November 26.-The "Pom-
merania" had on board l52 passengers
when she sailed from this port, November
IA. 1t is Tot known how many were left at
Plymouth, As the passage is always engaged
for Hamburg, even il passengers intend to
land At Plymouth or Cherbourg. The Of
ffcers and crew of the vessel numbered Ill.
The following Is q
LIST OF THE OFFICERS:
Captain, II. F. Schwenson; chief officer r.
Freuzen; second officer, o. Foxes; third
officer, W :Seamow fourth officer, A. Ges-
loft; chief engineer, o. Helms /;