The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-12-05
Disastrous Collision i'm the British
Channel.

Channel.
LONDON, November 26.-The Hamburg
American Line Steamer Pommerania, Capt.
Schwensen, which sailed from New York on
the 14th of November for Hamburg and ar
rived at Plymouth at midnight on the oath,
came in collision last night about midnight,
during fog, about eight miles southwest
be the Welsh bark Noel Eilian, |
OF Carnsrvon, from Rotterdam for |
Cardiff in ballast. The Pommerania at |
the time was on her way from Plymouth to |
Hamburg. The steamer foundered in about |
ten minutes. One hundred and seventy
two Of her passengers and crew were
saved by the screw steamer Glengarry, OF
Middlesboro, and landed at Dover.
The vessel with which the Pommerania
was in collision is anchored off Folkestone
with her bows stove and her forward COM
partmentfull of water.
IL 80 p. ma telegram just received by
agents in this city of the Pommerania says
that one hundred and sixty-two of the per-
sons on board wore saved and ffty-eight are
missing, including Captain Schwensen.
The collision occurred at forty minutes
after eleven last night, during dense fog
The Pommerania sank in thirty minutes.
One hundred and seventy persons saved
out of two hundred and twenty on board
Fifty are believed lost, including Captain
Schwensen, second officer Foxes, and third
officer Searnow.
Four 2. m.-Further news of the Po m
merania disaster show that at the time of the
| disaster she was near Dungeness Point, about
| three miles from shore. She was struck on
| the starb5ard side midships, and sank in
less than twenty minutes. Distress signals
were given and responded to by the
steamer Glengarry proce ding down the
| channel, which made all speed towards
| the scene of disaster. There were nine
| boats on the Pommerania, four of which
were crushed in by the collision. Five were
got off, but one, being overcrowded with
| passengers, was sunk. All the boats pulled
away from the doomed ship, leaving the
Captain, who refused to quit the ship till
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 sur
vivors were picked up by the Glengarry.
One gentleman was taken from the water in
an unconscious state, and restored. The
Glengarry staid n ear the scene till daybreak,
when the Pommerania was seen, with her
mast above the water.
The Glengarry then proceeded to Dover
and landed the passengers at nine O'Clock,
when they were taken to the Soldiers Home
and breakfasted. The greatest possible
order, under the circumstances, was main
tanned by the officers and crew.
BRINGING THE SURVIVORS TO LONDON.
5:30 D. m.-The London, Chatham
Dover Railway brought free to London this
afternoon one hundred of the Pomm eraniai
survivors, sixty-fiye being seamen and the
others second and third class passengers
There were no first class passengers and NJ
women among them. They will be for
: war aed to Germany.
THE NUMBER OF THE LOST.
Agents here of the Hamburg American
Steamship Company say forty-seven passeI
4 gers of the Pommerania were to have lande'
a at Plymouth and Cherbourg, leaving on
hundred and four on board. Four secon
= and one third class passengers embarke
y at Plymouth, making a total number G
q passengers on board when the disaster ot
e CURED of one hundred and nine, provide
l. foriy-seven have landed as intended.
II dispatch from Dover says: go. Helm;
= chief engineer, J. Scheduling, doctor; {
u Peters, chief steward, and two stewardesse
y are supposed to be drowned. A gentlema
named Schneider, and a lady named Mis-
Amelia Neumann, were saved.
London, November 27. A telegram ha
been received at Lloyd's from Maaslin
y Holland, announcing that the steamer Cit
ID of Amsterdam had arrived there, with th
If Captain of the Pommerania on board. Fl
9. thinks there was another steamer near tn
" wreck, which saved many lives. tbs pro!
y able the Captain refers to the G engarr,
previously mentioned.
le Louise Rassman, of Philadelphia, stee
SIS age passenger who escaped, says: "Captai
rs Schwensen's last words, when the boat VIZ
10 obliged to row away to avoid being sucke
down, were, in German, Farewell, chi
10 dren.' There were a good many passel
al gers around the Captaia crying for he'll
n, and clinging to him and to each other"
al Henry Schmidt, a s'esrage passenge
IS says a plug was missing from the boat fir
10 lowered, which prevented her from beiI
e, right, and when she capsized six perso1
lie, were drowned from the boat. A rowlot
he was missing from the secynd boat, Whit
prevented her going to the assistance OF tt
strugglers.
One of the Pommerania's crew says
saw the bark's lights ten minutes befo
m she struck, but the collision did not see
at probable until three minutes before
re occurred. AS the Noel Eilian was goi
% free, she might have avoided striking. T
~ Pommerania went to port as far as 6
'se could, but the collision was then unavoi
lily able. First Officer Franzen says it was
ire watch. He was in charge of the sh
it Captain Schwensen was on deck, but II
:; on the bridge. Franzen declines to s
III whether the whistle was blowing.
ng LONDON, November 2S.-Jhose lost
he unheard from are Mrs. W. B. Clymer Phi
an delphia; Mr.. w. B. Ciymer, Philadelph
in. Alex. Bodisco, New York BOWS Bodis,
90 New York; Mrs. Anna Godisco, New Yor
Io' y, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest B. Luckes, and thl
Inc children, New York; Miss Amelia We
eel New York; w. s. Adams, Springfe
snt Massachusetts, Robert Pommer, st. Lou
be Xavier Waltz, Allegheny, Pennsylvan
nm. Jacob Kaufman, New York; H. Null
-, Germany; Caroline Define, San Francist
INC Miss CHRISTINE Frick, New York; Mrs.
Funk, Madison, Wisconsin; Emil Grin
Har ford, Conn; John Semann, Maid
New York Master Theo. Echarde, Gre
NV point, l.. L. !; John Deck, New YORK;
a =. hanna Brown, Quincy, illinois; Minel
IN Steihl and four children, Morrisania, N
,un York; VIM. Machine, Detroit; L. MAIDS
cob Harlem, n. Y: John Hoax, Chicago, L
md Christian Jensen, Racine, Wisconsin; Lo
ado Rabbe, Chicago, Ill. II. Strah, st. Lou
John w. johnson, jamestown, New Yol
Dy Louis Karndoerfer, st. Joseph, Mo-; Jure
his Bannick, Davenport, Iowa; John Rios,
yer Louis, Mo-; John Morton Stengel, Turne
De York; George Kraus, Delaware, Oh
-o1 Michael Kraus, Delaware, o.; J. c. Oless
lau Omaha; James Fl. lowing, Omaha Lo
A Talinsky, Buffalo; August Boyer, Buffa
Il John NJ. Walz Sandusky, Ohio; Hermd
red N. Rasmussen, Milwaukee, Visions
os Frederick Zudse, Chicago; Wilhelm Herr
man, L crosse, Wisconsin; John Racl
will Chicago; Gotfried Berger, Black Hi
a Frederick Pauke, Niles, Michi gan;
ask Kerby, Brooklyn; Frederick Struck, Dav
nav port, Iowa; Frederick Sparl, Chica'
the Pa;monn ToIeJo OI;o. Soob;o pa+ors
es." New York; James Lockner, Lacro!
Wisconsin; Carl Kullmeier, New Yo
,o,, Frederick Peterson. Williamsburg, n
York; L. Tidow, Philadelphia; Martin .
mud pei, New York; Chas. Appel, Cincinns
'"" Heinrich Geiger, New York; Carl Sa
rom New York William Jesse Norwalk. Con
the Dagabert Scherer, New Yors; Frank
by Gruber, New York II. c. Hinekelman,
the boken, N. j.; L. Dressmer, Bergen Cour
nd N. j.; F. Loepge, Hoboken, N. j.;
,nu Wertzhoffer, New York; H. Stengel,
had York; Chas Stockhardt, New York;
Re- mold Prink, New York.
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