Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

ANOTHER DISASTER
In the English Channel
and So Lives Lost.
A Collision on the Thames
BY Means Of Which a Number OF
Lives are Lost.
FOREIGN.
SUNK--FIFTY-EIGHT PERSON
DROWNED,


VESSEL SUNK--FIFTY-EIGHT PERSONS
DROWNED.
LONDON, Nov. 26.-The steamship
Pommerania, Captain Schwenzen,
which left New York Nov. l4th for
Hamburg, and arrived at Plymouth
midnight on the Oath was sunk BY q
collision off Folkestone last night. 1t
is said So persons are missing and l62
we're saved. The vessel the Pommer-
ania was in collision with was a
Welsh bark Glengary of Middlesbor-
ough and landed at Dover. The YES
sci with which the Pommerania was
in collision is anchored off Folkestone
with her bows, stove and her forward
compartment full Of water. A tug
has gone to her assistance.
LONDON, Nov. 26, 1890 p. ma
telegram Just received by the agents
in this city of the Pommerania says
that l62 of the persons on board were
saved, and So are missing, including
Capt. Schwenzen. The collision oc-
Cured at 40 minutes after IL o'clock
last night during dense fog. The
Pommerania sank in 80 minutes. ITO
persons were saved out of a total of
220 on board, and so are believed to
be lost, including Capt. Schwenzen,
End officer Takes and Sd officer Ear
now.
LONDON, Nov. 26.-Agents here of
the Hamburg American Steamship
Company say Al passengers of the
Pommerania were to have landed at
Plymouth aud Cherbourg, leaving
lO4 on board. Four second and one
third class passengers embarked at
Plymouth, making the total NUM- Der
of passengers on board when the dis
aster occurred 100, provided AZ had
been landed as intended. The agent
at Plymouth says the following pas.
sengers landed there:
Miss E. Konigs, Miss Wilson, and
Messrs. Brock, Easterbrook, Hunt,
Naukervis, Pierce, Peorn, Phillips
and Thames, ten in all.
A dispatch from Dover says O.
Ilelens, chief engineer; j. Schooling,
doctor; G. Peters, chief stew ard, and
two stewardesses arc supposed TO be
drowned. A gentleman named
Schneider and lady named Miss
Amelia Newman were saved.
4P. M.-Further particulars OF the
POmmerania's disaster show that at
the time of the collision she was near
Dungencsss Point, about three miles
from shore. She was struck on the
starboard side midships, and sank in
less than twenty minutes. Distress
signals were given and responded to
by the steamer Glengarry, proceed
ing down the channel, which made all
speed toward the scene OF disaster.
There were nine boats on the Pom
merania, four of which were crushed
in the collision and five were got off,
but one being overcrowded with pas
sengers was sunk. All the boats
pulled away from the doomed ship.
leaving the captain who refused to
quit the ship until the last moment.
The last boat 10 leave was under tho
chief officer, who did all in his pow
er to persuade the captain to leave.
After pulling for half an hour the
survivors were picked up by the
Glengarry. One gentleman was ia
ken from tho water in an unconscious
state and restored. The Glengarry
stayed near the scene till daybreak,
when the POmmerania was seen with
her mast above the water. The Glen
garry then proceeded to Dover with
the saved and Ian ed them at a. m ,
when they were taken to the sailors
home and treated with every kind
ness and breakfasted. The greatest
possible order under the circum-
stances was maintained by the officers
and crew.
Louise Laniman, of Akron, Ohio,
one of the passengers in the Pomme-
rama, corroberatcs in the main the
facts already sent. She was awaken
ed by the noise Of the collision, but
did not at first think Of anything Sc
rious, as she had great confidence in
the captain, who was careful man
and he'd made l26 trips. Boats were
Immediately lowered but one heavily
overloaded was sunk Immediately at.
ter il got into the water; two others
foundered in about ten minutes.
One hundred and seventy-two Of her
passengers and crew we're saved by
an iron screw steamer. Our captain
had chance to save his life but would
stick to his ship. saw him when
our boat got away from the steamer,
standing on the bridge giving COM
mands, trying to maintain order and
save as many as he could. In twenty
minutes after the collision the Pom
merania went down. She did not
kesl over but went down gradually.
The ship which ran her down never
saw at all. They told me she was q
sailing barque and that with north
northeast wind she came bowling
along and ran right into us. thought
until we landed we had run upon a
rock, as the Schiller did. 1t was very
thick weather. There was good
lookout on the Pommerania all the
time. She had smart sailors and
there were always two or three on the
bridge and two on the fore port from
the time she beared the channel. Our
boat was SO crowded it was very
nearly even with the water.
New YORK, Nov. 26.-Thc Pomme-
rama had on board l52 passengers
when she sailed from this port Nov.
18th. 1t is not know n how many left
at Plymouth. A passage is always
engaged for Hamburg even if passen-
gers intend to land at Plymouth or
Cherbourg. The officers and crew of
the vessel numbered Ill. The fol-
lowing is the list Of officers:
Captain, II F. Swenzen; Chief Of
ficer, r. Franzen; End officer. O.
Fokkes; Sd, w. Zarnow; 4th, A. Ges-
loft; Chief Engiaeer, A. Helms; End,
r. Bernhart; Sd, P. Kaser; 4th, E.
Engelk; Physician, DIR. J. Schneid-
ing; Pnrscr. G. Nieus: Chief Stew
ard, e. Peters; lst cabin, upper sa-
lonn B. Kruger.
Captain Schwenzen, last voyage,
completed his l25th round trip be-
tween Europe and America as COM
mander Of steamships of the Ham,
burg packet company. He
was born in Fleusburg, Schleswig,
August 2Sth, 1920. When he COM
pletcd his hundredth voyage to this
port which he made in the Pommera-
mia, in April, 1875, a record of his
voyages was published in pamphlet
form.
The cargo of the Pommerania was
valued at about $25O,0O0 and was all
consigned to Hamburg except ST., 500
Mexican coin assigned to London ANA
undoubtedly delivered at Plymouth.
Fifty-eight passengers are still
missing. Most of those rescued had
nothing on save night clothes, and as
the night was very cold their suffer-
ing was intense. The larger portion
we're in the water, clinging to debris
of the wreck, when rescued, but some
few had succeeded in getting into
beats before she went down.
THE LANDING OF LORNE.
HALIFAX Nov. 25.-The day open
ed fine, with q clear atmosphere and
west wind. The official landing of
the vice-regal party will be made at