, 1879-04-11
CAPT. SCHWENSEN'S STORY.
Do.at1a nf tho Sinking of Tho po,n,n urnua-
How 1t Fcn1X To Iso NrownlrE,


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Capt. i!AlIs i. GehwensGu, the commander Of
tte Hamburg steamship ponn,erat.!a, which
was run dow. MI. sunk by tho s1opl Etiian Inst
morning, occunying thp "hrlaro" Of tic
slles!a. which ilc commands willie thu West
palia Is being oyerl1aulcd nn,l n,a,lc ready to
In ,Inccd Ii, ,fa ,,,pda unrt Irr. EIor. ,soro
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u'sp'assPu oh 'ie slLy-l.a'' !" capt' ech"chsch'a
honor, a'ni committee uf Aldermen went Oil
buard Ills steamship III the afternoon to Invite
hIm to a Reception, III tho floyrruor,x ronm n
,,,, f1,v-fi,, NJ m t,-,1nr -, :; sa,,,,,,. .,.r
s". e's' ~ - % n'' .o"yt 'eee'so t"c
congratulations o. li'e res'aeits nud tue gov
ernnscnt of the City Of New YORK;" Can't.
Hciwengcn accepted the. proffcrcd huuor md
soi II, answer IN In. romnmcn,otv r1,,ar,,s
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a1"..s. ~ H.. n ,rondo. oas , oe ny aatS as
seaa'nn' hut WONDER now 1t Ia tiat am
herc. am Elud." Conrad PopenhuHcD, one OF
tnc rescued passengers Of The Punneralla, ca,nc
back with the Captain. Capt srt.wensen dlncd
Hamburg Company. ut The lattcr's Residence IL
liUbol;pn. Hers lle related lilo particulars of
the terrible sccno Oil board the l'ommoruna
during the fifteen minutes betwccn the striking
~ have seareely over seen bagtcr night ut
sea-" he saltl. ''1t was between the 9!5t nil
.6.il u! Naye,.1cr, not iocgy, hut black clouds
lu1g over the sky, and there was s,eaay drlz.
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wntctl together OH tho bridge. This painting ou
the wall shuws YOU the very srot wllcru ,yo ,Ycrc
We botll lost sight OF thu l>nngcness Light, bc-
hind ts'at cliff ansl wcro looklug out lor thu
| 10 change o,ir course 30 Us to saii
| through tin stsnts Into tic ticrmau
| Ute.lri. As snon rs this Hight can,c In
yIuw tiltcen minutes before midnight, l went
Into my cnbn to work out our position u1I tiIe
rlurt. barely Ind tukon my con,pusscs ip my
laid, Wien tic crash calac, shaking tho sll}D
troll, ete to stern. run ol' icck, tncetiug M tIc
1trst oicer. whs, WIS running u nj, saying That
IL saflh,E shtp hul ruin into lis, nlni llo thought
| VIC would al.Is. I ordered Tie stewards aud
sumo Ut the crew tu walks up slu passengers
i,lkcr gave u,t ,hn 'llic.nresrrrcra. lirat.Ei,-
gccr iel,Es hurled III, tile t,atcl.wuy, u, sail
thu epgllc-ruon, WIS flooded, ilp hurried bncf,
u,d tlls. was the Inst va sa,y of i,tn. can't
rcig;c.! On that deck. Two Ut the hDats were
stuyu In hy tlc collision, The other cis;lt
wrre manned and shipped ips!tlc ri five Mir
,esj +, bsxc Msc"sst 70 % I a tS1 sY %st svG n ;f s
% !iotokcn ia1n!iy, hus,,a wife, % and bal1c III si,at
llu cul, plurId 1t, my psarge, aud lei tc1n 10
iowcseI. lIcl" saw ' yos Ciy,ncr, WITH @ ,,rso Mso
iifc.uryscrycrs on hIs arm, n,ml tou him to ,,,t
QUO at,out l,is ho.!y. Then | hurried to lis
Other boats w!!ie, e;s bstaE; tled WIN
,,u.l nsc,, rut tron, tic rpgn: where tev hui III
nssn iust.ed Thsn wna loId tjmt buas ,ss 10. ua
hat, Irc,I swanpcd. and hrr,i,,1s tu tho srcur
iou,ll llat ynuus Clymcr a.l Cut ihn ROBE 1T
nnr liuyit sture n link in ;hl, rn,,u ha, ,,rrr,,t
eli It running through t{,u ork. lis lad elpesa
lis twu sisters ntu tits tuat n Wien .la r"po
wns mt lin .,ni wait ,f,Iw, nncvrnIv Inn, tvs
ews,l,ut|. S;,no Of thusc il, +. wcI, 1i,tls tnio
tl "trr honts i,,,w nIimmt. a,"l w.ra sra,nt,'r,,
u, lln xLI,,,a s!s. ;rI,r 1sm1nr wax amt,,M, IN"
inter. Wv "'''0''' Wv
= iin frat ,l,rcrts ,o,t ,roa III. ,.s+ =, 1.,v,
i1u, shin,a sI,r thu',rht In. n,ss"n,.sra wcr,,
Mi nT Ima~ue ~ s,r,,r,sn v1.m, ,'in,r -, ~"
m,ar,ur.,iec fnl,,it, ihrra th,, IimIEr,3 tnpiiv
| thmI,,l,t wrr,, In lin iirst hint iI,v ,r.," ~.
eti,, tIm.t,,x..iycs viii t"rrnr sc,r1 IL" nan. IN
frnu ia null, r's ur,ns. mn, tn,n,y.,, hv 1e lie
huslmud ,,,nl VIII, rnM ,nrwnrn' r"iiiu, y, liz, lin
,irst niilcr IN ,m'. ,n.. t ,r. VIZ;
nassensers to Gu saycG' liz starts, bac,;' b'lt
ilr husan., wl,o WIS ut Of hs Is ssuscs , mi, All All
,c. foiiowe atsr hI.,' % tu.o ,Gv darkess. M % tih s
49, H. nr,ni,, NJ t,s ,. ,t, "4 w 'I , ~" ~.
, s ' i s,1 ~ ~ ~ ~, ,,t , su'' ~. ~ ~
sc w III. i!rat .'It,,,r .'s IN ~ ~ o''ss ~
''i,,i mi hi wa, nr,t! !" n,'.4 VI, ~ 'II i"' ~
| pu'o'f,Nt H"H ~ .""s '"s'ts. s"FE" n.thAi