New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-12
~rrJVE SWEPT To DEATH.
..SrER TO THE STEAMER POMERANIAN.

s-rrCK ASTERN III ~ H>o"' "'- A
,r.1x Two OFFICERS AND NINE OTHER
.rpsoys LOSE THEIR LIvEs-THE GRIP
own SHIP PUTS BACK TO GEEENocK.
,.rdon. Feb. lI..-1hc Allan Lire steamship
,.,a,o,an. from Glasgow January 81. via
lille for New York. has returned TO Greenock
= distress. after having met with an accident
~, resulted in the loss of twelve lives.
Tho romcranisn is n. present lying outside the
,..,., at GlcenocS strong northwest gale is
S,.sr;rc and this renders IL dangerous for small
49,, IN n, pr zach her 1t has been learned, how
W. ,hat the disaster occurred when the steamer
-. ahout 1850 miles out. The Pomeranian ell
.,s,ad boistcrons weather Immediately after
,r nort 1t was thought that tile wind
IL, soon blow itself out, and with everything
leblanc no fears for the safety Of the steamer
', entertained Instead Of abating, however.
~. ole increased in severity until the day OF the
Ter February 4 dawncd with ,rIht'ul
-. raging and tremendously high sea running
y. matches were battered down aud covered with
'.,sulr.s vcn,ilators were turned 10 leeward, ana
w nrecaution dictated by good Seamanshp
81, heen taken TO prevent water getting below
y" ". anne,rcd 70 the officers o! the ship to be
.. r-netest danger as they had no doubt as 70
n' e.,oamer, ability to ride out the storm
80 yeas had been shipped, but they did no
damage. -. ,,os, =
.,aacnly tremendous wave reared It's crest a
-. distance ahead OF the steamer as she plunged
~ wave. Before she could rise the sea
W.. ovcr the starboard bow and tons OF green
"",.r rnshed aft Almost at the same time
,.unr wave astern struck the steamer Inc re-
~, almost deies description The deck salooh'
lighthouse. the bridge and the boats were shasheu
~ ,iaces and partly washed overheard Inc dech
go. covered with an almost ineAtricaolc mass Oh
..taye and the utmost confusion rel2neu. At
g., the full extent of the disaster was not known.
Tho steamer began to pay of before the wlho anu
'.' .ra II was at once seen that the quarter
u,sters had been carried away. Two saiiors
.rranr TO the wheel and soon put the steamer OH
her course 0.,..., a.,
master Of the steamer, was missing. lie nag ast
49,, seen standing on the lee side of the steamer
%, NJ the saloon, in conversation Win siooh
,..ssnoer named John Stewart. Of Glasgow. They
Ia baon caught by the sea that came over the
s.e~n and dashed against the deck-house' They
WON, then carried with terrific force and ianmed
beneath the after steam winch's Captain
D,l,iel's lers were broken and he had sustained
;r,.,nal injuries lie was carefully removed to
his rom and everything possible was done for him,
bp- be died next morning. Mr.. Stewards legs
vere also broken and he sustained other injuries,
from the effects of which he died in few hours
Al the time of the accident the second officer,
Jobn Cook had the watch He was on the bridge
with John Hamilton, the fourth officer, and both
AZ them were carried overheard and drowned.
In the saloon deck-housc when the sea broke
over the steamer were James Gibson and Lillian
Gibson. Of Dalkeith, and Jane Cafery, Of Lon
donderry, all hrst-cabin passengers They were
carried over the side and not afterwsrd seen.
David Forbes Of Dundee. a second-cabin passenger,
and James Pritchard and Fred Westbury, stewards
were also lost in the same manner. II is supposed
that Pritchard and Westbury were attending
to the wants Of the passengers in the saioon deck
house when the structure was washed away. ms
made the number of those carried overheard ten,
with two others fatally injured.
When the Sea boarded the steamer every man
about the deck who saw ii coming grasped hoid
Of stauchlons or anything else convenient, and II
was due 10 this that tho loss Of life was not much
larger For time the utmost CONSERVATION pre-
vailed, but this gave way TO a feeling Of sadness
when 1t was found that many lives had been
lost The disaster occurred 80 suddenly. and the
ses did ito fatal work with such rapdty that tho
survivors did not at first realize the full extent
Of the misfortune Amid the bowling Of the wind
ana the kissing and the roaring Of the sea the
erie. Of those who were carried overheard could
not hive been heard, even had they had time TO
nttnr them Without a word of warning they were
evept to their doom. and not person on IN"
steamer knew what had happened 10 them until
sou,e little time after the accident
With Captain Dalzic fatally lnJurrd ana nm
conscious in his cabin the command OF the steamer
devolved upon the first officer. The steamer was
about in midocean. and the question arose whrIher
10 hold tho steamer on her course or to rnt apout
and make for Grcenock. When the chartroom
was carried away the CHARTS. eeXtants anc auau-
rants in fact everything absolutely csscnuai c 70
the navigation of the ship. went WIN u. Ln9
binnacl.box and its compass en- the Dfiuee ia.
also gone overheard, and had II not been that
the after COMPASS remained il ts doubtful II Ine
steamer would have reached wort for rnany GAYS
VET Tho situation of affair." was terrible me
first officer called the remaining officers OF ,he
steamer 70 q consultation. and 1t was deciueu
10 mt about and return 10 GTeenock ms WAC
Az ence done and without any Instruments WIN
which 70 take observations the voyage nao 20 ne
made entirely by dend reckoning ana WAS ''e''
fore necessarily slow. ,, r.. lie
The first officer is highly commenced ior ~
skilful seamanship in navigating the tonefan,am
under such adverse circumstances ana ~ II ni a.
probable that his ability will be recognized IN
substantial manner by the owners OF the s'edo'
and tho underwriters p.tnr
The names Of the quartermasters lost were reei
Mclean and William Urquhart.