St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

carried away, the charts, seXtantS and
quadrants, in fact everything absolutely
essential to the navigation of the ship,
went with it. The pinnacle box and the
compass on the bridge bad also gone
overheard, and had it not been that the
after compass remained, it is doubtful
if the steamer would have reached the
port for many days yet. The situation
OF affairs on the Pommeranian. it is al
most needless to say, was terrible. The
first officer called the remaining officers
OF the steamer to consultation, and
it was decided to put about
and return to Greenock. This was
at once done, and, without any instru-
ments with which to take observations,
the voyage had to be made entirely by
dead reckoning, and was therefore
necessarily slow. The first officer is
highly commended for his skilltul sea-
manship in navigating the Pommeranian
under such adverse circumstances. and
1t is highly probable that his ability will
be recognized in substantial manner
by the owners of the steamer and the
underwriters.
Rum Before the Gale.
The Pommeranian has arrived in elias
Cow. From additional accounts regard
ing the terrible calamity on Feb. Ait ap
pears that after Capt. DalZtel had been
carried below unconscious, the vessel
was brought about by order of the Of
flcer in command and kept running
before the gale. The crew
cleared away the, debris. and
battened down the matches. The waves
swept over the deck from stem to stern
and flooded the passengers quarters.
There was no panic and the crew had
everything snug before the dark. The
gale continued to rage with fury until
"Wednesday last. when it abated some
what. On Thursday the weather again
became stormy and gradually rose to
hurricane. Innistrahull light, off
the most northerly part of the
Irish coast, was sighted on Thurs
day evening and the position of the
vessel ascertained. Owing to the terri
until Friday, when the Pommeranian
was steered for Greenock.
The scene at the burial of Capt. Dali
ziel was one OF the saddest ever before
witnessed at sea. The captain breathed
his last Sunday morning. and at mid
day his body was committed to the
waves. The crew and passengers stood by
Silently Weeping
ouliHS tllO olinpie anu llOuIHIul CERT
mOny. The waves were running
mountain high, and all felt that they,
too, might soon be with their departed
captain. Veteran sailors who were Oh
board declare that during an expert
ence of thirty years the storm
was the worst they ever encoun-
tered. If the ship had not been
staunch and discipline good they
would have fOundered. Purser Low
was asked in an interview why the YES
sci did not continue on it's voyage west
ward. He replied that, had not the
surviving officers decided to run back,
none would have been left to tell the
tale. One heavy sea, he stated, carried
away the two quartermasterS from the
wheel, swept away the charts and COM
passes and disabled the steering appar-
atus. The Pommeraniam then swung
her head around and the Of
tcers saw no alternative but
to keep away by the wind as much as
possible. AS for himself, Purser Low
said that he had had lucky escape.
He was just stepping on deck to go to
the deck saloon, when he saw the deck
saloon swept away to sea, leaving big
gap, through which volumes of water
poured from the deck through the
cabins and the saloon. The crew and
p assengers worked heroically in repair
ing the damage, although expecting
every moment that the vessel would
founder.