The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-02-16
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ZEN lives Lost. the Capsafss OF tho Lackics
ship Being ArnoHg tho. Rambcr.
| Lospos, Feb. II Tie Alian steamship
iPomeranian, from Glaagow, January q
via Neville, for New York, has returnc'
! to Greenoek in distress, after having me
will, one Of the most fatal secides:s tina
has occurred to a transatlantic steame
for many years. The Pcmeranian is q
present lying outside of the harbor- a
Greenock. a. strong northwesterly gall
is blowing and this rendersit dangerous
for small boats TO approach her. lthal
been learned, however, that, the disaste
occurred when the steamer vas out ,l5t
miles. The Pomeranian encountered
boisterous weather Immediately leaving
port, bnt, thought that the wind would
very soon blow itself out, and 9th every
thing in shipshape no fears were enter.
tained. Instead OF aiatiAg the gaEe in
creased in severityaunilI the day OF the
disaster. The 4ths of February dawned
with the wind raging and tremendously
high sea running. Tie hatcbes were bat.
tened down and covered with tarpaulins
yentilators wore turned TO leewara and
every nrecaution dictated lsY good seaman.
ship had been taken to prevent water get.
ting below.
Suddenly tremendous sea reared it,
crest ortdistance ahead0f the steamer
as she plunged down wave. Before she
could rise the sea came over the starboard
bow and tons of green water rushed aft
ALMOST at the same time a falling wave
astcrn popped the steamer. The deck
saloon, chart-h house, the bridge and the
boats were smashed to pieces aud partly
washed overheard. The deck was covered
with an almost inextricable mass Of wreck
age and the utmost confusion reigned.
At first the full extent Of the disaster
was not known until the steamer began to
Law off before the wind and sea, and it was
at once seen that the quartermaster had
been carried away. Two sailors sprapg
to the wheel, and soon put the steamer on
her course. Then it was found that Capt
Dalzicl, the master Of the steamer, was
missing. He bad beenlast seen standing
on the leo slide of the steamer in consulta.
ton with saloon passcnger5named Jobn
Stewart, of Glasgow. They hadbo been
caught by the sea that camesoycr he stern
and dashed against the deckhousc. They
were then carried with terrific force and
damned beneath the after steam winches
Capt. Dalziel's legs were clgoken and he
sustained internal injuries. He was care.
fully removed to his room and everything
possible done for him, hut he died the
next morning. Mr.. Stewards legs wore
also broken. and he sustained other In
turies from the effects Of which he died il
few hours. AZ
Attic time ofthe accident the second
officer, John Cook, had tka watch. H
was on the bridge with J1hn Hamilton
the fourth officer, and both Of them were
carried overheard and drowned.
In the saloon deck house, when the sea
broke over the deck, where James Gibson
and Lillian Gibson, Of Dalkeith, and Jane
Cafrcy, of Londonderry, all first Dab.
In passengers. They were. carried, over
the side and not afterward seen. David
Forbes, of Dundee, second cabin passen'
ger, and James Prichnrd and Fred West.
bury, stewards, were also lost insthe same
manner. 1t it supposed that Prichard an{
Westbury we're engaged in attending tc
tthe wants Of the passengers in the saloon
deck house when the structure was wash
ed away. This made the numhes OF those
carried overheard ten, with two others fa'
tally injured. o
For time the utmost CONSERVATION
prevailed, but this gave way 10 feeling
ofssadness when it was found that so many
lives had been lost.
The disaster occurred so suddenly ant
the sea, did its fatal work with such
rapidity that the survivors did not at frs'
realize the full extent of the misfortune
With Capt. Dalziel fatally injured and
unconscious in his cabin, the duties Of
commander developed upon the first officer
When the chart-room was carried away
the chart sextant and quadrants-in fact
everything absolutely essential to tho
navigation Of the ship went with it. THE
first officer called the remaining officer te
a consultation, and it was decided to pu
about and return to Greenock. This was
at once done and without any. instruments
with which, tosnlake observations the voy.
age had so3be made entirely by dead rsek'
oning and was therefore necessarily slow
The names Of the .quartermasters lost
we're Peter Mclean and William Urqu.
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EXPORTS OF GOLD.