Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-02-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
STRANGE DISASTER AT SEA.
rcr Persons Swept from the
POmcranian,
aud Two Fatally Injured, Including
the Captain.

And Two Fatally Injured, Including
the Captain.
.r., nersons were drowned and two ia
.,,I, injured in a storm which swept over
W', steamship Pomeranian of the Allan
wv. in mid ocean the 4th inst. The Pom
r,,,i,n left Glasgow Jan. p for New
y',,l Rough weather was encountered
i,,.,,ndiatelv. No fears for the safety of
,i,' yassel we're entertained, however, as it
,,... Thought that the wind would soon sub
,;fo The gale increased in violence, and
80. fine dav of the disaster a tremendously
tt. sea was running. The matches were
t,...ned down and covered with tarpau-
rns ventilators were turned to leeward,
n,,1 every precaution dictated by good sea-
T,,r.bip had been taken to prevent water
,-..i;nc below. This appeared to the otfic-
~. If the ship to be the greatest danger,
a. they had no doubt as to the steamers
oluity to ride out the storm. Several seas
had been shipped, but they did no damage.
suddenly tremendous sea reared its crest
- short distance ahead of the steamer as
sba plunged down wave. Before she
onrlj rise the sea came over the starboard
how and tons of green water rushed aft.
Almost at the same time falling wave
astern popped the steamer. The deck sa-
loon chart-house, the bridge and the boats
wore smashed to pieces and partly washed
overheard. The deck was covered with an
almost inextricable mass of wreckage, and
tbq utmost confusion reigned. AT first the
fnU extent of the disaster was not known.
The steamer began to pay off before the
wind and sea and it was at once seen that
the auartermasters had been carried away.
Two sailors sprang to the wheel and soon
mi ,he steamer on her course.
Captain Dalziel, the master of the YES
sal and John Stewart of Glasgow, a saloon
Messenger, had been caught by the sea and
dashed against the deck house. They
we're then carried with tremendous force
and iammed beneath the after steamer
wincIes. The legs of both men were
broken. and both sustained internal in
inres from which they died in a few honrs.
A. the time of the accident John Cook and
1obu Hamilton. the first and fourth Off
GERS, were on the bridge, and both were
carried overheard and drowned. James
and Lillian Gibson of Dalkeith and Jane
Catfrry of Londonderry, first cabin passen-
GERS who were in the saloon deck house,
were also swept overheard. David Forbes
a second cabin passenger, and two stew
ards also lost their lives in the same way
When the sea boarded the steamer every
man about deck who saw it coming grab
he'd hold of stanchions, or anything else
convenient. and it was due to this that the
loss of life was not much larger. For {
time the utmost CONSERVATION prevailed
but this gave way to feeling of sadness
when it was found that so many lives haC
been lost.
The command devolved upon the frs
officer who called the remaining officers o
the steamer to a consultation, and it wa
decided to put about and return to Greenock
This was at once done, and without an,
instruments to take observations, every
thing but compass having been swep
away. The first officer is highly commend
ell for his skiful seamanship in navigating
the Pomeranan under such adverse Gil
cumstances. The crew cleared away tn
debris and battened down the matches
The waves swept over the deck from ste1
to stern and flooded the passengers qual
tiers. There was no panic and the GREY
had everything snug before dark. In
gale continued to rage with fury until las
Wednesday, when it abated somewhat
On Thursday the weather again becam
stormy and gradually rose to hurricane
Innstrahull light, off the most northerl
part of the Irish coast, was sighted Thurs
day evening and the position of the vess'
ascertained. Owing to the terrific weatht
it was necessary to lie to until Frida
morning, when the Pomeranian was steere
for Greenock, where it arrived Saturday