The New York Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1878, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1878.—TRIPLE SHEET, ee American Steamship. lish Coasting Vessel. ing Steamers. age Survivors. sen Assured. Friends on Board, ————— [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] American Packet Pommerania, from New Company's York fo far only the captain of the statement of £ have been saved from the steerage :— CABIN PASSENGERS SAVED, ARNSTEIN, Mr. E., San Francisco. ARNSTEIN, Mrs., family and nurse, BLOCK, EMIL, Clarkville, Tenn. CLYMER, Miss MARY, Philadelphia. CLYMER, Miss ROSE, Philadelphia, ington. FABER, ALFRED, New York. KING, Mrs. RUFUS, New York. KONIGS, Miss E., Crofeld. KORNEMANN, OTTO, New York. KO7ZI, CAROLINE, New York. OHRENSTIEL, Mrs. SOPHIE, New York. POPPENHUSEN, CONRAD, Hamburg. POMMER, ROBERT, St. Louis. ROBYN, HENRY, St. Lonis. SCHWARTZ, L. F., New York. WARD, Mrs. E. A., funily and nurse, New York. STEERAGE, PASSENGERS SAVED. ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, Paris. ARN, WILLIAM BENEDICT, Columbians, Ohio, BODDENWEHER, —. BORGER, GOTTFRIED, Black Hills, BROCK, SAMUEL, Cleveland, Ohio, EASTERBROOK, W., New York, GROSS, PHIL., St. Lonis, GRUBER, FRANZ, New York. GUILLEMOT, CHARLES J., New York. HAACK, JOHN, Chicago. HUNT, EDWIN, Arizona. * JUSCHINSEY, W., New York, RKLOSS, JOHN, St. Louis, LAUMANN, LOUIS, Akron. MANKEWIS, JOHN, California, MOUCHAL, SIMON, New York. PANKE, FR. MYERS, Michigan, PEARCE, EDWARD, California, PEARN, W. H., Nevada, PHILLIPS, THOMAS, Nevada, RAABE, JOUIS, Chicago. RAFYELD, Mr. A., New York. RAUCH, ©., Newark, N. J. RAUMANN, LOUIS, Philadelphia, SAMP, CARL, New York. SCHATTER, ——.. SCHOEN, ANTON, New York. SCHMIDT, HENRY, New York. SCHNEIDER, RODERICK, New York, SCHROEDER, WILLIAM, San Francisco, SCHURR, GUSTAV, Chicago, SIMON, AD., Hastings, Minn, STRASSER, JUL., New York, STROH, HL, St. Louis, THIEL, AD., Chicago. THOMAS, CHARLES, Colorado, VEITH, LOUIS, Buffalo, N. ¥. WESTPHAL, C. H., La Crosse, Wis, LUDSb, PRED., Chicago. ‘Khe officers and crew were saved, POMMER ANIA, Loss of the ‘Hamburg- SUNK OFF DOVER. She Collides with an Eng- TERROR ON BOARD. Passengers Rescued by Pass- THE SAVED. Bile of the Cabin and Steer- ARRIVAL AT DOVER. Safety of Captain Schwen- THE NEWS IN NEW YORK Distressing Fears for Relatives and FULL LIST OF THE PASSENGERS. Lonpon, Nov. 26, 1878. Another terrible steamship accident is reported from Dover. As the Hamburg- steamer for Hamburg, was proceeding toward the Downs, after having touched at Cherbourg, shortly before twelve o'clock last night, she collided with the English bark Moel Eilian' and sank within thirty minutes. the English vessel has been obtained; but as it is known that the eaptain of the German steamer, all his officers and nearly all his crew were saved, we shall probably be in possession of: both sides of the story to-morrow. The first. reports received here proved to be grossly exaggerated, and it is to be hoped that some of the large number of pnas- sengers now missing may have been waved by the unknown steamer which is alluded to as having been seen near the wreck by Captain Schwensen, of the Pom- merania. So far as now known the follow- inig lists represent the saved and missing cabin passengers, as well as those known to DE FREYRE, Mrs. CLEMENTIN, and family, Wash- DETAILS OF THE DISASTER, GATRERED BY A SPECIAL HERALD CORRESPONDENT, (BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.) Dover, Nov. 26, 1878, Shortly after eleven o'clock to-day the startling news arrived at London that the Hamburg-American steamship Pommerania, Captain H. F. © \wensen, had been run into by a bark and had y minutes, 200 people going down witn hes, 4 started immediately for Dover, and on arriving there fortunately found that the loss was by no means so great, for out of 226 passengers and crew only fifty- eight are now missing. In this careful enumeration of the lost I do not include the Captain, whose safety is assured by a telegram which I have just received from Maasluis (a fishing town on the Holland coast, near Rotterdam) annonneimg his arrival at that port in the steamer City of Ainsterdam. . SAFELY ACROSS THE OCEAN, It appears that the Pommerania touched at Piy- mouth at three o'clock on the morning of the 25th and landed passengers and mails. The names of the eight people who went ashore at that point were:— Samuel Brock, Cleveland, Ohio; W. Easterbrook, New York; Edwin Hunt, Arizona; John Mankewis, Cali- fornia; Edward Pearce, California; W. H. Pearn, Ne- vada; Thomas Phillips, Nevada, and Charles Thomas, Colorado. These were all in the steerage. An equal number of passengera were taken on and the ship proceeded to Cherbourg, where the following first cabin passengers wero supposed to have landed:—Mr, Alexandte, Paris; Mr. Benedict Arn, Columbiana, Ohio; Mr. E. Arnstein, family and nurse, San Francisco; Mrs, Clementine 8. de Freire and family, Washington City; Phil Gross, St. Louis; Charles Joseph Guillemot, New York; Mrs. Rufus King, New York; Miss E. Koenig, Crefeld; Louis F. Schwartz, New York; Louis Veith, Buffalo; Mr. E. A. Ward, family and nurse, New York; Otto Kornemand, New York; Miss Caroline Kozj; St. Louis, and Pro- fessor Henry Robyn, St. Louis, are also supposed to have gone ashore at that point. AT THE POINT OF DANGER. ‘The Pommerania left Cherbourg on Monday after- noon, proceeding up the Channel toward the North Sea. At fifteen minutes before midnight the South Foreland light was off the port beam, distant about six miles, while the Dover beacon was seen ahead over the port bow, twelve miles, The night was intensely dark and heavily overcast. A drizzling rain was falling. Lights were seen from the Pom- merania and proved to be the iron bark Moel Eilian, from Carnarvon bound for Cardiff. The Captain says he aaw the lights of the Pommerania burning brightly before she crossed his yessel’s bow, and when she was within three lengths he could see a very dim green light, WHAT OF THE NIGHT? Sailors of the Pommerania, as will be seen by Kurre’s statement, given at the end of this despatch, say that they observed the bark six minutes before the collision and that the darkness was intense. One sailor says:—‘I couldn't see my hand when before my face.” Another says:—‘There was intense dark- ness and s drizzling rain fell at the time.” While the majority of survivors unite in ssying that there was no very dense fog. Still when I reached Dover shortly after midday, a thick fog hung over theChan- nel and prevented me from secing more than 200 yards.seaward from the Admiralty pier. Iconclnde, therefore, that, in addition to the darkness, the mist must have been quite thick, although it may not, technically, have pomiessed thedensity of fox. FIRST SIGHT OF KACH OTHER, At any rate, it is established beyond cavil that the vessels saw each other clearly, and it becomes highly important to know all the facts regarding their move- ments up to the moment of contact. The statement. in detail of Captain Pritchard of the bark will be given in another place, but it is important to repro- duce a small portion of it here to settle his conduct from his own point of view. He says:—“We were steering our course forthe west. The Pommerania was crossing from leeward two or three points. As té the wind, what little there was came from the north or north by east. We were going five knots when the Pommerania ran into. us. She slewed us right around. If she had run into our side we should have gone down immediately. We were alao on the starboard tack, sailing free. Our lights were burning brightly when the steamer ran across us, striking us in the port how. After we were strnck, we shouted loudly as we could, all of ns on watch, ‘Stop her! stop her!" We feared we necded help. She went right whoad, however, as fast as she could, turn- ing us completely around in so doing. The vessel passed quite away from us and we did not know till this morning that the Pommerania had snnk.” This is avery strong statement, and i have taken it down with the utmost care and read it off to the Captain for his approval. He says further: — “It could not have been the speed at which we were travelling that caused such extensive damage. The Pommerania must have starboarded her helm or she would have run us down amidships.” This last statement is of course only an opinion, although it is highly important, FATE:O® BAD SUDGMENT, I am sorry that I cannot get a better statement from First Officer ‘Fransem, of. the Pom:nerania, than is appended below. When I first called on him at the Sailor’s Home here I found him not only reticent but offensively surly, refusing to give any information except to the German Consul. I learn, from other trustworthy sources, that the Pommerania seeing the bark bearing down upon her, did put her helm hard a starboard in order to avoid the collision, Never- theless, the bark did not change her course, and the Pommerania, in altering her course, seems to have brought her midships section into sach a position that it was a fair target for the iron bow of the bark, which was ea sharp as a ram, CRIPPLED IN THE DARK. « ‘The blow was a terrific one, The bark crashed into the steamship like an iron-clad, at once disabling the latter's engines and ripping her own iron skin like paper. There does not seem to have been any inattention at the lookout. The Cap- tain and one of his officers were on watch on the bridge during every moment from the sighting of the strango vessel until the col lision, Tho speed at which she had been going carried her onward into the darkness, leaving behind the smaller craft from which there were cries for help, ‘The engines had stopped, and when it was desired to back the steamer the terrible discovery was mado that the machinery would not move. ‘Tho steamship soon came to adead stop and drifted helplessly on the ocean swell, Herculian efforts were made by the engineer to clear the wrecked machinery away and art the propeller again, but it was found to be a hopeless task. ON THE POMMERANTA’S DECK. The boate were now the only hope of safety, and it became a question of vital importance to know how sound the well and before they returned an officer from the engine room came to the bridge and reported that the water was entering in @ flood, that half of the fires were already out, and that the vessel could not float more than half an hour. ‘The coolness of Captain Schwensen is beyond all praise, With the rapidity of thought he sent men to the bulkheads throughout the ship, others to ‘mn the passengers and crew, and others to tear the boats in readiness to be lowend, It was then discovered that two of them had been crushed. The whistle was loudly blown and distress signal rockets were fired, Then followed the moment of stspense—it was doubtful how the passengers would behave. : THE PANIC. The crash and roar of the rending ironwork pro- duced the greatest consternation below deck. ‘Those of the passengers who were not awakened by the shock and noise of the collision were soon brought to consciousness by the members of the watch, who had ‘been sent to tell them of their danger. In a few minutes all were awake. The poor af- frighted people now began to come’ on deck, many only in their night clothes. None had any definite idea of the extent or imminence of the danger. None had time to save anything. Then followed the usual rush for the boat No one seems to have thought of the life belts, and if these had been made use of uni- versally not a person would have been lost, as the sea was very smooth. Tho captain tried to calm the rising excitement by assuring the passengers that all would be saved. At this moment, however, one of the six good boats was swamped at the vessel's side in the attempt to lower it. The falls at the bow ran out too rapidly, and those at the stern got clogged; as a result, the four men who were in her tending the blocks and getting out tho oars were dumped into the sea. The boat hung by its stern tackle, and before the ropes could be cut more than thirty people sprang over the vessel's side into the already half-sunken craft. As soon as tho ropes were cut the boat capsized and floated off on the tide, bottom upward, With a few exceptions all these people were drowned. NEARLY ALL Lost, € Two or three were afterward picked up by another boat, having swam out of reach of their struggling, gasping comrades, The panic ondeck after the capsiz- ing of the first boat became general. Men and women rushed frantically hither and thither; others knelt silently in prayer, and several passengers turned below to their staterooms, only to re- appear on deck bearing large portmantesus, with which they absent-mindedly paraded the deck, gentleman descended the com- panionway and returned to the promenade with his silk hat in his hand, brushing it as he proceeded with the sleeve of his cotton nightshirt, his only garment. Shrieks and prayers were heard associated with the commands of the officers and the wrangling of the crew. Ominous, indeed, is the fact that all the crew were saved and more than fifty passengers lost! re- One LEAVING THE #RIP. Another boat had, meanwhile, been snecessfully got into the sea on the other side of the steamer, but be- fore anybody thought to see whether the plug was in or not the boat was half full of Iwas going on the starboard tack, and the steamer crossed ie from the leeward. Our vessel is very much injured at the bow, and some of the headgesr has been carried away, ‘The tonnage of the bark is 1,080, she being constructed of iron. STATEMENT OF A SAILOR, One of the crew, a sailor named Kurre, gives the following clear and interesting account of the disas- ter:—“The Pommerania left Plymouth on Sunday night at two o'clock, Last night, at a quarter to twelve, the fog being very dense, the bark struck us amidships on the starboard side, making a large hole in our ship below the water line. Indeed, the whole side of the steamer was sprung, so violent was the shock. The Pommerania sank in half an hour; we just, got clear of the suction as she disappeared beneath the water, The collision carried away two boats out of eight belonging to our ship. Another boat filled with passongers was swamped, out of which only five | people escaped. I was picked up by a coasting steamer which came to the rescue of the people in the water and boats on seeing the Pommerania’s rock- ets. I know that the captain and the first officer weré on the bridge at the time of the disaster. «Herr Franzen, verlassen sie mich nicht’ (Don’t leave me, Mr, Franzen), shouted the captain to the first officer. “Give me your hand, Captain,’ was the reply, ‘and I will assist you down into the boat. We cannot remain here or we shall go down together.’ Tho steamer had then settled down to within a few feet of the main deck. A CAREFUL WATCR. “The lookout on the Pommerania was all right. He was at his post and saw the bark ten minutes before the collision. We then altered our course to ayoid her, but the bark seemed to come right down upon us just the same. There were not many women ‘aboard, but most of them ware lost. I believe only five women were saved. ‘The passengers were asleep when the collision occurred, ‘The sailors were all saved. All the passengers could not be taken in the boats. The one I was in was loaded down to the water's edge, and had to be bailed constantly with our caps and hands to prevent swamping. There is no doubt in my mind that every man, woman and child on board could have been saved had the Pomme- rania had enough boats.” THE LAST DANCE. Herr Kurre tells a strange story about one of the stecrage passengers playing on a mouth harmonicon onthe preceding night, before going to bed. As he begen, he said:—‘Now, companions, I'll play and you dance; it may be our last chance, for who knows but that we may go down to-night.” This, of course, tain appeared to be very careful. wasall in fun; but, as Herr Kurre remarks, within two hours from that timo sixty or seventy people on hoard were drowned.” It was the steerage passengers’ requiem. HOW MISS MARY CLYMER ESCAPED, Mary Clymer says she was in a berth with her sister Rose, They were awakened by the crash and rushed on deck half fressed and were there joined by their brother, who assisted Mary into a boat. A sailor threw Rose in, but she fell into the water and had to be dragged out. Young Clymer, who remained on the steamer, seeing the boat full and the sailors try- ing to get aboard, thus endangering the lives of all, cut the ropes and set her adrift, saying “Goodby” water, and when the passengers were lowered down it came very nesr swamping. Many of the passengers had tp be dragged over the stcamer’s side, so terror stricken were they, The discipline of the crew greatly improved after the first ten minutes had passed. Five boats were now in the water and loading with their bhnman freight with considerable regularity. Strange to say some of the passengers refused point blank to enter the boats. Every effort was made by the first and second officers to induce all to leave; but finding delay use- less the five boats pulled away from the sinking Pommerania, leaving about twenty passengers and Captain Schwensen on board. THE LAST MOMENTS. ‘The captain remained on tho bridge as the boats drew off into the night and even the great black hull soon faded out of sight in the haze. A few dim rays of light emerged from the ports, and away at the masthead, silently a8 a tongueless bell, swinging as the ocean swung, was the great white light that marked the disabled ship's position. The fires were out; the whistle could no longer be sounded for the ‘The great steamship could not move although the shore was scarce six miles away. She was helpless. She was lost! want of steam, ‘THE POMMERANTA’S STORY, Chief Officer Franzen, of the Pommerania, recovered from his surliness to-night and made the following statement :—‘My boat had forty people in it, and had taken in considerable water, and was too much laden to attempt the rescue of any persons floating. We rowed to the Glengarry—from Rouen for Leith—which stood by during tho night, and we saved one passenger from the water. At daylight the topmast of the Pommerania and her fore and main yards were visible above the water, but there was nobody in the rigging. She lies abont sonth- west, twelve miles from the Foreland Light. The Glengérry thon steamed for Dover, and the tug Gran- ville took the people into the harbor, where they were taken to’ tho Sailors’ Home, Thete was a thick fog all day Monday, About forty-five minutes after eleven o'clock atnight, with hardly the slightest warn- ing of the close proximity of any vessel, a bark ap- peared on our starboard quarter and immediately crashed into us just abaft the funnel, making & large hole. The water rushed in and the Pommerania began sinking. The Captain ordered blue lights to be sent up and the boats cleared away. Perfevt discipline was maintained throughout. The Captain remained on the bridge oversecing the launching of the boats, and, though begged to leave, steadfastly refused to doaert his post. Less than fifteen minutes after the collision the steamer sank, There were many pas sengers swimming about in the water, butthe boats were so full it was impossible to take any more on board.” STATEMENT OF THE BARK'S CAPTAIN, captain Pritchard, of the English bark, was dictating a letter to his owners in the German | Constl’s private room, Ho was very reticent, The | captain said he was sailing at the rate of five knots | an hour when the collision occurred, The steamer | was steaming at about fourteen knota an hour. The captain was on deck when the vessels came together. I inquited whether the lights on his vessel were burning brightly. He answered, “Yes; but I did not seo the steamer’s lights until five or eight minutes before the collision, and then only a white light. I did not seo the green light until he was about three good ships’ length off, I cried out for the steamer to stop, bit received no answer, Was then struck amidships, but did not know about the foundering of the steamer until this morning, when I went ashore in a tender, to his sisters. He evidently thought his mother and his othor sister were in the boat, but the sailors had prevented them from getting in, MR. POPPENHUSER'S EXPERIENCE. Mr. Céutnd Poppenbuser, of New York, is staying at the Lord Warden Hotel, and I visited him this after- noon in order to obtain his version of the disaster. He said that when he awoke the cabins were filling with water and he made haste to escape to the deck. There he was met by the Doctor, who helped him to adjust a life preserver. He aid not attempt to save any of his effects, but he and Mr. Alfred Faber as- sisted to lower the first boat and put Mrs, Ohrnstiel and some other ladies into it. Those who manned it did not put off until it was loaded down tothe water's edge. He got into the second boat, which was nearly swamped by the third following it too closely. ‘The latter barely avoided the vortex which was caused by the sinking of the steamer. He thinks that the time between the moment of coflision and that at which she sunk was not more than twenty minutes and it may have been even less. ‘ A GERMAN LADY'S STORY. The following is a narrative of a German lady who was one of the passengers :— “T intended to leave the Pommerania at Cherbourg when we touched there, but Ichanged my mind and resolved to go on to Hamburg. The Captain and officers were very kind and attentive. Last night I shared my cabin with another lady, We retired soon after ten o'clock in excellent spirits, looking forward to speedily seeing our dear old Germany again. Soon afterward the lights were turned down in the cabins, Abont this time we were rapidly approaching the Straits of think it might been nearly midnight when I heard a fear- ful grating sounds of Dover. I have then screams and other I instantly my companion and we dressed ourselvesin the greatest posrible haste, crash, confusion. roused As soon as we rushed up on deck we found that a large number of paasengors were there ahead of us, It was too dark to see what was going on, but T could discern my good, kind friend, Captain The crew were busy at work launching the lifeboats by Schwensen, up on the bridge giving orders. the light of lanterns, We ran to the nearest boat. I held a lantern while the manropes were being cut and then climbed into the boat over the side of the sinking The crew did their utmost to save the lives of the passengers, Ihave no complaint to make, The vessel. male passengers of the Ponmerania were naturally anxious to save themselves, and did not spend a second longer on board the vessel than they were obliged to. ‘The English steamer took us on board and treated us very kindly, Idon’t know what becamo of my lady companion. I saw many rescued and I saw many drowning. Ido not think that all the passengers had time to come up on deck after the collision.” MRS, OMRNSTIEL'S ACCOUNT. Mrs, Ohrnstiel says that she was sleeping in her berth when sho heard the crash. and went up stairs, where she met tho first officer and asked him if there was danger. He replied, “The steamer is lost, but the passengers will be sayed.’* She dressed herself As I came upon the deck the seamen were low- ering the first boat, I was placed in it along with thirty-five other, and among them were two of the Misses Clymer. We had been on deck per- haps ten minutes whilo the boat was getting realy. The scene was very heartronding, although, of course, I was too much alarmed myself to take much note of it, I heard the steerage passengers erying loudly, IE had one friend on board, and I called to her ag T passed the door of her stateroom. She replied that she would follow me immediately, but | Thave not seen her since, The Misses Clymer supposed | I decline to make any other statement about the col- long the steamship would float, Men were sent to | lision until the government inveetigation takes place, that they had lost their father and mother and sister, The officers and crew behaved splendidly, and the fourth officer especially made almost superhuman exertions in loading the boats. MR. FABER'S STATEMENT. Albert Faber states that he was in his berth, only two sections from the place where the Pommerania struck. He rushed on deck, partly dressed, and found everything in confusion and thick darkness. He met the Misses Clymer on deck and assisted them into a boat. The ladies were cool and collected, WHAT LOUIS LAUMANN REMEMBERS. The following is the statement of Louis Laumann, of Akron, Ohio, now at the Sailors’ Home, Dover:— “I was in bed last night, about a quarter to twelve o'clock, when I felts sudden bump, as if tne Pom- merania had struck upon a rock, I was alarmed, but I did not think at first that it was anything very serious, as we had kept a good lookout and the cap- ‘The crew were then all busy lowering boats, The ship was begin- ning to sink, In lowering the boats there was great confusion, everybody trying to crowd into thein, One boat filled and sank immediately after it got into the water; two others were smashedby the couision, ‘Che boats were fastened up tight, and we could not get them undone, ‘The Pommerania was sinking rapidly, There were a number of women among the passengers. I don’t know how many, but eight have been sayed and a baby. I think the baby’s mother has been drowned. Our cap- tain had some fireworks om board and Iet them off. We managed to get into the boats that remained, and had been there about ten minutes when the steamer Glengarry picked us up. She cruised about along time, The Captain had achance to save his life, but would stick fo his ship. Tsaw him when our boat got away from the steamer standing on the bridge giving commands, trying to obtain order and save as many ashe conid, In twenty minutes after the collision the Pommerania went down, She did not keel over, but went down gradually.” ; WHAT A STEERAGE PASSENGER SAW, I have talked with Roderick Schneider, an intelli, gent native of Tenmitz, Saxony, and one of the steerage passengers. He says that ten female passen- gers were lost. The Captain behaved magnificently, showing great presence of mind. He endeavored to allay the terror of the passengers by stating that the steamer had struck ona sand bank. He refused to leave the ship. At the last moment he said:—I will stay with her till she sinks; then I will swim off.” But, poor man, ho was too late. THE BOATS OUT OF REPAIR. Daniel Schmidt, a steerage passenger, says the plug | was missing from the boat first lowered, which pre- vented her from being righted when capsized. Six persons were drowned from that boat. A rowlock was missing from the second boat, which prevented her from going to the assistance of those who were in the water. ; THE MOMENT OF COLLISION, One of the Pommerania’s crew says he saw the Dark’s lights ten minutes before she struck, but a collision did not seem probable until three minutes before it occurred. As the Moel Eilian was going free she might have avoided striking. ‘The Pomme- rania went to port as far as she could, but a collision was then unavoidable. “ WAITING FOR RESCUE. The five boats contained 172 persons, passengers and crew. Thecaptain had refused to leave the veesel. How he was afterward saved is a mystery. His last words to the departing boats were ‘*Lebe wohl, kinder!” He could have been taken in the boats, but he refused to leave, and the remnant of the ship's patnengérs who stayed were doubtless much inftuenced in their action by their guardian's conduct. It was a source of congratulation to the officers in the boats that so few women and children were on board. The officers had all worked loyally, it is said, for the pas- sengers, the fourth officer and the second boatewain being especially praised for their gallantry in placing many ladies in the boats and in preventing the crew from entering before the women. Never- theless, as I said before, the fact remains that noue of the seamen were lost, and they must, therefore, have in some way or other crowded into the boats, to the exclusion of the passengers. This point yet needs elucidation. SAVED FROM THE BOATS. ‘The five boats were picked up after a brief wait. The signal rockets brought the screw steamer Glen- garry to the rescue, but too late to save the few left on the ship. children from the boats were provided with, every possible comfort. On this vessel the men, women and Many of tho sufferers were in acondition bordering on dementia, from the cold, the terror of the hour and their joy at finding them- selves safe in the warm cabin of the Glengarry. . LANDED AT DOVER. When the survivors were landed at Dover they were received and cared for by the people of the city. The Sailors’ Home and the Lord Warden Hotel were thrown open for their accommodation. The two Misses Clymer, at the Lord Warden Hotel, are confined to their room from exhaustion. At the same hotel are Conrad Poppenhusen, Alfred Faber and Mrs, Ohrn- sliel at the Royal Hotel to-night. A little German girl of six, with her little sister, aged nine months, is also there. She says:—“My name is Martha, and my brother Allie, my little sister Dora and my mamma are on board the ship. Pa lives at Buenos Ayros,”” Muller's family. This is supposed to be Captain At private houses are Miss Louise Rassmann, a governess; Annie Weser, Mme. Holzhan- sen. Many telegrams are pouring im from Hamburg in- quiring about the Lucke family, Their names are not among the saved. HOPE FOR OTHERS, A despatch from Maasluis reports that the captain of she Pommerania says he thinks there was another steamer near the wreck which saved many lives. It is probable the captain refers to the Glengarry, pre- viously mentioned. THREE LITTLM WATRS. There are threo little children at Folkestone who were saved from the sinking ship, and it is believed there that both their father and mother have been lost. THE CREW IN LONDON, The crow of the Pommerania arrived in London this afternoon at the Holborn Viaduct, having left here about twelve o'clock to-day. A despatch says that the scone was a very impressive one. The Ger- man Consui called the roll, + PROVIDING FOR THE RESCUED. W. BR. Schjott, German Consul at Rover, took charge of the wrecked passengers on their arrival here, One hundred and sixty-two were landed and taken to the Sailors’ Home, but the accommodations at that institution not being sufficient 109 of the crew and steerage passengers, who had not suffered to any extent, were sent to London, Consul Schjott telegraphing the German Consul General there, Von Boyenoffsky, to meet them at the Holborn Viaduct and provide for their immediate necessities. Owing to the confusion that prevailed here after the landing, and during the arrangements to transfer the unfortg nate people to the metropolis, the names of only sixty or seventy of the crew and passengers were taken. CABIN PASSENGERS MISSING, The following passengers are missing:— ADAMS, Mr. W. 8., Springfield, Mass, BODISCO, Mr. ALEXANDER, New York, BODISCO, Mrs. AND BODISCO, Mr. BORIES, New York. CLYMER, Mrs. W. B., Philadelphia. CLYMER, Miss MARIA H., Philadelphia, CLYMER, Mr. R. W., Philadelphia, DEHN, Mrs. CAROLINE, San Francisco, FRICK, Miss CHRISTINE, New York, FUNK, Mrs. L., Madison, Wis. KAUFMAN, Mr. JACOB, New York, LUCKE, Mr. ERNEST B., New York, LUCKE, Mrs. (and three children), New York, NEUMANN, Miss AMALIA, New York. XAVIER, Allegheny City, Pa, WOLF, Miss AMALIA, New York, FORMER OCEAN DISASTERS, ‘The following is a list of the wrecks of ocean steams ships during the past twenty-eight years:— HeLena Stowman—Foundered in midooean Now yeraber, 1850; 9 lives lost. Crry or GLascow—Never heard from, spring 18544 450 lives lost. : Anctic—Run down by French steamer Vesta, oft New Foundland, September 27, 1854; 300 lives lost. Pacrri¢—Never heard from after leaving Liverpool; 200 lives lo: Le Lyo tucket, November 2, 1856; 200 lives lost. Temrrst—Never heard from after leaving New York; lost all on board. Avstria—Burned in midocean, September 12, 1858; lives lost, Ixpran—Wrecked off the coast of Nova Scotia, Nov vember 21, 1859; 27 lives lost. Huncartan—Off Nova Scotia, February 20, 1860; 208 lives lost. CanapraN—Straits of Belle Isle, June 4, 1861; 38 lives lost, ANGLO-SAXON—Off Cape Race, April 27, 1863; 23% Lives lost. BowEmtan—Off Cape Elizabeth, February 22, 18645 20 lives lost. Hipernta—Off the Irish coast, November 29, 18683 50 lives lost. NAIs—Collided with ship Adriatic, off Nan- b jpom-—Left New York April 17, 18699 never heard from; 80 lives lost. Crry or Bosron—Left New York January 25, 1870, called ‘at Halifax and never heard from after that; 164 lives lost. CamBrra—Off Irish coast, October 19, 1870; lives lost. Arranric—Wrecked on rock off Nova Sootis, April 1, 1873; 562 lives lost. IsmaiL1a—Left New York September 29, 1878; never heard from; large crew and passenger lis VILLE pu Havre—Collided at sea; 226 lives lost. Nu.—Off Cape Idsu, from Hong Kong, March 2, 1874; 150 lives lost. Tacra—Left Valparaiso ——; lost on April 14, 18743 19 lives lost. La Piata—England to Brazil; lost at sea off Island of Ushant; 60 lives lost. : Mary—From Glasgow to Trinidad, October 26, 1874; 10 lives lost. KATHLEEN Manr—From Odessa; lost at sea Jane uary 1875; 26 lives lost. Corres—Bay of Biscay, January 12, 1875; 26 pere sons lost. Bnipe—From Alexandr’ for Hull, January, 1875; 20 of her crew and passengers lost. Atck—From Cardiff for Constantinople, lost af 20 lives lost. Vite DE BrLnou—Near Brest, September, 1875; 7 lives lost. Pacpic—San Francisco to Portland, Oregon, forty miles from Cape Flattery, November 4, 1875; 50 to 60 lives. Crrz o Waco—Burned off Galveston Ber, Septem> ber 19, 1875; 10 lives lost. GForce CRromwetL—Fobruary 17, 1877, off Cape Mary; 40 lives lost. Gro, WasHINcTos—Off Newfoundland, bound te New York; 20 lives lost. MRS, DE FREYRE, THE WIFE OF THE PERUVIAN MINISTER TO WASHINGTON--INTEREST IN HEB FATE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] ;-, WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1878. Among the passengers reported lost on the Pommes rania is Mrs. Clementine 8. de Freyre, the widow of the late Colonel de Freyre, the Pernvian Min- Washington. Mme. de Freyre and left this city = month ago tor New York, intending to sail for Europe, bu? 190 ister at her daughter inquiry to-night in the circle of her acquaintances failed to elicit any information respecting her moves At the Spanish Legation nothing had to ® late hour to-night the vessel. Count Brunetti, of the “Legation, was left in charge of thd affairs of the de Freyre estate, but he is without advices of the departure of Mrs. de Freyre for Europe. It is hoped that she had safcly arrived at Cherbourg, her destination, but the ments. been concerning received up the loss of mention of her name as among the passengers on the Pommerania leads to the fear that she was on the ilp fated steamship went it went down, THE NEWS IN THIS CITY. ANXIOUS INQUIRIES OF FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF THOSE ON BOARD-—THE PASSENGER LISt AND THE LOST AND SAVED—THE VESSEL, HEB CAPTAIN, CREW AND CARGO. The news of the disaster produced a profound sens sation of horror throughout the city. Crowds gath. ered about the bulletins at the newspaper offices and eagerly read the scanty despatches there displayed. Special editions of afternoon journals were printed and sold in the streets, and the most intense and painful interest was manifested. There were about twenty New Yorkers in the passenger list, and the friends of those flew to the passenger office of tha company at No, 61 Broadway and begged for informa- tion from the scene of the wreck. There was little, however, to impart. Only one cable despatch was received by the company. It arrived about half-past ten in the forenoon, was dated Hamburg, and read ae follows:— midnight, during fo; Britian b one ith W bark. gers and crew saved and landed a6 yet known. Will telegraph fall partie. wlars as soon ay possible, c ‘This despatch was copied and laid upon the conn- ter for the inspection of all who called. .A list of the cabin passengers who sailed from New York was placed beside this, and anxious inquirers were obliged to content themselves with such scanty information as coukl thus be obtained. Considering the nature of the disaster there was smufl demonstration made, The clerks toiled under their gaslights over big leigers duly recording the passengers and goods to tempt thé ocean on the next trip; persons came and went buying tickets for themselves or their friends, and business gen- erally seemed to flow in ita wonted channels, The number of passengers from this city on the Pomme+ rania was #0 amall that the office was not so besieged by throngs of friends and relatives as it otherwise would have been. Not more than half a dozen por* sons were present making inquiries at any one time? and to all questioners the clerks politely displayed the despatch referred to as comprising all the information in their possession. In the afternoon telegrams began to potr in from the relatives of passengers in differ ent parts of the country, and the officials did what? ever was in their power to reassure the anxious ones, | PNCUFEMENT IN HOBOKEN, The news of the joss of the Pommerania “created the greatest excitement in Hoboken, in which place many of the passengers resided and wore well known, In the afternoon quite a number visited the steamship,