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Show ON THE OCBMI. Particulars of the Pomeranian Disaster. Tho Cbailuousj and E?cr;th!ag((n It Carried Away, Till: l)K(,KS SWKl'T IIV WAVi'.S. 111 PKiiiAiii 1. niti 01 i tin. I'urlat firihe Cnptaln In III" Nluriuy Deep 1 he nhlp llmllj llNUMKed Oiinivoci;, HcotlanJ, Feb. 11. Tho 4th of I ebruary dawned with n frightful fright-ful gale raging and a tremendously high sea tunning. The hitches were t aliened down nnd coverej with tarpaulins. tar-paulins. Tho ventilators wero turned to Kowurd. Kvery precaution dictated by good seamanship haJ been taken to pruvent the water getting below, Beeral stas were shlpped,but they did no damage, ljuddeniy a tremenduus sen roirtd lu crest a short distance ahead ol tho steamer as she 1 lunged down the wave, llefore sho could rise the sea came over tho stnrboaid bow aud tons of (.rcou water went aft. Alniott nt thu same lime thu falling wave astern camo aboard. Tho result almost Utlltrt descrl tlon. Tho deck saloon, chart house, bridge and boats wero mahod to j leces and nrlly washed overboard. The deck was covered cov-ered with nu almost lnextrlcablo mass of wreckage, aud the utmoit confusion relgnod. At first the full extent of the disaster was not know. Ihesttamer began to pay oil before the wind and Iho sea, uud It at onto was. seen Ihat thequar-ternio.it thequar-ternio.it had been carried uverbuard. Two sailors sprang to the whieland soon (Hit the rtenmer on Its course Thou It was found that Ca tain Dalilel wasmisilug. Huwaslaslsteuslandlug on ti o leo aide of the steamer all of thu saloon, In conversation with a saloou )Artgeugr named John Bleward. lhey were both dashed agulust the deckhouse, then carried with terrlflo force and Jammed letieatli tho steam winches. Captalii Dalxlelalrgs were broken and hesustalued luternal injur-let. injur-let. He waa carefully removc-U lohla room, but he died tho next morning. Blew art's legs were also broken, aud he suilalued other lnurles from which ho died lu a few hours. At tbo time of thuatcldent the second bllleor, John Cook, was on tho brlJu with John Hamlltou, tbo fourth ofllcer, aud both of them were oirrled overboard and drowned. In tho salwn deckhouse, when the sea I roko over the steimer, were James Olbrouaud Lillian (Jlbson of Dalkitlt nud Jano Callery of Londonderry, Lon-donderry, all cat In passengers They were carried over the side and not alterwsrda seen. David Forbes ot Dundee a second cabin isaeucer, aud Jamts l'rltchard and Fred Westlory, stewards, wero also lost In the samo manner. When thu sea I oarded the ateamsr every man ah)ut thu deck who saw It coming grabbed hold of the stanohcous or anything rite convenient, uud It was due to mis that the loss of life was not much larger. or at line the utmost consternation i revalled, but this gavo way to a feeling feel-ing of sadnriswbeu It was found that ao many Uvea were lost nud with Captain Dalxell fatally Injured and uuconiclous lu the est In, Tho command com-mand ol the steamer dovolved upon the first oltloer. When the chartroom was carried away, tho iharts, sextants and qual-rants, qual-rants, In fact everything abiolutely lieceaiary tu the navigation of the ahlp went with It. Tho blunaulo box and compass ou the bridge hud also gone overboard, and had It not been that the alter compats reunified It la doubtful doubt-ful If tho steamer would have reached tort for many days. Although tho situation of aflalra was terrible the first nfllier called the remaining clllcers of tho steamer lo a cnuiultutloii aud It was decided to put about aud return to Uruenock, I'll Is was at once done, and without any Instruments with which to take observations the voyago was made entirely ly dead reikonlng mi 1 waa necessarily slow. The first offloer Is hlHhly commended for his skilful sea-muuahlp sea-muuahlp lu navigating tho l'omera-nlau l'omera-nlau under such adverse circumstances. circum-stances. The aceno at tho burial of Captain Dalilel was olio of the saldest ever witnessed at sen. Tho crew and I as-lungers as-lungers stood silently weeping during the simile and mournful ceremony. The waves were running high and all felt that they, too, might soon be with thodrpurtod uitslu. Volt ran sailors who wero on boar I declare that during an ex erlenco of thirty years tho storm was thu worst they over encountered. If the ship had not been staunch and tho dliclpllne good lhey would havu foundered. Although tho dlecoinfort endured was very grtat nobody com-plalued. com-plalued. l.veryliody looked forward with tageniess lo safe arrival on land, and were only too glad to Ira ullvo to complain of n lack of accommodations.' Tho Interior of tho ship waa badly damaged aud will require extensive repairs. |
