New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
FOTNDERED IN MID-OCEAN.
TIE CREW OF TIE LUNEDALE RESCUED
JUST IL TIME
GALLANT WORK by THE MEN on THE STEAM
SHIP CYNTHIANfA-TwtNTY-FI MEN
SAVED AND BROUGHT TO THIS PORT

The British ,tcinship LrneIae found"r'd In MID
oc,,n IN November u. Her cap AN AMI the crew
Of twenty four mea rescued by the crew oi TIE
British steamship Cynthiana. IhiS is the report
which wa, brought late last night by tn" Cyhthahi
when she reached Quarantine. II Is the h'>t news
which was received Of the Lnucdal, sine" she sailed
from PHILADELPHIA on October 81 and much anxiety
x, felt for her when she failed 20 reach her d"Stina'
tlon She VA, sinking rapidly when Tn" Cyht""nl
left her Her crew saved by gallant WORK. ana
II Is a thrilling story to tell
Tho t,,nthinnia had Nptrlcnccd rough weather from
te bcrinning OF hcr voyage, and on November IL Inc
day She sighted the Luncdac. the seas had been
, ,,tl,u'a.,v ligh At suns living l. was blow
Inc au1 there came wI black n'ght. with ahfN
& 40 rae rg tow d the ship from all dire e'nohS. y,
: o'cl ck that night, I'm longitude ," 30 west ana
latitude - ~ north, the lookout forward Sud'eniS
.on. ont steamship or the port bow MI han's
looked IN the direction indicated and soon diScovr"i
thit thcrc was work ahead. For IN" Stranger
WIS TOO evidently IN great distress. Her bncK D'"
was outlined against the sky. and II cou1 o' a''''
despite the gloom. that she was little more uan Il
wreck and that things rad gone hard with her AS
she slowly and eucnly and rll In the black sea-
the men on the Cyntlanl1 saw that she was on h'r
r,st cruise md could not live much longer. The
Cyuhana', course had been altered the moment the
wreck Was sighted and sh. was soon near enough To
,rah. ou, fine dl.;r,S- signal =" We suling.
Tber was no hesitation on board the Cynthlania.
Willing hands cleared away the boats. ara III few
,,oneuts all the available boats were manned and
c,cline, In the ga now high a comlcr then hid
dcn I'm H.. trough Of the sea, but steadily, slowly ap
ui,,acaiug the sinking ship. NJ last they chlsht uIc
im~nth water tu locWard OF the wreck ANA after
,,ra,t cxcrtions succeeded in taking oil the crew.
The work slow and the danger was gf'hl;
scvr,nl tlncs In. boats seemed about 10 bc crushed
c,inst ~. Iron sides OF the lurchins ship. But NJ
Insi MI living beings werc in the life boats. ana tlc
n Ions weary hight began to gct back To the wnllhg
CVnihlanla il was nu babys task that those biaNc
fellow, Of the CynthianL had undertaken, Dnl imS
had strong muscles ana stout hearts, ana NJ h.' INC
Ia., hnat was swung inboad and the vessel started
on hcr cour-s again. richer by twenty five men saved
from death ,., "a, ,.,
mcn told tb,r story The captail said that ms
name was LOmcI. AMI that his vessel was ne i'ruol
phindrlphn FOR Copenhagen with a cargo OF w'cat.
Almost from the moment the land had faded astrn,
stnrms and gales were the order OF the day For
Two weeks the ship buttcd through thcnl, but at
la.t IN November rs, t." engines. completely worn
nt hy the cnOrmog> strain on thcm, gave OUT, ana
tbe slim was helprsSly driven about ff0r that uhc
on until she was "a wreck. seas aided her. AMI
,or. every hing from her deck They Hooded her
and nlcd her With tons Of water. They strained
idows; aud 50 the pounding continued TIL sh" rpl el
nr r. and heavily and dipped In eath sea deeper
and deeper. Then, when thry saw thnt the snip
would surely snk in few hours, the men gave up
In Ioplrs, fight ard hcisted signals of di'r sS Ih'y
were answered just IN tine. ..
TN, Inpcdnl. Il single screw steamship bulit
,t S,nGc,lani, Eng and. She an old ship. Iaring
feet beam and 20 feet Grlugh Her tonnage was