The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-09

British steamship Londonian, of Lon
don, bound from Boston for London,
with large general cargo and $50 cat
tie on deck. She left Boston Nov. Is
and on Nov. %, in violent gale her
cargo shifted and she almost capsized,
ftnally resting on her beam ends
with big seas breaking over her.
Her lucldess crew were helpless to
right her, and for two days she drifted
about at the mercy Of the winds and
waves. Assistance came at o'clock
on the morning of Nov 25 The Veda-
more hove in sight five miles distant,
and as it was still quite dark, the Lon
donian burned signal fires and fired
distress rockets. The signals were seen
aboard by tho officers on the Vedamore
bridge and reported to Capt. Bartlett,
who gave immediate orders that the
Vedamore's course be changed
do you wish to abandon the slip?"
Was signalled from the Vedamore. as
soon as daylight would permit her sig
mails being seen, and Capt. Lee of the
1.ondonian, signalled back that he
wanted the Vedamore to tow his ship
| Capt. Bartlett saw at q glance that
/ this was an impossibility, and refused
to attempt it, as it would have en-
! dangered his own ship. Capt. Lee then
signalled asking that the Vedamore
stand by to render assistance Soon
afterward he signalled '"Will abandon
ship" and at noon in the teeth Of a
stiff gale, Second Officer Htbbs and a
volunteer crew gallantly launched one
| n ha Ual7,o j
to reach the sinking Londonian. But
| finally were forced to return to their
! ship. Capt. Bartlett then steamed to
w!ndward Of the doomed steamer and
several other attempts to rescue the
Londonian's crew were made fruitless-
ly. AS it grew too dark to do anything
more, Capt. Bartlett signalled will
stand by you until morning"
PITEOUs APPEAL.
The piteous signal, For Gods sake
don't leave u.s." came back in reply.
I During the night the wind increased
and by morning it was blowing very
hard. Then it was that another means
OF rescue was decided upon. For hours
life buoys, with lines attached, were
f1oated toward the Londonian, and at
last her crew succeeded in getting one
aboard. One of the Vendamore's life
boats, improVised as life car, made
q trip successfully, and twenty two
half frozen, exhausted men, were haul
ed up over the side of the Vedamore
and given every comfort the ship af-
| forded. AS the boat was going back
to the Londonian wreck, a big sea
demolished it.
Finally, twenty-eight of the men of
the Londonian succeeded in launching
one of their own boats and reached the
! Vedamore in safety, their boat was
also lost and all that day was spent in
trying to again establish communica-
tion with the wreck. The gale was
constantly increasing, and all efforts to
save the others were in vain.
Even after night had fallen the Ved-
amore was kept cruising about in the
vicinity, but, when day broke next
morning, the Londonian had vanished.
| The Vedamore then proceeded to Bal
| timore.
The wrecked steamer was first sight
ed in latitude; 1880; longitude 1910.
On Nov 20, the day after the Veda-
more lost sight of the Londopian the
steamship King Arthur passed her in
latitude As, longitude 1s. She was then
abandoned, and all her boats were
gone. 1t is supposed the remainder
! Of her crew attempted to leave her