The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-09


the Drowned.
BALTIMORE, Md. Dec. s.-The
Johnston line steamer yedamore, Of
Liverpool, Captain Bartlett, for whose
safety fears were beginning to be felt,
as she was several days overdue, ar
rived this morning at Pier 81, Locust
Point, with 45 shipwrecked mariners
which she had picked up at sea.
Twenty-Five others went down with
their ship. ,
The supposed lost are: Captain Will
liam Lee, Chief officer Murray. CHIEF
Engineer Stafford, Third Engineer
Slater and twenty-one other seamen'
firemen and cattlemen.
The men landed are the survivors OF
the British steamship Londonian, OF
London. bound from Boston for Lon-
don with large general cargo and 500
cattle on deck. She left Boston Novem-
ber Is and on November %, In a violent
gale her cargo shifted and she almost
capslzed, finally resting on her beam
ends with big seas breaking over her.
Her luckless 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 November 25. The Veda-
more hove In sight five miles distant
and as 1t was slill quite dark the Lon
donian burned signal fires and fired dis
tress rockets. The signals were seen
aboard by the officers on the Vedamore
bridge and reported TO Captain BART
lett, who gave Immediate orders that
the Vedamore's course be changed. The
Londonian was then to the southwark
OF the Johnston liner. it did not take
the Vedamore long to cover the five
miles that lay between them and as
soon as she arrived alongside she was
sIgnalled to stand by.
''Do you wish TO abandon the ship?"
was sIgnalled from the Vedamore as
soon as daylight would permit her sig
nails being seen, and Captain Lee, OF
the Londonian, signalled back that he
wanted the Vedamore to tow his ship.
Captain Bartlett saw at q glance that
this was an impossibility and refused to
attempt 1t, as 1t would have endanger-
ed his own ship. Captain Lee then sig
nailed, asking that the Vedamore stand
by TO render assistance Soon after
ward he signalled "Will abandon ship"
and at noon in the teeth Of sim gale
Second officer Hobbs and u volunteer
crew gallantly launched one of the
VedamOre's boats and attempted to
reach the sinking Londonian. For three
hours the sturdy Britons bRttled with
wind and wave In q vain attempt to
reach her, but finally were forced to
return to their-ship. Captain Bartlett
then steamed to wlndward OF the
doomed steamer and several attempts
to rescue the Londonian's crew were
made fruitlessly.
A PitSouS Appeal.
As It grew too dark to do anything
more, Captain Bartlett signalIed "Will
stand by you until morning."
The plteous signal For Gods sake,
don't leave u.s." came back In reply.
During the night the wind increased
and by morning 1t was blowing very
hard. Then 1t was that another means
of rescue was decided upon. For hours
life buoys with lines attached were
floated toward the Londonian and at
last her crew succeeded in getting one
aboard. One of the VedRmore's life
boats, imprOvised as n life car. made
a trip successfully and twenty-five half
frozen, exhausted men were hauled up
over the side OF the Vedamore and
given every comfort the ship afforded.
As the boat was going back to the Lon
donian wreck u big sea demolished II.
The lines were carried away and the
communication broken.
Chief officer Doran, of the Vedamore,
volunteered to launch another life boat
to attempt the rescue. The seas were
by this time terrific and It was only
owing to the splendid manner in which
the boat was handled that she lived II
out. For two hours the boats crew
struggled at the oars, but could not get
closer than sixty yards OF the wreck.
They were at last forced to give up and
return to their ship and IN doing so
the boat was smashed against the ships
side and lost. They all came near
drowning, but were hauled aboard with
lines. Another fearful night OF peril
and fear passed. The next morning
twenty-threc of the men OF the London
Ian 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 communication with the
wreck. The gale was constantly In
creasing and all efforts TO save the
others were In vain.
List OF the Lost.
BOSTON. Dec. S.-Following Is a par
tial list OF the cattlemen supposed to
have been on board the LondonIan;
Patrick Ward, foreman for the Swift
Packing and Provision Company, OF
Chicago, % years old. unmarried, re-
sided in Everett; Daniel Callahan, fore
man for the Nelson Morris Packing
Company, OF Chicago, Somerville;
Michael Malone, &c years old, unmar-
ricd, Fall River; Fred Wnllace, % years
old unmarried. Boston; Thomas Me-
Coy. 45 years old, unmarried, Plainneld,
n. j.; John J. Neville, 30 years old, un-
married. Boston; Henry Welsh, 20 years
old. unmarried. Fall River; John Mar
tin. 40 years old. unmarried Boston;
d. Coleman, 10 years old, married, Bos-
ton: James Bibby, 81 married, Charles
town; Michael Sloan, 10. unmarried,
Lawrence: Thomas Higgins, 30. unmar-
rled, Boston; Daniel Coventy, 49, mar
ried. Boston; George Bell, 40. supposed
to live In Boston; ]. +. Kennedy, 30
years old; James O'Brien, &c years old;
y. NJ. Angel, 90 years old: W. VI. Lang
maid, 90 years old: j. Ward. q years
old: Michael Johns. 45 years old; p,
La Montague, 10 years old: Napoleon
Boucher, 10 years old: d. b. Potts, %
years old: A. Smith, 20 years old; a.