The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-09
LOSS OF THE LONDONLAN
FORTY-FIYE SAILORS SATED AND
 TWENIY-FITE LOST.

Ends Steamship Vedamore Stood By
 and Saved Part of Crew but Was Help
 less to Succor All.
 Baltimore, Md, Dec. S.-The Johnston line steamship Vedamore of Liverpool, Captain Bartlett, for whose safety fears were beginning to be felt, as she was several days overdue, arrived here this morning with forty-five shipwreck- ed marines from the steamer London ian, whom she had picked up at sea. Twenty-Five others went down with their ship. The men landed are the only survivors of the British steamship Londonian of London, bound from Boston to London with large general cargo and $50 cattle on deck. She left Boston November 15 and on November 23 in a violent gale her cargo shifted and she almost carsized, final ly 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 Vedamore hove in sight five miles dis tant, and as it was still quite dark the I4ondonian burned signal fires and fired distress rockets. The signals were seen by the officer on the Vedamore's bridge, and reported to Captain Bartlett, who gave immediate orders that the Veda- more's course be changed. The Lon donian was then to the southward 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 nals being seen and Captain Lee of the Londonian signalled back that he waRt- ed the Vedamore to tow his ship. Cap tain Bartlett saw at a glance that this was an impossibility and refused to at tempt 1t, as it would have endangered
  led asking that the Vedamore stand by to render assistance. Soon afterward he signalled will abandon ship" and at noon in the teeth of stiff gale Sec ond Officer Hobbs and volunteer crew gallantly launched one of the Veda- more's boats and attempted to reach the sinking Londonian.
 For three hours the sturdy Britons battled with wind and wave in vain attempt to reach her, but were finally forced to return to their ship. Captain Bartlett then steamed to windward of the doomed steamer and tried to fire rockets with lines attached to the wreck, hoping by that means to estab fish a connection with her, by which the seamen in peril could be saved After a number of vain attempts the idea was abandoned and as night came on several other attempts to rescue the Londonian's crew were made fruitless- ly As it grew too dark to do anything more Captain Bartlett signalled Will stand by you until morning" The pit eous signal For Gods sake don't leave us" came back in reply.
 During the night the wind increased and by morning it was blowing very hard. Then 1t was that another means of rescue was decided upon. For hours life buoys with lines attached were f1oated to the Londonian, and at last her crew succeeded in getting one aboard heavier line was stretched between the two vessels, and one Of the Vedamore's lifeboats was lmpro- yised as a lifeboat to be hauled between the two ships It made a trip success fully and twenty-Jwo half frozen, eX- hausted men were hauled up over the hich side of the Vedamore and given every comfort the ship afforded AS the boat was going back to the London ian wreck 9 biz sea broke over 1t and cansizpd it. Another broke over 1t and demolished it. The lines were also car ried away and the communication brok- en.
 Chief Officer Doran, of the Veoamore, then stepped up to Captain Bartett and volunteered to launch another lie hcat to attempt the rescue, another set of brave seamen dropped down into het as she touched the water, and she bounded away on the crest or a DIS wave like a race horse. The seas were bv this time terrific and that she lived five minutes is a miracle. It was only owing to the splendid manner in which ste was handled that she lived 1t out. For 2 hours the boats crews struggled at the oars, but did not get closer than 6O wards of the wreck. They were at last forced to give up and return to the ships side 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 fear full night of peril and fear passed. The next morning 23 of the men of the Lon donian succeeded in launching one of their own beats and reached the Veda- more in safety. Their boat was also lest and all that day was spent in try ing to again etablish communication with the wreck. The gale was constant ly increasing and all efforts to save | the others were in vain.
 1 Even after n ght had fallen the Veda- more was kept cruising about in t5e vicinity, but when day break came next morning the Londonian had vanished. The Vedamore then proceeded to Balti- more.
 l Stay for Picquart.
 ! Paris, Dec. S.-The court of cessation ' this afternoon ordered a stay of Dro-