Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-09
THE as SURVIVORS
From Wreck Of Londonian
Land at Baltimore.
Tales Of a Gallant Rescue BY Crew
Of Steamer vedamore.
Awful Gale Prevents Rescuers from Gaining
Ship and Wrecks Life Car.

Baltimore, Dec. S.-The Johnston Line
steamship Vcdamore Of Liverpool,
Capt. Bartlett, for whose safety fears
We're beginning to be felt as she was
several days overdue, arrived here, this
morning, with As shipwrecked mariners
from the steamer Londonian, whom she
had picked up at sea. Twenty five
others went down with their ship.
| The saved members of the London
ians crew were:
Second Officer p. Gittins of London;
Second Engineer j. w. Grammar, Lon
don; Third Engineer F. G. G.. Ayres OF
Scotland: C. Tagan Of Hamburg;
Charles tombstone of Dunedin, N r.,
| first cook; r. Coss Of London, store
keeper; o. F. Fiske, Kleininheinmers-
dorf. Germany; J. Mason, London,
oiler; A. e. Tonge, Dunedin. N. T.:
Frank Leimke, Waldast Germany. sea-
man; Malcolm MCGOWAN; E. Suddell;
T. Liss; J. Wilde: E. Watts; VIM
Terry; James Clarke; Thomas Bright;
H. Bartlett, London; John Foyne,
Liverpool; Gilbert Elliott, Dunbarton,
Scotland; F. Cupid, (colored) Of ST.
Vincent, w. l.; firemen and coal trim
mers.
These % men We're about one-half Of
the ships company. All the others, it
is believed. persisted.
In addition % cattlemen were saved.
They are: Patrick Ward, Boston, fore
man for Swift & Co., who had 263 head
of cattle on board; Daniel Calnan,
Somerville, Mass, foreman for Nelson
Morris & Co., who had 1872 cattle; A.
Mungel, John ]. Neville. Waterbury,
CT: Michael Malone Fall River; John
f. Kenny, John Sloan. Frederick Wal
lace. Thomas Higgins. Henry Welsh,
Andrew Smith, John Martin, John Bib
by, George Bell John Ward, all Of
Boston; John Bolts. Malden:, Henry
Boucher and Peter Lamont of Law
renee; John Jones, London; HI. Panpi-
plan, Armenia; - Meiklejohn, Rus
STA. and VIM. Langley, Jr.. of Halo
we'll.
Daniel Coveny of Boston, and Thomas
Mccoy. Worcester. Mass, .cattlemen,
are also among the missing.
The supposed lost are: -fs,yr I ,ss, (,
Capt. VIM. Lee.> *
Chief Officer Murray.
Chief Engineer STAFFORD. - zssa
Third Engineer Slater.
And q seamen, firemen and cattie-
men.
The men landed are the survivors of
the British steamer 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, Nov. %, in a violent gale her cargo
shifted and she almost capsized, finally
resting on her beam ends with big seas
breaking over her.
Her luckless crew We're helpless to
right her, and for two days she drift
ed about at the mercy of the winds and
waves. Assistance came on the morn
ing of Nov. %. The Vedamore hove in
sight five miles distant and as it was
still quite dark the Londonian burned
signal fires and sent up distress rock
cts. 1t did not take the Vedamore long
to cover the five miles that lay between
them, and as soon as she arrived along
side she was signalled to stand by.
Captain Lee of the Londonian sig
nailed that he wanted the Vedamore5to
tow his ship. Capt. Bartlett refused to
attempt it as it would have endangered
his own Ship. Capt. Lee then signalled
asking that the Vedamore stand by to
render assistance. Soon after he sig
nailed will abandon ship and at noon
in the teeth of a stiff gale Second Oft
Ger Hobbs and volunteer crew gall
lantly launched one of the Vedamore's
boats and attempted to reach the sink
ing Londonian.
For three hours the sturdy Britops
battled with wind and waves in a vain
attempt to reach her, but were finally
forced to return to their ship. Capt
IN ~ att tInv, ctn
the doomed steamer and tried to fire
rockets with lines attached to the
wreck. hoping by that means to esab-
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