The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
GONE TO THE BOTTOM
British Steamer Foundered in
Mid-Ocean.
PART OF THE CREW SAVED
The Londonian Sailed From Boston and
Her Cargo Shifted in the Gale.
Heroic Rescues Made by the
Grew OF vedamore.

Philadelphia, Dec. s.-The. British
steamer vedamore. from Liverpool Nov.
p. for Baltimore. passed in at Cape Hen
ry last night and reported that she had
on board IS of the crew of IS men of the
steamer Londonian. The Londonian sail
ed from Boston Nov. Is for London. This
is the first news of the whereabouts of
the crew. The Londonian has undoubtedly
gone to the bottom Of the ocean. Nothing
was said by Captain Bartlett Of the We'd
amore to indicate the fate Of the balance
of the crew.
Baltimore, Dec. S.-Those who lost
their lives by the sinking of the Lon
DOMAIN are supposed to be as follows:
Capt. william Lee, Chief Engineer
Stafford. Chief Oficer Murray. Third
Engineer Slater. q seamen. iremen and
cattlemen, names not obtainable.
The British ship Londonian was
bound from Boston for London with
large general cargo. Nov. % the cargo
shifted. For two days the vessel was
at the mercy of the elements. Nov. 25
the Vedamore hove in sight.
AS soon as the Vedamore arrived
alongside she was signalled to stand
by. Soon afterward Captain Lee sig
nailed: ''Will abandon ship" and at
noon. in the teeth of a stiff gale, Sec
ond Officer Hobbs and a volunteere
crew calamity launched one of the
Vedamore's boats and attempted to
reach the sinking Londonian. For
three hours the sturdy Britons battled
with wind and wave in a vain attempt
to reach her, but were finally forced
to return to the ship. AS it grew too
dark to do anything more, Captain
Bartlett signalled: "will stand by you
until morning"
During the night the wind increased
and by morning IL was blowing very
hard. Then another means of rescue
was decided upon. For hours life
buoys with lines attached were fioated
TO the Londonian. and at last her crew
succeeded in getting one aboard. One
of the Vedamore's lifeboats, improvised
as a life car. made a trip successfully
and % half-frozen and exhausted men
were hauled up over the side of the
Vedamore. AS the boat was going
back 10 the Londonian wreck, a big sea
demolished II and the lines were brok-
en-. Chief Officer Doran of the Veda-
more volunteered to launch another
lifeboat to attempt the rescue. The
seas were by this time terrific and IL
was only owing to the splendid manner
III WHICH tne BOAT was nanOle0 tnat
she lived 1t out. For two hours the
boats crew struggled at the oars. but
could not get closer than so 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 All
came near drowning. but were hauled
aboard with lines.
Another fearful night of peril and
fear passed. The next morning % OF
the men of the Londonian succeeded
in launching one of their own boats
and reached the Vedamore in safety.
Their boats also were lost and all that
day was spent in trying TO again estab-
lish communication with the wreck.
The gale was constantly increasing and
all efforts to save the others were in
vain. When day broke next morning
the Londonian had vanished. The
Vedamore then proceeded to Baltimore.
The wrecked steamer was first sight
ed in latitude 1880. longitude 152. On
Nov. 90. the day after the Vedamore
lost sight of the Londonian, the steam
ship King Arthur passed her in lati-
tude IS, longitude 16. She was then
abandoned and all her boats were gone
1t is supposed the remainder of the
crew attempted to leave her in their
own boats and all hands had perished
The Londonian was a fine steel ves-
sci. built at Glasgow in 1896, and reg
istered 5,532 tons gross. The London
ian carried no passengers.