The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-12-13
WAS LOST AT SEA
Steamer Vedamore Reseues 45 Persons
From Wrecked Vessel.
twenty-five Others Went Down With ths
Londonisn-Among the Missing Are
Twenty-Five Cattlsmen--Over Six
Hundred Head OF Cattle Lost.


liverpool, Capt. Robert Bartlett, for
whose safety fears were beginning to
be felt, as she was several days over
due, arrived Thursday morning at Pier
81, Locust Point, with As shipwrecked
mariners which she had picked up at
sea. Twenty-Five others went down
with their ship.
In addition there were % cattlemen.
Patrick Ward, of Boston, foreman
for Swift & Co., who had 263 head OF
cattle on the vessel, and Daniel Calnan,
of Somerville, Mass, foreman for Nell
son Morris e. Co., who had 392 cattle.
The cattlemen in the gangs were: A
Mungel, John j. Neville, of Waterbury,
Ct; Michael Malone, of Fall River.
John F. Kenny, John Sloan, Frederick
Wallace, Thos. Higgins, Henry Welsh,
Andrew Smith, John Martin, John
Bibby, George Bell, John Ward, all OF
Boston; John Potts, of Maiden; Henry
Boucher and Peter Lamont, of Law
renee; John Jones, of London; III. Pan
pipian, of Armenia; = Meiklejohn, OF
Russia, and VIM. Langley, jr., of Hal
lowell. Daniel Coveney, of Boston,
and Thos. Mccoy, of Worcester, Mass,
also cattle men, are among the miss
ing.
The Londonian left Boston Novem-
Der Is, and on November %, in vio-
lent gale, her cargo shifted and she
almost capsized, she 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 %. The Vedamore hove in
sight five miles distant, and as it
was still quite dark the Londonian
burned signal fires and fired distress
rockets. The signals were seer aboard
by the officers on the Vedamorc bridge
and reported to Capt Bartlett, who
gave immediate orders that the Veda-
more's course be changed. The Lon
DOMAIN was then to the southwark of
the Johnston liner. 1t did not take
the VedamOre long to cover the five
miles that lay between them, and as
soon as she arrived alongside she was
signaled to stand by.
''Do you wish to abandon the ship?'
was signaled from the Vedamore. as
soon as daylight would permit her sig
nails being seen, and Capt. Lee, of the
Londonian, signaled back that e
wanted the Vedamore to tow his ship.
Capt. Bartlett saw at glance that this
was an impossibility and re-
fused to attempt it as it would
have endangered his own ship. Capt.
Lee then signaled asking that the We'd
amore stand by to render assistance.
Soon afterward he signaled: ''Wi1
abandon ship" and at noon in the
teeth of a stiff gale Second Officer
Hobbs and volunteer crew gallantly
launched one of the Vedamore's boats
and attempted to reach tho
sinking Londonian. For three hours
the sturdy Britons battled with
wind and wave in vain attempt to
reach her, but finally were forced to
return to their ship. Capt. Bartlett
then steamed to windward of the
doomed steamer and several other at
tempts to rescue the Londonian's crew
were made fruitlessly.
AS it grew too dark to do anything
more Capt. Bartlett signaled, evil
stand by you until morning."
The piteous signal ''For Gods sake
don't leave u.s." came back in reply.
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
foated toward the Londonian, and at
! last her crew succeeded in getting
one aboard. One of the Vedamore's
life boats, improvised as a life car.
made a trip successfully and % 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 a big sea demolished it.
The lines were carried away and the
communication broken.
Chief Officer Doran of the Vedamore
volunteed 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 it out. Eor two hours the boats
crew struggled at the oars but could
not get closer than 60 yards of the
wreck. They were at last forced to
give it : up and return to their
ship and in doirg SO the boat
was smashed against the ships
| side and lost.
He Jumped Overheard.
New YORK, Dec. 9.-David Page, 81