Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-09
RESCUES AT SEA.
HARD AND GALLANT WORK TO
SAVE HUMAN LIFE.
FORTY-PIYE SNATCHED FROM dealt
Twenty Others, However, Are Be-
yond the Power OF the Utmost EN-
crtions, and Are Supposed to Have
Been Lost.

ston-I.ine steamer Vcdamore, Of Liver
pool. Captain Robert Bartlett. for whose
safety fears we're beginning TO be felt, as
she was several days overdue, arrived
this morning at Pier 81. Locust Point,
with forty-nve shlpwrecked mariners
which she picked up at sea. Twenty-Five
others went down with their ship.
The saved members of the Londonian
crew were: Second-Ohicer Il. Gittins, OF
London; Second Engineer ]. W. Grannali'
of London hlrd-Engineer Il. q. Ayres'
Of Scotland; {. G.. Tagan, Of Hamburg
donkey man; Charles Johnston, OF Dune
din. New Zealand, first cook; r.. {. Cross
OF London, storekeeper; o. Fiske, OF Klein
mersdorf, Germany. and J. Mason Oh
London, oilers; A. Il. Tonge, of Dunenu'
and Frank Leimke OF Waldstan; Malcolm
MCGOWAN, +. Suddell, f. Suddeh, T. J."
Lss. l.. Watts, William Terry, James
Clarke, Thomas Bright, X. Bartlett D.
Wilde. OF London; John Foyne, OF Liver
pool: Gilbert Elliott, Of Dumbarton, scot
land; +. Cupid (colored), of st. Vincent
fireman and coal-trimmer.
These twenty-three were about one-hali
of the ships complement. All the others
are regarded as having persisted.
CATTLEMEN SAVED.
In addition. there were twenty-five cat
tlemen-Patrick Ward, Of Boston, fore
man for Swift &, Co., who had 263 head
of cattle on the steamer. and Daniel Cal
nan. Of Somerville, Mass, foreman Tor
Nelson Morris d Co. who had 3@ cattle
The cattlemen in the gangs were y. Mum
gel. John j. Neville, of Waterbury, Conn;
Michael Malone, Of Fall River; John f.
Kenny. Johnston, Frederick Wallace
Thomas Higgins, Henry Walsh, Andrew
Smith. John Martin, John Bibby, George
Bell. and John Ward, all of Boston; John
Potts, Of Maiden Henry Boucher ana
Peter Lamont, Of Lawrence; John JOINS
Of London; II. Panpipian. of Armenia;
- Meikleiohn, Of Russia, and william
Langley. Jr., Of HaloweH.
Daniel Coveney, of Boston, and Thomas
Mccoy. Of Worcester, Mass, also cattle
men. are among the missing
The supposed lost are Captain william
Lee. Chief officer Murray Chief Engineer
Stafford Third Engineer Slater, and
twenty-one other seamen, flremen. and
cattlemen.
LOST SHIP THE LONDONIAN.
The men landed are the survivors Of
the British steamer Londonian. OF Lon
don. bound from Boston for London, with
a large general cargo, and 600 cattle ON
deck. She left Boston, November loth,
and November 2ith, in violent gale, her
cargo shifted and she almost capsized,
finally resting on her beam ends, with
big seas breaking over her. Her luck
less crew were helpless 10 right her, ana
for two days she drfted about at the
mercy of the winds and waves Assis-
tance came at clock on the morning
of November 25th. The Vedamore hove
ID, ,,,fl fcf /
still quite dark the Londonian burned
signal fires and fired skyrockets. 1t did
not take the Vedamore long to cover the
five miles that lay between her and the
LondOnian, and as soon as she arrived
alongside she was signalled TO stand by.
VAIN ATTEMPTS.
At noon, in the teeth Of a stiff gale,
Second officer Hobbs and a volunteer
crew CALAMITY launched one Of the Neda-
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 snip.
Captain Bartlett then steamed to wind
ward Of the doomed steamer and tried
to fire rockets with lines attached to the
wreck. hoping by that means to establish
a connection with her, by which the sea
men in peril could be saved. After a num-
Der Of vain attempts this idea was ADAM
doned and as night came on several other
attempts to rescue the Londonians crew
were made, fruitessly.
AS it grew too dark TO do anything
more Captain Bartlett signalled, VIII
stand by you until morning The plteous
signal. "For Gods sake don't leave US
came back in reply During the night the
wind increased, and by morning II was
blowing very hard.
LIFE-BUOYS SUCCESSFUL.
Then If was that another means OF
rescue was decided upon. For hours life
buoys. with lines attached, were fioated
10 the Londonian, and at last the crew
succeeded in getting one man aboard
One of the Vedamore's life-bOats was i'm
provsed as q life-car, 10 be hauled be-
tween the two ships. 1t made trip sue
cessfully. and twenty-five half-frozen, eX-
hausted men were hauled up over the
high side of the Nedamore.
AS the boat was going back TO the
Iondonian wreck u big sea broke over il
and demolished 1t. The lines were also
carried away and the communication was
broken. Chief-Officer Doran, of the We
damore. then stepped up to Captain Bart
lett and volunteered to launch another
life-boat to attempt the rescue. For two
hours the boats crew struggled at the
oars, but could not get closer than within
sixtv wards Of the wreck. They were al
last forced to give up and return TO the
shin. and I'm doing so the boat was
smashed against the ships side and lost
They all came near being drowned, but
were hauled aboard with lines.
SECOND FEARFUL NIGHT.
Another fearful night of peril and fear
passed. The next morning twenty-three
of the men of the Londonian 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 commu-
nicatiou with the wreck. The gale was
constantly increasing, and all efforts TO
save others were in vain. Even after night
had fallen the Vedamore was Kept cruis-
ing about In the vicinity, but when day
broke next morning the Londonian had
vanished The Vedamore then proceeded
10 Baltimore.
THE LONDONIAN ABANDONED.
The wrecked steamer was first sighted
IN latitude 1880, longitude 1910. On No
yember 29th the day after the Nedamore
lost sight of her, the steamship King Ar
thur passed her in latitude 40, longitude
1e She was then abandoned, and all her
boats were gone. 1t Is supposed the re-
mainder of her crew attempted TO leave
her i'm their own boats and all hands per-
ished.
The Londonian was fine vessel built
at Glasgow in 1896, and registered 5522
$50 oroes She belonged TO the wilson