The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-15
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TWENTY-FIVE MEN VENT
The British Steafnship Londonian Sinks
at sea-Ln Greai Distress When Sighted
by the vedamol lre-The Rescue Frs strug
gled Two Days in Storm to Take the
Crew From th4 Doomed Ship

by the Fedamolre-The ReseuSrs Strug
gled Two Days in Storm to Take the
Crew From thd Doomed Ship.
BALTIMORE, Md. (SpeciaD. -forty-fiye
shipwrecked mariners from the Londonian
which was recently reported rs laundering
at sea. were landed here on Thursday by
the Johnston Line steamship Yedamore
The Vedamore was several days overdue
and fears for her Ifety were beginning tc
be felt. Captain Robert Bartlett is hel
master.
The Londonian, frbm Boston for London
with crew of nearly eighty men, and {
cargo valued at about s5O0,000, including
ESQ cattle, foundered November q. About
twenty-five of the CREW went down and the
remaining ones were picked ur by the
FedamOrc. The saved members of the Lon.
domains crew numbeted twenty-three men.
In addition, thefe were twenty-five
cattle men saved, including Patrick Ward
of Boston, foremani for Swift & Co.
who had 263 head lof cattle on board
and Daniel Calnah OF Somerville
Mass, foreman f@r Nelson Morris
K Co.. who had 392 cattle. The cat.
tlemen in the gangs were A. Mungel. John
j. Neville, Of Waterbury, Conn; Michael
Malone, of Fall River; John F. Kenny, John
Sloan, Frederick Wa lace, Thomas Hig-
gins. Henry Welsh, Andrew Smith, John
Martin, John Bihoy, George Bell, John
Ward, all OF Boston; 4ohn Potts, Of Nal
den; Henry Boucher and Peter Lamont. OF
Lawrence; John Jon es, of London; II.
Panpipian, Of Armenia - Meiklejohn.
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Hallowell; Daniel Cevehy, OF Boston, and
Thomas Mccoy, of Worcester, Mass; also
cattlemen, are among the lost.
The ill-fated Londonfan left Boston on
November 10, and on November % in a vio-
lent 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 to right her, and
for two days she drilted 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
distant, and rs it was still quite dark the
Londonian burned signal fires and fired
distress rockets. The signals were seen ~
the officers on the Vedamore's bridke, and
reported to Captain Bartlett, VIII b gave
orders that the yedamore's course be
changed.
Second Officer Hobbs and a volunteer
crew, gallantly launched one OF the Veda-
more's boats and attempted to reach the
sinking LondC nian. For three hours the
sturdy Brtons battled with wind anh wave
in a vain attempt TO reach her, but were
finally forced to return to their shipl Many
attempts were made to reach the sinking
ship which proved fruitiess, and as it grew
too dark to do anything more, Captain
Bartlett signalled, viii stand by you until
morning.
leave as" came back in reply, and Ito the
mute appeal every man OF tae gallant crew
OF the Vedamore pledged his life TO rescue
the helpless ones. During the night the
wind increased, and by morning Ut was
blowing very hard. Then it was tn ht an
other N cans OF rescue was decided uron.
For hours life-bouys with lines attached
were ioated to the Londonian, and mt last
her crew succeeded in getting one aboard
A heavier line was stretched between the
two vessels and one OF the Yedamor4's life
boats was improyised rs a lite-car, to be
hauled between the ships. Il made trip
successfully and twenty-five half frozen.
exhausted men were hauled up over the
high side OF the Yedamore and given every
comfort the ship afforded. As the boat
was going back to the Londonian wreck a
big sea broke over it and capsized it. An
other broke over it and den. olished It. The
lines were also carried away end the CON-
munication broken.
Chief Officer DOran. OF the Yedamore,
then stepped up to Captain Bartlett and
volunteered to launch another life boat to
attempt the rescue. Another set OF brave
seamen dropped down into lher as she
touched the water. and she bounded away
on the crest of a big wave like Il racehorse.
For two hours the boats crew struggled at
the oars, but could not get Aearer than
sixty yards to the wreck. They were at
last forced to give up and return to their
ship.
Another fearful night OF peril and fear
passed. The next morning tfenty-three
of the men Of the Londonian su1 1cceeded in
launching one of their own boats and
reached the Yedamore in safely. Their
boat was also lost, and all that day was
spent in trying to again estab blish COM
munication with the wreck. Tile gale was
constantly increasing, and all efforts to
save others were in vain.
Even after night had fallen the Veda
mere was kept cruising about in the vicin-
ity, but when day broke next m4rning the
Londonian had vanished. The tVedamors
then proceeded to Baltimore. Th1 wrecked
steamer was first sighted in latitude 1880,
longitude 1910.