The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-09
Persisted.
Twenty, fveGo
Down in
THE L0ND0NIAN.
Gallant Rescue of Ship
wrecked Mariners.

Baltimore. Dec. S.-The Johnston line
steamer Vedamore Of Liverpool, Capt
Bartlett, for whose safety fears were
beginning to be felt, as she was sew
eral 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 the ship.
The rescued are: SECOND officer, T.
Cuttings; second engineer, J. w. Gra-
ham fourth engineer, F. G. Ayres;
chief cook c. Johnston; fireman, A. f.
Tonge; able seamen, Tagan, P, Lem
inske, J. MCGOWAN, ]. Wilde, J. Bright,
II. Bartlett, J. c. Clark, w. Terry,
Thomas Cupid, J. Liss, G. Elliott, E.
Watts, R. Z. Cross, f. Fiske, and J.
Mason.
The supposed lost are: Capt. William
Lee Chief officer Murray, Chief En-
gineer Stafford, Third Engineer Slater
and q other seamen, fremen and cat
temen.
The men landed are the survivors
Of the British steamship Londonian of
London, bound from Boston for London
with a large general cargo and $50 cat
tie on deck. She left Boston November
IS and on November 20, in a violent
gale, her cargo shifted and she almost
capsized, finally resting on her beam
ends with big seas breaking over her.
Her crew were helpless to right
her. and for two days she drifted about
ct the mercy of the waves. At five
o'clock in the morning on the 25th, the
Nedamore hove in sight. The London
ian burned signal fires and fired dis
tress rockets. The signals were seen by
the officer on the Vedamore's bridge
and reported to Capt. Bartlett, who
gave immediate orders that the Veda-
more should change her course 1t did
not take the Vedamore long to cover
the FIVE miles that lay between them
end as soon as she arrived alongside
she was signaled to stand by.
Do you wish to abandon the ship"
was whistled from the Vedamore as
soon as daylight would permit her sig
nails being seen, and Capt. Lee of the
Londonian signaled back that he want
ed the Vedamore to tow his ship.
Capt. Bartlett saw at a glance that
fhis was an impossibility, and refused
70 attempt it, as it would have en-
dangered his own ship. Capt. Lee then
signaled, asking that the Vedamore
stand by to render assistance. Soon
afterward he signaled win abandon
ship" At noon, in the teeth Of a stiff
gale, Second Officer Hobbs and a vol
unteer crew launched one of the Veda-
more boats and attempted to reach the
sinking Londoniau. For three houIt
The sturdy Britons battled with wind
and waves in vain attempt to reach
her, but were finally forced to return
TO their ship, Capt Bartlett then
steamed to windward of the doomed
fqia fira 81
lines attached to the wreck, hoping by
that means to establish connection by
Which the seamen could escape.
After q vain attempt, this was aband-
oned, and as night came on several at
tempts to rescue the Londonian's crew
were fruitless. AS it grew too dark to
do anything more, Capt Bartlett sig
nailed WIN stand by you until morn
ing
The piteous signal, For Gods sake
DON'T leave US, came back in reply.
During the night the wind increased
and by morning it was blowing hard.
Then it was that another means Of
rescue was decided upon. For hours
life buoys with lines attached were
hoated to the Londonian, and at last
her crew succeeded in getting one
aboard. a heavier line was stretched
between the vessels and one of the
Fedamores lifeboats was used as g
life car. 1t made a trip successfully
and y half-frozen and exhausted mer
We're hauled ND over the side of the
Nedamore and given every comfort the
ship afforded As the boat was goins
back to the Londonian wreck, bis
sea broke over it and caUsized it. An
other broke over it and demolished it
The lines We're also carried away anC
the communication broken. Chic
officer Doran of the Nedamore theI
stepped up to Capt Bartlett and vol
Unteered to launch another lifeboat t.
attempt the rescue. Another set o,
brave seamen dropped down into he
as she touched the water, and she
bounded away on the crest of a bis
wave like a race horse. The seas wer,
by this time terrific, and that she liveC
five minutes is a miracle. 1t was onh
owing to the splendid manner in which
she was handled that she lived it out
For two hours the boats crew struggled
at the oars. but did not get closer thar
so yards of the wreck. They were a
last forced to give up ana return to tn,
ships side, and in doing so the boa
was smashed against the ships sid,
and lost. They all came near drowning
but were hauled aboard with lines
Another fearful night Of peril and fea1
passed. The next morning % of tn,
men of the Londonian succeeded il
launching one Of their own boats ant
reached the Veedamore in safety. Thei
boat was also lost and all that day
was spent in trying to again establish
communication with wreck The gal,
was constantly increasing and all eff
forts to save others were in vain Ever
after night had fallen the Vedamor,
was kept cruising about in the Wei
nifty but when daybreak came mex
morning the Londonian had vanished
THE Vedamore then proceeded to Bal
fimore.
The wrecked steamer was sighted il
latitude As 30, longitude 10 TO- On Nov
%, she day after the Vedamore los
sight of her, the steamship King Ar
thur passed her in latitude As longi
tude 49, She was then abandoned anC
all her boats We're gone. 1t is supposed
the remainder Of her crew attemptet
TO leave her in their own boats and al
hands persisted
Boston, Dec 8.-The following is
partial list of the cattle men supposed
TO have been on board the Londonian
Patrick Ward, foreman for the Swift
Packing q Provision Company of chi
cago, SO years old, unmarried, resided
In Everett: Daniel Callahan. foreman
for the Nelson Morris Packing and Pro
vision Company of Chicago, resided II
Somerville; Michael Malone, 36 We ~
old unmarried, resided in Fall River
Fred Wallace, 22 years old, unmarrie d
resided in Boston, Thomas Mccoy, a.
years old, unmarried, resided in Plain