Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-19
Narrow Escape Of Captain and Grew
of Glendower.
RESCUED BY STEAMER MENOMINEE
Men Had Given Up All Hope When
Rescued.
THRILLING STORY OF WRECK

NEW YORK, January 19.-The Atlantic
transport line steamer Menominee, which
arrived today from London, brought to
port Capt Honeyman and twenty-five
members of the crew of the British tramp
steamer Glendower, which was abandoned
at sea in a sinking condition on January
II, in latitude 1923, longitude 31.37, while
on the voyage from Philadelphia for Sligo
with a cargo of maize.
Capt. Honeyman of the Glendower told
thrilling story of the hardships he and
his crew underwent. and also spoke in
high terms of the bravery of the Menomi-
nees men.
I'VE struck bad weather the first day out
from Philadelphia" said Capt. Honeyman.
ut kept blowing and showing, and the seas
got up worse than 1 ever saw them. When
Peter West-he was sailor from Finland
went overheard on January we did not
see a sight of him after the wave caught
him. The snow and sea swallowed him.
Day and night that binding snow kept up.
On January | saw it was no use holding
on my course for Ireland, so l turned ship
and headed back for home, though L had
not much hope that we would ever see
home
Seas Broke Over Her.
THE Glendowers stern was then all
down and the seas broke over the poop.
The cabin filled with water the stores in
the lazarette below We're ruined. floating
furniture broke cabin sidelights and the
sea poured in. 1 tried to plug up the port
holes with canvas, but it did no good
Then the lifeboats got smashed to bits,
and we thought our last chance was gone
STILL we kept working away at the pumps
but the harder we worked the lower the
Glendowtr went astern. The cargo of corn
got soaked and the ship took on heavy
list. We gathered in the peak forward.
We huddied together to keep warm, for our
clothes had mostly been washed from our
backs. All we had to eat was soaked corn.
Five days after l turned ship We sight
ed the Alesa, a Hamburg liner
| hear she put in Queenstown today in
distress. The Alesia came as near us as
she could; but it would have been folly to
launch a boat In such a sea. The Alesia S
captain shouted that he would stand by US
till next morning. He said he was having
trouble himself with machinery. He could
not even get food TO us, and We were
starving. When morning broke the Aesia
had gone; she might have foundered for all
we knew. Then we gave up hope, and
stood by for the poor old Glendower TO
sink.
Sighted the MenOminee.
1.-THE next morning, January u, she was
settling fast. At half-past we sighted the
Menominee. She saw our distress signals
and bore down on us. That was like the
resurrection from the dead. They on the
Menominee didn't mind the sea. They low
cred two bits of boats and rowed over to us.
The two officers in charge of the boats We're
Languedoc and LaZelles. The Glendower
was. SO to speak. torsing in her grave, and
| thought the Menominee's boats would be
dashed right upon our deck and smashed.
For two hours they worked with Us, and
they got us off at the risk of their lives.
While the Menominee was rescuing US,
the johnson liner Barrymore hove in sight
land came up to US. The Barrymore low
cred a lifeboat, but it was not needed. Be
fore we We're all off the steamer Georgian
came mn