The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
BOATS RACE TO RESCUE.
MENoMINEE.S cor III CREW or THE
SINKING GLENDOHER.
ships Appeared Almost at Once Ready
to Take Uf the Fr-iEhter't People, who
Hnd Hen Living -Four DaHs ON Menl.

BARROW more . was TOO Late hree Steam-
ships Appeared Almost ut Once Ready
to Take Un the FreiEhter't People, who
Had Been Living -Four Days on Meal.
Cart. A. A. Honeyman ana the crew u the
abandoned British iron tramp steamship Glen
dover were landed here yesterday by the At
lantic Transport liner Menominee. in from
London. Two hfeboats from the Menumine-
took Of the Glendower's skipper and twenty
two men IN midocean
The freiEhtcr. which sailed from Philadel-
phia on Dec. - for Sligo. ran into riotous
and frosty weather on the first day out. IL a
snowstorm on Jan. = a big crest came over the
weather bow. aud, picking up Peter West. a
Finnish seaman. carried him over the side.
He disappeared in the snow and spindrlft. A
great gale came out Of the west on Jan q. and
Capt. Honeymau decided that 1t was less dan
EerOus to buck against the seas than to run
before them, SO he headed into the tumult
Next dav a. the ships stern fell into the
trough she was popped hv a wave that smashed
nearly everything aft. including the cabin. and
flooded the aft-rhold. Other waves washed
ahoa~d Shaving several IieboatS The SNIP
settled by the stern and listed heavily. to
siarhuard, her water-soaked cargo OF Indian
corn having shifted.
on the morning Of Ian x. and the men hud-
died forward in a sheltered part OF the deck.
The reighter w6liowed in the seas. the Hood be-
low having INT ont the Tires. and ell hands
dashed themselves to deck fixtures 70 prevent
sliding overheard down the sieuilnE decks.
Most OF the provisions were destroyed by the
sea that came over the stem. ana FOR four DAYS
the men lived chiefly on Indian meal.
On the night Of Jan. II the Ham burE-Amer-
lean steamship Alesia. since reported al Queens
town with rudder and machinery disa bled.
steamed down near the Glendower, ID re
Spouse II her distress signals. Her Captain
sicnalled that he would stand 10y the ~trelghter
until morning and announced that he also
was in troubla. In the darkness and stress OF
weather the ships parted company. The
Menomtnee appeared on the morning Of
Jan. II Almost simultaneously the John
son line steamship Barruwmore, from Bos-
ton for London, and the steamship Georgian,
from Portland ior Liverpool. hors, in sight
Two boats We're lowered from the Menoninee
and one from the BarrOwmore. The boats Of
the Atlantic Transport liner reached the wreck
first and took of all hands and the shippers
collie The officer IN charge Of the Barrow
mUre's boat, finding that he would not be
needed. returned 10 his ship, The Georgian
stood by until the rescue, which was not al
tended with great peril, had been made She
and the R~arruwInOrc then exchanged salutes
with the Meuominee aud proceeded eastward.
Capt HuueymaD says he does not believe that
the Gleudower remained ahoAt more than a
day after she was abandoned. She was a single
screw Of 2.tsG tons gross. was built al New
castle, England. in lSS2. and was valued at
SJl.UUn. she was owned by the Tyne Glen
dover Steamship Company.