New-York tribune., 1899-02-18
ROSSnORE ABANDONED AT SEA.
Crew AND PASSENGERS PICKED UP BY
THE ROTTERDAM AND THE TROJAN.
e,1.r.v ,,or-ps or RESCUE WORK IN HIGH SEAS
AND sTORMs-wRECKED VESSEL PFo"N"Hi
ar rrrr RoTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

er,7,v t,or-Ps OF RESCUE WORK IN HIGH SEAS
AND sToRMs-wREcKED VESSEL PROBABLY
At TIE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
The Dutch oil tank steamer Rotterdam arrived
here Yesterday from Rotterdam and brought
forty-two rescued people taken from the tombstone
Limo steamship Rossmore. which was aDahHoheu
in rnilocean on February I'm a sinking condition.
According TO the story OF the rescue as told yes
tcrday by Captain August Noeg'. oi 'ne H"'''i
dam his ship left the port after "nicn sac -
named on January a in ballast. on Monday. Fehrl-
AIRY 6 about 4.So H. M while in latitude 4O.B north
longitude 1926 west vessel was s'gh'e@ "J'.S -
tress signals Captain Voeee lay 20 and waited TOT
davcht Whcn dawn broke II was discovered 'ha'
tho boat in distress was the Rossmore ol LIVER
pool As tho vessels came within signaling as
tance tho Rossmorc asked 10 be towod INTO port
but this request the captain Of the Rotterdam "a9
nable 10 comply with. for the reason that haiaN'
the nearest port. SO miles away, ana ne mao
then only $50 tons Of coal on board. Then 'ap'aH
Voege asked by signal Il the officers ana ere" Oh
the Rossmore would abandon the snip ana "heH
he received the reply no" he prepared to steam
away. hut tho Rossmore sent the p'd'i'7 ''e"''
Don't leave me"
In response 70 the appeal the Rotterdam hove TO-
and a H,tle later the chief officer Of the RosSmoie
came aboard. He reported 20 Captain Noege tha'
his ship was badly damaged. Two hods were
rartlv filled with water. ami the pumps were
deep ballast tank was leaking. I'm addition the rud-
der was so badly damaged as 20 make the snip
unmanagcable.
Tho wind had increased in violence. and the sea
was running so high that Il was dangerous 10 at
tempt the launching Of the boat. stil. H. was de-
cGCd 10 take oil the crew II possible. ana the port
Nfcboat was launched. The boat was manned by
Chief Officer Fred Helms and eight seamen. NJ
the same time the Rossmores crow were makinS
attempt TO launch a boat. Dut they were ulI,
p N. when the Rotterlams boat got alonss.le
tho disabled steamship. Chief Ofhcer iieln, Sh"..- ~
rn,r', y. n 'NT Tdd Tobn 5i"%onoche peter Alose.
James Mccormack. Edward McCoimack ana JoHh
crow Henrv Weaver charles lawson j. ". Han
lon jacob kaufman and Peter Fitzpatrick. cattle
men on the return TO the Rotterdam me n2tl D,san
;faaps ana me sea i ncF,'se m ean, m With the VIM
monosuyred and Two hours after il had left The
ship the boat came alongside. Al We're safely
hoisted aboard by means OF ropes O., ..,..
adrift" Half an hour later this boat was pekea
up. In It Were William Allen 9aiswa'4: :,,,rI g0rH
Anderson NJ Lilly. Olga Trillke an able Seamen;
Henry Ryan, donkey man. ana Edward . MaIey
In diiins clear Of the Rossmore, the small boat
went under the shps counter Ols% er l[INH ii,,rcd
AT = p m. 10 TOO dark TO attempt to rescue any
more Of the sailors The next Gay me s'os bey "49 rs
port that her rail dipped the water An uhSuceess-
t ti eoTI bor was ru t6at 5av ba vdses We're near
each other. but the storm was too severe 10 allo"
the work Of rescue 10 continue.
At daylight on February no storm .ncreisel anu anu
the vessels drifted apart At g a. m the RotteIdan
signalled that she going 10 start al noon as
she was short Of coal The captain was callng tor
volunteers TO Try TO take the rest o. the M,h o.
the wreck when the ROssm0re slguaIed wait
4 boar was being launched. II finally reached ne
rdan. The first and third officers were injured,
the chief engineer had his left eye Dady hurt,
Davis storm an engineer had broken collr-bone,
and several others received minor injuries. The
men rescued in this boat were captain X. NJ 9.
Duncanson. Second officer II. ". Waron. Chief En-
ginccr Elias Buchanan, second Engineer NNlam
Fourth Engineer David storm Chlei ,StrWaid
Charles Williams, Second Steward W bgu,'
William Muliiean. Eugene Stewart William TIP
ping. chief cook. y. West second COOK ana ltontI
Be2Es, Peter Johnson. James Bresln. Joseph
Isacncv. scamon. Robert North, Y. Ftnntg1n a'i
G Barton. dremen. and Frederick styles. a cattle
The Rotterdam continued her course on Wednes
day al lU ,. M after standing hy The hoSsmore Tor
sixty hours. on February The British steamer
Trojan. from Newport News for Glasgow. had come
first and third officers and cattlemcu and ure
men. nine in all Bur tho weather conditions pre-
vented a further rescue by that vessel.
The ship ROssmOre left Liverpool January q Il
on January % that She injured her rudder. Her
cargo consisted of salt and clay y list ~ from 4
- degrees % port. the water she making ana
keep steam iu the boilers. She bad drtifd for
twenty-four hours when She sighted the steamship
Rotterdam. TWO hours atterwtrd the Trojan hove
into view. The men worked throughout hcrocaly
and suffered greatly from tne cold and from the
fact that their rations We're limited.
Captain Duncanson and the chief engineer say
they left tho snip everything was flooded. and they
did expect she would he many more hours
edoat The Rossmore was built IN Liverpool y 1879
and registered 1851 tons. Her owners were william
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