Show 11 FOR COD SAKE DOHT DONT the signal hoisted by a ship that was lost while mighty 0 waves boiled roiled brave sailors 0 on n a passing vessel attempted a rescue boats smashed to pieces the ill fated steamer disappeared from view during the night baltimore md dec dee 8 the johnston line steamship Ve damore of liverpool capt robt bartlett for whose safety fears were beginning to be felt as she was several days overdue arrived today at pier 31 locust point with the shipwrecked mariners marinero ma which she had picked up at sea twenty others went down with their ship 11 1 1 li li ian nen landed are the survivors of the british London Lon donlan tan london bound from boston for london with a largo large I 1 general cargo and ant cattle on deck she lett left boston nov 15 and nov 23 in a violent gale her cargo shifted and she almost cop capsized sized she finally resting on her beam ends with big seas breaking over her her luckless crew were helpless to right her and for two days she drifted about at the mercy of tho winds and waves camo came nt at 6 5 on t tho he morning of nov 25 the Ved Ve damore alnore bove in sight uvo five miles distant and aa as it was still quite dark the Lon donlan burned signal fires and fired distress dis tres rockets the signals were seen by the officers on the Ve damore bridge and reported to capt bartlett who gave immediate orders that the damores Ve course be changed the Lon London donlan tan was then to the southward 0 athe johnston liner it did not take the veda more long to cover the distance between them and as soon as she arrived alongside ene she was signalled signal led to stand by do you wish to abandon the ship was signalled signal led from the Ve damore aa as soon as daylight would permit her signals being seen capt lee jee of osithe ahe lon donlan signalled signal led back that he wan wanted t ed the Ve damore to tow his ship capt C a p t bartlett saw at a glance that this wag was an impossibility and refused to at tempt it as it would have endangered his own ship capt lee then signaled asking that the Ve damore stand by to render assistance soon after he s signalled signal I 1 agn ailed led will abandon ship and at noon in the teeth of a stiff gale second officer hobbs and a volunteer crew gallantly launched one of the veda mores boats and attempted to reach the sinking Lon donlan for three hours the sturdy britons struggled with the wind and waves to attempt to reach her were finally forced to 0 return to the ship capt bartlett then steamed to windward of the doomed steamer and other attempts to rescue the London lans crew were made fruitlessly As it grew grow too dark to do anything more capt bartlett signalled signal led will you stand by till morning the piteous signal for gods sake dont leave us came back in reply during the night the wind increased and by morning it was blowing very hard then another another means of rescue was decided upon for hours life buoys with lines attached were floating to the Lon donlan and at last her crew s succeeded in getting one aboard one of the Ve damores life boats boits improvised as a life car made one trip and 22 halt half frozen exhausted men were hauled up over the sade of the Ve damore and given every comfort the ship afforded As the boat was going back to the London Lon donlan tan a big sea demolished moli moll shed it the lines were carried away and the communication broken chief officer doran of the damore Ve volunteered to launch another lifeboat to attempt the rescue remie the sea was terrific terrI flo and it was only owing to the splendid manner in which the boat was handled that she lived it out for two hours the boat crew struggled at the oars but could not get closer than sixty yards of the wreck they were at last forced to give up and return to their ship and in doing so the boat was smashed against the ships bide and lost thus the fearful night of peril passed next morning twenty three men of tha the Lon donlan succeeded in launching one of their own boats and reached the Ve damore their boat was also lost and all that day wag was spent in trying tu again establish communication muni cation with the wr wrecks jl the sale gale was constantly 1 lier easing and nil all ef t forts to save the others were in vale vain even after night bad had fallen the veda more was kept cruising in the vicinity but when day broke next morning the London Ion donlan tan had vanished the veda more then proceeded to baltimore the day after the Ve damore lost sight of the Lon donlan the steamship king arthur passed her she was then abandoned and all her boats were gone it Is supposed the remainder of the crew attempted to leave her in their own boats and all hands bands have perished peris bod |