Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-10-21
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
1OS People Drowned.
Ocean Steamer Went Ashore ON the
Southern Coast OF England and only
80 of the People Were saved.

Do OF the FeOple were saved
Another ocean horror resulted in the
drowning of 10S people Friday night, when
the steamer Mohegan, Capt. Grifliths, of
the Atlantic Transport company, went
ashore near the Lizard, the SOUTHERN most
point of England, between the Manacles
and the Lowlands.
The Mohegan was the Cleopatra of the
Wilson q Furness- Leyland line. She left
London for New York Thursday. When
the steamer was seen to be in Distress life
boats put off from the shore and every
effort possible was made to save the endan-
gered people. The coast is extremely dan
gerous and has been the scene of numer-
Gus wrecks. The general opinion is that
the machinery of the Mohegan became dis
abled during the heavy easterly gale which
was blowing and that she ran ashore and
foundered. A number of tugs which put
out from Falmouth to the assistance of the
Mohegan were compelled to return without
being able to approach the vessel, owing to
the severity of the weather.
George Maule, a New York horse shipper,
one of the passengers, who escaped, says
the accident took place at 7 o'clock when
most of the passengers were at dinner.
The steamer was going at full speed, and,
suddenly, we heard a loud crash, which
some other vessel. But when we rushed
on deck we found that the steamer was on
the rocks Orders were Immediately given
to lower the boats and the crew of the
steamer behaved like heroes. Her captain
stood on the bridge and the greatest order
prevailed among the officers and crew.
The steamer, however, Immediately began
to settle by the head Two boats were
launched. The women were sent away in
the first boat, but whether they reached
land ! do not know ff4aaaged ta-secur
a life belt and jumped overheard in com
pany with the chief officer of the Mohegan,
Mr.. Couch. He made me take off my coat
and shoes. Soon after that we were parted
When | was leaving the vessel little girl
begged piteously that / try to save her, as
she did not want to die yet. But | was
powerless to help her. Eventually caught
hold of plank which was floating on the
water and chung to it for seven hours and
half. At the expiration of that time l
was picked up by a tug. l could not have
lasted much longer. | cannot explain how
the accident occurred. The whole matter
is not very clear to me
The cause of the disaster remains mys-
terry. Nobody attempts to explain how the
Mohegan got so far north of her true course
from six to seven miles. There was no
fog at the time, while the wind on her port
quarter was not sufficient to prevent her
answering the helm. 1t has been suggested
that her compass was faulty, but daylight
lasted long after Eddystone light was
passed. The sailors say that the fact that
the Lizard light was not visible should have
served to give the ala m. The masts of
the Mohegan, which are above water, show
that her stern is landward, causing theory
81 81,
that he was in the bay, suddenly turned
seward. Two engineers who are saved
declare, however, that they never slack
ened speed
There was the greatest difficulty in
launching the boats. The ropes were new
and stiff and the blocks would not work
Four or five times as many sailors as should
have been necessary struggled to low er
each boat The lockers were hard to open.
The crew, in a chivalrous effort to save
the women, made the mistake of under
manning the boats. There were only four
sailors in one boat, which capsized as soon
as it was launched
Robert Barrow, seaman, performed the
feat of swimming unaided through the
toughest water to Cove Rock Point, a dis
lance of two and one-half miles. He
climbed up the ragged cliff, where search
ing party IOunu MIN early the next morn
ing completely exhausted.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. King and two sons
and Mrs. Kings mother Mrs. Weller, sum
mer residents of Nantucket, we're drowned
Their bodies were recovered. F. w. Lock-
wood, the Standard Oil company's repre-
sentative in Stamford, Conn and his
daughter, Mrs, Gunbetch, were also among
the victims.
The Transport company issued state
ment from London Sunday, saying: "Of
the passengers II have been saved 10
bodies have been recovered, and 33 are
missing. OF the crew and cattlemen, 80
have been saved, IA bodies have been re-
covered and 81 are mis- ing" After the
above statement was issued nine other
bodies were picked up, including two that
were identified as the bodies of passengers
The reports of the various correspondents
differ widely as to the rescues recoveries
and losses, though no one has been able to
obtain the exact number of those saved or
of the bodies recovered.
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