The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-17

between the Manacles and the low
lands:
"Of the passengers eleven have been
saved, ten bodies have been recovered
and thirty-three are missing.
"Of the crew and cattlemen thirty
nine have been saved, fourteen bodies
have been recovered and fifty-one are
missing
Since this statement was issued nine
other bodies have been picked up, In
Guiding two that have been identified
as those of passengers.
The reports of the various correspond
ents differ widely as to the rescues, re-
coveries and losses, though none has
been able to obtain the exact number OF
those saved or of the bodies recovered.
The bodies of the following passen-
gers have been recovered:
T. W. KING.
EDNA KING.
MASTER KING.
JAMES BLACKEY.
MISS H. NJ. COWEN.
MR.. FALLOWS.
r. FRANKLIN FULLER,
MRS. L. NJ. LUKE.
GEORGE SEYMOUR.
MISS L. H. WARRENER.
The latest Cdvices from Falmouth
this say that thirty-eight
lies Haga eeel identified. mostly the
4oale Of sailors Four are as yet un-
4 utffed. usclualng those of two elderly
ladIas Cne appears to be German
She e.ore atch and a wedding ring,
zctE e1e-z1rs1 "1S71" The other wore
- ar 5Eooch with the letter ID" IN
0sarIs ThIs is probably the body OF
Mrs. Cnaries Duncan.
ssls bodies have been brought
zlt0ssta. the others to the village
ct.l at St. Keverine. The rescued
passengers are being sheltered at cot
tages along the shore and the crew at
the Sailors Home at Falmouth.
Tugs have been cruising in the vicin-
itv all day, despite the very rough
weather. in the hope of picking up
other bodies.
The cause of the disaster remains the
nrofoundest mystery. 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 quar-
ter was not sufficient to prevent her
answering the helm. 1t has oeen sue-
gested that her compass was faulty
DuC QdyllBni ldSl6u iOliS eAASOA
stone light was passed.
The sailors say the fact that the LIZ
ard light was not visible should have
served to give the alarm.
The masts Of the Mohegan, which are
above water, show that her stern is
landward, causing a theory that the
navigation officer, on discovering that
he was in the bay, suddenly turned
saved declare, however, that they never
slackened speed.
Remarkable stories of rescue con-
tinue.
Robert Barrow, a seaman, performed
the feat of swimming through the
roughest water to Cove Rack Point, a
distance of two and a half miles. He
climbed up the rugged cliff, where
searching party found him early the
next morning completely exhausted. A
c. L. Smith of oregon. a passenger,
surrendered to a woman in the water
wreckage that was supporting him and
swan ashore unaided. The woman was
saved. Her name is reported as Miss
Webb, but no such name appears IN
the company's list.
Messrs. Smith and w. ]. Blooming
Guilty 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 lower each boat. The
lockers were hard to open.
The crew, in a chivalrous effort to
save the women, made a mistake of
undermanning the boats. There were
only four sailors in one boat, which
capsized as soon as it was launched.
Messrs. Smith and Bloomingdale say
that Captain Grif1ths had appeared i'll
all day.
The death of T. w. King, who was a
newspaper proprietor of Nantucket,
Mass. and of his family, including Mrs.
King. her mother, Mrs. Weller, and his
sons. Rufus, aged IL years, and An
thony. aged seven, has caused deep sor-
row at Penzance, where the family had
q summer cottage and were very pop
ular.
Joseph O'Rourke, Kings valet, who
was saved, says he was on deck when
the crash came The lights went out
Immediately. Rushing to the saloon he
heard Mr.. King exhorting his family to
keep cool. O'Rourke, with seven others,
chung to the rigging until 6 o'clock yes
terday morning, when a lifeboat took
him Off He identified the bodies of the
Kings and Mrs. Weller, and will have
them embalmed and taken to the
United States in accordance with ca
bled Instructions from the relatives of
the family at Nantucket.
The description in the London dis
patch of Mr.. t. w. King, as a news
paper proprietor at Nantucket. Mass,
is probably erroneous.