Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-21
II cannot explain now the accfuenr &C.
Cured. The whole matter is not very clear
Sank in Twenty Minutes.

II cannot explain now the ACCIDENT &C.
Cured. The whole matter is not very clear
| to me-"
Sank in Twenty Minutes.
From other sources it was learned
that the Michigan sank about 20 min
utes after she ran on the rocks.
The local seamen who have been
questioned upon the subject appear
to be unable to explain how the
Mohegan got into such a position.
Only the smokestack and the fore
mast of the Mohegan can be seen
above water.
Among Those Saved.
Among other passengers known to
have been saved from the wreck of the
Mohegan are Miss Noble, of Baltimore,
Nd; A. G. L. Smith, w. Bloomingdale,
R. Kelley, Mrs. Piggett and Miss Rond-
burn and S. Wood.
The following officers of the steamer
have also been saved: Victor Law
rings, Ferguson and DR.. Trevor and
Mrs. Piggett. the stewardess.
The saved include 80 members of the
crew.
Among those who are still missing
are Mrs. s. c. Crane, believed to be the
wife of Stephen Crane, the novelist,
and Mr.. j. Hyslop, who is believed to
be the official measurer of the New
York Yacht club.
Miss Rondburn is the American
operate singer who is professionally
known as Maud Rounds. She tele-
graphed to relative in London Sat-
urday, saying:
"Ship wrecked. Mother dead"
Another List of Survivors.
New York, Oct. II. - The Journal
prints the following list of PASSENGERS
saved from the wreck:
MT. ana Mrs. Pemberton, two Pemberton
children and nurse, Miss Katharine Noble;
Mrs. Compton Swift, Miss Ronebuck j. N
Adams. j. N. Motchine, James c. Smith,
h. D. Mensell, Victor Rawlins. Alfred War
Ward, w. Moore Hilsen, A. G.. L. Smith,
George Maule. r. D. Watson, j. Nichlen,
H. Sullivan, Thomas Moore, G. w. Thur
lowe, NJ. G. Farlane, Thomas Nichols,
Walter Whitehead, Frank Huntley, ]. Wig
tnton.
Sixteen other persons, names not re-
ported, are saved.
Narrowing Scenes.
London, Oct. II. - Narrowing
scenes were witnessed Saturday at the
London office of the Atlantic Trans
port company, to which the wrecked
steamer AIohegan belonged. A num-
Der of women tainted there when the
extent Of the calamity became known,
and there was constant stream of
telegraph boys running TO and from
the Office, seeking for information or
taking messages to anxious inquirers.
The Mohegan, it is now said, has
been an ill-fated vessel from the start.
1t is stated that she was only bought
by the transport company when their
own boats had been sold to the United
States government during The war.
Defect In Her Engines.
For the past two weeks the steamer
has been in dock undergoing repairs.
but the managers say she was in per-
feet condition when she left port on
this, her first voyage under her new
name. 1t is asserted, however, that in
a "a hour trial, last week, her perform
auces We're very unsatisfactory, and
the crew did not wish to go on her on
account of the previous defect in her
engines. 1t is surmised here that her
engines broke down and that the YES
sci, in the rough sea and heavy gale
which prevailed, drifted on the rocks.
The wrecked steamer was COM
manded by Capt. Griffiths. Her chief
officer was Mr.. Couch, her second Of
fcer Mr.. Cole and her third officer Mr..
Hindmarsh,
Most of Passengers Were Americans.
The officials of the transport COM
pany believe that most of the passen-
gers were Americans who We're re-
turning home.
Capt. Griffiths, who is missing, was
formerly captain o. the Manitoba and
then captain of the Minnewaska,
which was sold to the United States
government for use as a transport
during The war with Spain.
Two of the Mohegan's boats, filled
with passengers, went down in the
channel, but no news of them has since
heen obtained