New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-16
CREW DID NOT WISH TO SAIL on HER
REPORTS IN LONDON ABOUT THE fTr~FATEr
MOHEiAN'S CONDITION.

MoHEGAN's CONDITION.
London. oct 15-Harrowing scenes were wit
messed to-day at the London Office of the At
lantic Transport Company, to which the wrecked
steamer Mohegan belonged. A number Of women
tainted when the worst news became known,
and there was constant stream of telegra ph
boys running to and from the office seeking for
information or taking messages 20 anxious in
qurers
The Mohegan. it is now said, has been i'll
fated vessel from the start. 1t Is added that
she only bought 10y the Transport Company
when their own boats had been sold TO the
United States Government during the war. She
formerly the Cleopatra. Of the steamers
belonging to the Wilson and Furncss- Leyland
Line and was bought direct from the Hull ship
yard She never ran for the Furness Line, and
only made one voyage out and home This ii is
asserted. was most unsatisfactory and friends
Of the crew declare her engines were defective
and that her boilers leaked. She IS further al
lged to have arrived at New York in such a
condition that she was sent home empty and
her return voyage took several weeks to com
plete. and she drfted a whole day and night
owing TO the trouble with her engines For the
last two weeks the steamer has been in dock
undergoing repairs. and the managers say she
was III perfect CONDITION Nnen Sne lcft port on
this. hey first voyage under her new name
The friends OF the crew state. however that
in a twenty four hour trial las, week her per
formances were very unsatisfactory. and the
crew did not wish to go on her on account of
the change OF name and the previous defect in
her engines. The assumption here is that her
engines broke down. and also that owing to her
weak boilers the vessel. in the rough sea and
on the rocks
The wrecked steamer commanded by Can
tain Grlhlths Her chief officer was Mr. Couch
her second officer was Mr. Cole and her third
Officer Mr. Handmarsh
The officials Of the Transport Companv believe
that most Of the passengers were Americans
who returning hone
Captain Grffths who is missing was former
ly captain Of the Manitoba and then captaIn Of
the Minnewaska which was sold to the United
States Government for as transport dur
ing the war with Spain
Two of the Mohegan's boats filled with pas
sengers. went down the Channel. but no news o.
them has since been obtained
ONE or THE SAVED LIVES ~ BALTIMORE
Miss Katherine Noble. who was one Of the saved
on the Mohesan. l. the only child OF Nj and Mrs
Horace Noble OF West North-avc.. Baltimore Sh,
had been IN England since June. Miss NoDl. who
has number OF friends in England since the Close
Of the London season has been making d series OF
country visits AZ various house parties She was
accompanied on the Mohegan by a young English
woman, who was coming 10 visit her IN Baltimore
PRESIDENT BAKER WILL 60 TO ENGLAND
Baltimore. oct. I5.-Bernard Raker president Of
the Atlantic Transport Line lives In the suburbs Of
Baltimore The first news OF the disaster reached
him a. his country homo near CatonsYie. NJ I
o'c,ock this morning by telephone Mr. Baker i'm
n,ediaiely packed 8 sAichel and hurried 70 Union
Station to catch a train for New York intending
"a all from fhAt ci'y on he Gamrani1 81 the
,ursrH limo f>r the creme of the disaster. Whsn
ne reached the station II MAS 100 late for ana Of