The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-16

1iie 44ttng appAdnu1s out Of NE snsp. nc
terror IL the scene va indescribable-- men
Jumping overheard In IN agony OF drsnnr
and tns women passengers huddied together
and refusing 70 leave the deck. The ofn-
GERS remained on the bridge to tine lest
aza many Instances OF sacrifice are re-
corded. Members Of the crew are known
70 have stood By and wafched boats
leuncaed and put gu. when y was apparent
they were tie only means by which thor
own lives could be saved. a life boat with
I load Of forty persons 10 It passed many
who were Battling for life In the waves
and whom 1t was impossible 70 save.
The villagers, hsa!e4 b. w Nie4r Acoi
on the shore and caesfei the b3A,. Wsen
the life boat entered the ittle cove the
fishermen waded into the sea 10 help drag
the little boat up on the beach and ten
jerly carried the exhausted survivors 10
their bones. which had been already pre-
pared Tor their reception and the vicar at
tended The injured. The life boat was again
launched and put out for the wreck or iis
outward journey. picking UP three surviv-
ofs The trip 20 the wreck was frustless,
so far as taking any one from the vessel
was concerned, but on It's way back 10 the
shore, sixteen other survivors were taken
from the water.
Falmouth, England. October ia dis
patch from ST. Keyerin, small town a
little TO tho eastward OF Manaeles. says
eighteen bodies from the Moaegan have
been washed ashore there They have been
deposited in the parish church \ meIn-
Der OF the Port Houstoek liieboat crew
named James gave graphic accouat Of the
wreck He said that Us soon as the dis
astor was announced his crew was sum
moned TO tho boat and proceeded 10 the
Manacles. They coIla see no lights, thA
uighi was pitch dark asi no rockets were
discTnihle, but they heard shouting AID
pulled toward the SPOT froiu which the
voices came. No steamer was visible. bul
the lifeboat came across an overturned
lifcbo1t 10 which four or five men We're
eIlaging. Thay were taken on board the
hfeloas. Later the crew heard shouting
near tho cvertur.ies llfc0o1t ana
with grapnsls Managed 90 reach
It. Inside the boar they found q
woman and two or three men alive. Tho
woman was 80 tightly damned in the
wreckage that the lifeboat men had TO cut
away the tfwaris OF the small boat be-
Tore thsy could extricate her. James said
the lstebcat passed saveral bodies OF mea
and women ard picked up n cripple OF nea
who were floating on wrcckage.
The iifcboat next met a Ships boat hav-
ing on board twenty two passengers und
crew. all Of whom would have been speedily
lost II not rescued a. that time as the
bcat was Meteorological and rapidly drift
Ing on the rocks. Tao occupants OF this
boat were taken into the l.ehoat. While
the latter was beating hnmeward she
picked up Miss Noble OF Baltimore. "She
Is the pluckiesi woman ever saw in my
life" said James. she shouted: Don't
shove me an oar. Give me q rope The
sea then swept her toward us aud We
caught her hands ANA got her safely on
board ID rs good state as could be ex
pe@ted We iheR had forty eight persons
on board the iilenoat, lnulud nS the crew.
and could hear shouting from the steamer.
We approached her and saw steward Gray
cl'nging to the jlgger mast. We then 81 y
that all four maSts were sili atandng
and that survivors were clinging 10 each.
We backed In right over the wreck and
succeeded in rescuing the boatswain, cooil
and others.
Next we rescued an englne-r who Yves
ciIngbag to tho steamers funnel, All thi.
occupied several hours. We then made
for tho shore
Further adyiccs from ST. Kever,n say
the panic on tho Mohegan was letrihiG
and shat CRIES OF despair were heard OF
shore, One passenger tul away the fall
OF lfcboat with razar. and thus save
several lives Miss Ronicbush and hel
mother, Mrs. Grandin, entered the ship
boat. which Was caps.ged. and Mrs, urau
din was jammed beneath this boat and In
lifeboat. One OF the lfehoat crew. n
great personal risk. jumped on board III
steamers boat after the latter had righte
and pulled Mrs. Grandin from her danger
GUS position. But she was landed in
dying condition, and all the efforts mad
to revive her were useless
When MISS Rondebush landed later sh
anxiousy inquired for her mother, who's
body was identified by the vicar OF s
Keyerin from the description OF a rim
furnished to him by the daughter. On
OF Mira. Gnudin's feet was torn from tn
leg.
New York, October 10. The Office OF II
Atlentlc Transport line was crowded todu
witt people inquiring abxfousiy abo,
friends and relatives Horny Morrison,
lawyer. Inquired about his son. Henry Mo
rison, Jr.. and his daughter Miss Hanna
Hart. When Mr., Morrison learned thai Il
rlmes OF his son and ssepdaughter were
the passenger list he tainted, Mrs, 10,
Fyslop, wife OF the official neasurer OF Il
New York Yacht club. ana bar daughte
also. were removed fa.nting when the form
err learned that her husband had tax,
passage on the AIclaegan.
Miss Meriwether comes from Cincinnat
Miss Katherine Noble from Baltimore;
A. Kipiing. relative OF Rudyard Kiptn
from Roselie N. j.; and the Fiyinss ire
Glen Bsdge n. j. j Z. Firing was pa
master In the United States navy.
A. d. FranlSlln OF the Atlantic Transpo
company said today: There Is no tru
In the report pnat the Mohegan's boiio
were defective and that her condition "
net satisfactory. The vessel was In FRS
class condition. During her nrst trip fri
this side she took twenty-five days, aud ;
thist reason It was reported She was owe
due. This was not so. The ship was Sol
at only half speed and she knew sae wo,
not arrive or the other side before she a
On her arrival she was completely oys
hauled As Il was deemed advisable to 81