The record-union., 1898-10-17
Not Yet Definitely Known How Many
Lives Were Lost.
Latest Accounts Place the Number at Over
One Hundred.
The Cause Of the Disaster Remains
the Pro2oundest Mystery-Re-
marlab1e Stories Of Rescue Told
by Survivors-A Seaman Swan
Two and a Half Miles to a Cliff,
Where He Was Found in an Ex-
hausted Condition.


hausted Condition.
LONDON, Oct. 16.-The Atlantic
Transportation Company issued the
following statement to-day regarding
the fate of the passengers and the
crew of the steamer Mohegan, which
was wrecked last Friday evening off
the Lizard, between the Manacles and
the Lowlands:
"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 corre-
spondents differ widely as to the res
cued, recoveries and losses, though
none have 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, Miss II. NJ.
Cowen, James Blackey, Mr.. Fallows,
B. Franklin Fuller, Mrs. L. NJ. Luke,
George Seymour. Miss l.. H. Warrener.
The latest advices from Falmouth
this evening say that thirty -eignt
bodies have been identified, including
those of two elderly ladies. One ap-
pears to be a German. She wore
watch and a wedding ring, both en-
graved "1S71" The other wore a si!-
Yer brooch. with the letter ID" in
pearls. This is probably the body of
Mrs. Charles Duncan.
Nine of the bodies have been brought
to Falmouth, the others to the village
church at ST. Keverine. The rescued
passengers are being sheltered ar cot
tages along the shore and the crew at
the Sailors Home at Falmouth.
Tugs have been cruising in the Vi
cinity all day, despite the very rough
weather, in hope of picking up other
bodies.
The cause of the disaster remains
the profoundest mystery. Nobody at
tempts 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. II
has been suggested that her compass
was faulty but daylight lasted long
after Eddystone light was passed.
The sailors say the fact that the
Lizard 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 Sea-
ward. Two engineers who We're saved
declare, however, that they never
slackened speed.
Remarkable stories of rescue con-
tinue. Robert Barrow, a seaman, per-
formed the feat of swimming through
the toughest water to Cove Rack Point,
a distance of two and one-half miles.
He climbed up the rugged cliff, where
a searching party found him early
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 TO shore 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
dale say there was the greatest diff
Guilty in launching the boats The
ropes were new and stiff, and the
blocks would not work. Four or Ave
times as many sailors as should have
been necessary struggled to lower each
boat The lockers We're hard to open.
The crew, in a chivalrous effort to say c
the women, made the mistake of Under
manning the boats. There We're only
sailors in one boat, which capsized as
soon as it was launched Messrs. Smith
and Bloomingdale say that Captain
Grifiths had appeared i'll all day.
Joseph O'Rorke, 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 fam
lily to keep cool. O'Rorke, with seven
others, clung to the rigging until
o'clock yesterday, when lifeboat tooR
him off. He identified the bodies o.
King and Mrs. Weller, and will have
them embalmed and taken TO the Unit
ed States in accordance with cabieo
instructions from the relatives OF th5
family at Nantucket.
John H. Hyslop, the New Yorl
yachtsman, who was saved. in th'
course of an interview this afternoon
condemned the double railing around
the ships boats, which, he said, I'M
peded the launching. The masthead
light, In his opinion, should have beer
an oil instead of an electric lamp, a:
in that event it would not have beer
extinguished but would have Furnished
a beacon to guide the lifeboats.
Mr.. Williams, the company's mana
ger, says the disaster is utterly mex
plicable. The ship was new he as
serts, while the Captain and crew wer,
most reliable. He says the crews O.
the company's vessels have constan
boat practice, and he is indignant a
the insinuations regarding the condi
tion of Captain Griffith
Up to midnight fifty-one bodies hat
been recovered Some were fount
miles away. in coves, and it is expect
ed that more will be washed ashore 10
morrow. Many persons undoubtedl.
weSe killed by being dashed on tn
rough rocks who would have escape,