The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-17
1H[ WRECK OF THE hOHtGhN
~~uRIEs A. To THE NUMBER LOST
ARE STILL CONFLICTING.
,x Fffty-oue Bodies Yet Recov-
~,ed. and the Names of Even the
saved Sot Yet ObtRfnabie-The

yovr,o< Or. 1.-THE Atlantic Trans
= (,r-erscy issued the following s,ata-
- this evening regarding The fa.e ~
-. passengers and crew " the steamer
49,. wn!cA aras wrecked ast Pr
-, +s.ea.rg OF the Lizard. between the
wsrs~l.s Az tla 1SogFlsf =.
~ sse % senEers. Il have been saved
:, syates have zen recovered and g are
e. r. - e-4,v ard cactien1en. % have been
.ve9 "A bottles have pesn recovered a-sd
3 ar uiss.n&-
81 sfls statement was Issued me
,.ssr toa.es have been picked ~. suclud-
- tx3 fhat nave bean Identified az those
q ~ g1' r.os~ts % the various correspond
- d~-~ wtsrlv IS 70 t8e FeSctEas r.
e@ysr3es ard losses. Though none has been
- r. oa;a.n ta~ exact NUMBER ~ those
cd or q TIE bodies recovered.
n hodlee % m following passengers
a1ts x KING Edna King. Mast@r King.
lanes Blsckey. Miss II. II. Cowerl. Mr..
TsI,owz T. Franklin Fuller. Mrs. l.. VI.
Lax, George Seymour. Miss l. II.
r. latest adylces from Falmouth this
.,snlrg sav 1hat three bodies have been
Nsglagd. mostly the bodies OF sailors.
Foar are a. yet unidentified. sI.ciu9iug
nssfs 70 be a German. sAe wore watcn
All wedding ring, both engraved XII.
~ ether wore silver brooch with the
Isi,e. ~ = pearls. This = probably
tss body % Mrs. Charles Duncan.
Nine Of the bodies have been brought
o Falmouth the others 70 the village
ear1irh % s. keveTias The rescued
passengers ar; - ng sheltered IN cot
iasss along the shore. and IT, crew a.
,h@ Sa!lors' Home az Falmouth. Tugs
have been cruising in the vicinity ali day.
ssegiie the very rough weather. in hope
q picking up other bodies. tn cause
a. the disaster remains the profoundest
nyStefy. Nobody attempts to explain
how the Mohegan got so far north OF her
ifue cogrse-from six TO seven miles.
There was no Fog az the time. while the
wind or her port quarter VS. not SUI
ac3ent 20 prevent hnr Answering the
helm II has been suggested ;hlt tae
compass was faulty. but daylight lasted
cag after IN. kadystone light was passed.
TIE sailors say the fact that the Lizard
igat sas n0t visible should have served 10
give TIE alarm. The Ulasts Of the Moheg3n.
v1seh are above water. show that her stern
4 andWard. causing the theory that the
navigation officer. on discovering that he
sas In the bay. suddenly turned seward.
The two engineers VINO We're saved declare,
soseyeT that they never slaCkcned speed
Remarkable stories % rescue continue.
Robert Barrow. seaman. performed the
fla u swimming through the toughest
wafer 10 Cove Rack point. q distance Of
tao AID a naif miles. He climbed up iht.
rugged cliff. where searching party found
bim early the next morning completely
exhausted. = {. l. Smith % Oregon a
passenger. surrendered to d woman In the
water wreckage that was supporting him
and sHam ashore unaidcd. The woman
was saved. Her name is reported as Mss
Webb but no such name appears in the
compaay's list.
Messrs Smith and w. J Bloomingdale
say there was the greatest difficulty in
launching the boats. The ropes were new
an sjif and the blocks would NOT work
Four or five times rs many sailors As
should nave been necessary struggled to
l1weF each boat. The lockers We're hard 10
aGep. The crew. in q chiva.r0us effort to
sye the women. mad the mistake Of an
.srmanning the boats There were o9lv
sgr sailors In one boat. Which ceps.ze.i a.
son as It was launched. NesSrs Smith