The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16
MORE THAN A HUNDRED
VICTIMS Of wreck.
Continued From Page One.

drifting toward ne rocks The occupants
Of ;1s aoat we're taken INFO the nfe5oat.
While the latter Was beating homeward
she picked Up Miss No5ie. % Baltimore.
she $ the plucklest lady ever saw in
my life said James. She shouted:
80 Don't shove me an car. give me
rope
The sea ;hen swept her toward the life
boat. ana she was caught by the hands and
gotten safely or board ~ as good a state
As could be expected.
We had forIy-eIsh, persons then in The
BOAT. including the crew. and could hear
| shouting from the steamer. We approach
eG ner and saw Steward Gray clngiag 10
the Jgsermast. We then saw that all
tour m2StS were still standing and the sur
vivors were clinsing 10 them We backed
in right over the wreck and succeeded in
reScuing the bCatswaln, cook and others.
Next we rescued an engineer. who was
cirging 20 the steamers funnel All this
! occupied several hours. We then made
Tor the shore.
HeartrendfnE scenes on the Ship.
Further advices from ST. keverne say
the panic on the Mohegan was terrible.
and the cries OF despair were heard on
shore. One Passenger cut away the falls
or I!feooat with a razor and this saved
Grandin.. entered ships boat which was
eapsized. and Mrs. Gra,idin was damned
between this boat and lifeboat. One Of
the hfeboats crew. at great personal risk.
jumped on board the steamers boat after
The latter had righted and pulled Mrs.
Grandin from her dangerous position. But
all the efforts made TO revive her were
useless. When Miss Rondebush landed
later she anxiousiy inquired for her moth
e., whose body was identified by the vicar
OF ST. keverine from the description OF
ring furnished 10 him by the daughter
One OF Mrs. Grandin's feet was torn from
the leg.
story OF Survivor.
One OF the survivors. George c. Mauie.
OF New York. SAID
"Au went we'll until o'clock yesterday
evening. when most OF the passengers
were at dinner: The steamer was going
loud crash, which seemed TO denote that
We had eoEided with some other vessel,
but when We rushed on deck. We found
that the Mohegan was on the rocks. Or
ders were given Immediately to lower the
boats. and the crew of the steamer be-
haved like heroes. Capt. Gr.fiiths stood
vailed among the passengers and crew.
The steamer Immediately began to settle
by the head Two boats were launched.
The women were sent away in the first
boat. but whether these boats reached
land or no, do not know. l managed TO
secure a. life belt, and jumped overheard
n company with the chief officer of the
Michigan. Soon We were parted from each
other. When ] was leaving the vessel a
little girl begged piteously that I Try to
save her. / was powerless 10 help her.
Eventually. / caught hold OF a plank.
which was floating on the water. and |
chung TO IL for seven and half hours.
AT the expiration Of that tine. I was pick
ed up by tug. | cannot explain how the
accident occurred"
Position Is n Mystery.
Local seamen who have been questioned
upon the subject appear to be unable to
explain how the Mohegan got into such a
position. Later in the morning 1t became
known that another lifeboat had landed
sixteen more survivors OF the Mohegan,
and as hteboats put out from number OF
places, hopes are expressed that the num-
Der of survivors may be increased
AS the day wore on further reports re-
ceived showed that forty five survivors Of
the Mohegan We're landed at Port Hou-
stock. Cornwall. where the bodies of five
dead persons have been received. Then
came the, announcement that fourteen OK
the crew had been found alive on the rocks
near the scene of the disaster.
William Moore, a seaman OF the Mohe-
gan. belonging in London. was among tho
men who succeeded in reaching Port
Houstock- He said the vessei struck for
ward on the starboard bow and sank head
first the stern rising up in the air Only
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