The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-16
THE MOHECAN WRECK
tiahtecn Bodies Have Been Mashed
Ashore at st. keyerin.
GALLANT WORK OF THE LIFE SAVERS
The Night Mas Pitch Dark and No
Rockets We're Disecrnible.
THE LlfEEOATs OVERTURNED
Miss Noble of Baltimore Mas Saved
Through der Own Pluck.
ONE HUNDRED AND FOR1Y.THREE LOST
The Vessel struck n Rock ana sank
Immediately Bodic~ washed
Ashore Arc MntiiatcL.
Miss Noble of Baltimore Mas Saved
Through der Own Pluck.
Ne HUNDRED AND FORIY.THREE LOST

Falmouth, Eng. October i5--Tho British
steamer Mohegan, Captain Griffin, belong
INK TO the Atlantic Transport company.
has been wrecket In the vicinity of The
Lizard. between the Manicles and tho
lowiands. 1t is believed that about lis pcr
sons OF her passengers and crew were
drowned. Only thirty.ono survivors have
reached tho shore
The Mohegan ieft London for New York
Thursday having on board, so far as can
BIO ascertainej at present. nfty-ninc pas
songers and crew of lis officers aud
men. When tho steamer was seen to be In
distress lIfehoats put OF from the shore
and every effort possible was made TO save
the passengers, The coast at this poin, n
extremely dangerous an1 has been tho
acene OF numerous wrecks. The general
oplnion at present is that The machinery
OF the Mohegan became disabled during
the heavy norhelsteIly gsle which was
blowing and tim; she ran ashore ans
fourdered A number OF tugs which put
out from this port to The assistance Of the
Mohogan were compelled TO return without
heinz able TO approach the vessel OWNS
to The ecycrty OF The weather prevailing.
A lIfebost lssdod thiry.onc OF the passen-
gerp and crew OF tta Mohsgan. One of tho
former. woman, died after being brought
ashore.
| l. has been learned tina, the Mohoyau
sat,S immediately after she ran on tho
rock Tho local semen who have been
questioned on tho subject appear u=able
TO explain how tho Mohegan got into such
position. Later In the day II became
knowa that another llfeboat had been
landed with fifteen survivors of the Mo-
| he gan, Che Of the sixteen pas'efgsrs known
to have been saved "a lS1y. All of no
survivors are in n ptIabls condition and
some OF them have been badly Injured by
| rocks and waves ard are suffering from
| bruises ead torn and fractured limbs,
, Csc of tho passengers rescued says that
all tlrp passengers were dirfng when the
catastrophe occurred. though scme Of the
children and those who were sessick were
in their lerths Suddenly the Mohegan
struck with n grating noise; all on board
thought this vac r4used by coal falling
down the bunkels. but second shock fol-
lowed aud the vessel began TO settle. A
coast guardsman who was on duty at Cow
efact says he noticed tho Mohegan wa
pursuing dangerous course.
VIM Moore, q seaman Of the Mohegan
belonging to London, was among the msn
who succeeded In reaching shore. He said
| the weasel struck forward on tho star
! board bow and sank head first her stern
, rising right up Ia the air Moore sprau.
! oytTboald and Utter swimming for. con
siderable time succeeded in reaching an
empty boat Belonging TO the steamer. lie
| Ect luio ,Ge poAt ana sta.ded 20 row for
the shore, Sometime afterwards he saw
enc OF his shpmatcs q man named Hilson.
| on q raft. Hison was exhausted ard Moore
dragged him into the lifeboat. Hilson's
shoulder was badly injured. The sea was
then running heavily aud the lifebo,t was
nearly full OF water. and after escaping
| two or three LOCKS she was smashed To
pieces. Moore and IIllson were washed
| ashore
The survivors without exception sprah
In the highest terms OF the devotion. hero
ism and eoolness displayed by the officers
and crew OF the ill-fa,ed steamer and de-
clare that all were instantly at Their posts
when II was known that shc had struck.
The perilous position OF the ship was no.
ticed on shore and a warning rocket was
sent up, but It was 100 late then to avoid
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