The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-15
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
Narrowing Scenes at the
Company's Offices =
Hoodooed Vessel.
rRx cable 10 The Assoeiated Pres.

LONDON, Oct. Is, 1s9S.-Harowing
scenes were witnessed today at the Lon
don office of the Atlantic Transport
Company, to which the wrecked steamer
Mohegan belonged. A number of women
faitned when the worst news became
known and there was a constant stream
of telegraph boys running TO and from
the office, seeking for information or
taking messages to anxious enquirers.
The Mohegan, it is now said, has been
an Inflated vessel from the start. 1t is
added that she was only bought by the
Transport Company when their own
boats had been sold to the United States
Government during the war. She was
formerly the Cleopatra, one of the steam
ers belonging to the Wilson and Furness-
LeyIand Line and was bought direct from
the Hull shipyard.
She never ran for the Furness Line and
only made one voyage out and home.
This. it is asserted, was most u~nsatis-
factory, and friends of the crew declare
her engines were defective and that her
boilers leaked. She is further alleged to
have arrived at New York in such a con-
dition that she was sent home empty and
her return voyage took several weeks to
complete and she drifted a whole day and
| night owing to the trouble with her en-
gines-
For the past two weeks the steamer has
been in the dock undergoing repairs, and
the managers say she was in perfect con-
dition when she left port on her first oy-
age under her new name. The friends of
! the crew state. however. that in a TWEEN
- -. o,.r trial 10 81 xuoak har rprfor-
names were very unsatisfactory, and the
| crew did not wish to go on ner on account
| of the change of name and the previous
defect m her engines.
The assumption here is that her engines
| broke down and also that, owing to her
weak boilers, the vessel. in the rough sea
| and heavy gale which prevailed, drifted
helplessly on the rocks.
The wrecked steamer was commanded
by Captain Griffiths. Her chief officer was
| Mir. Couch, her second officer was Mr..
| Cole and her third officer was Mr.. Hind
marsh.
A strong gale now prevails on the east
coast Of England and several minor dis
asters to shipping have been reported.
The following is a list Of the passengers
Of the Mohegan.-R. A. Baxter, James
Blackey, w. j. Bloomingdale, H. f.
Cowan, Miss N. M. cowan, Charles Dun
can and wife, Miss Rosa Duncan, b.
Franklin Fuller, G.. Seymour George,
A.. H. Harrington, John Hyslop,
Richard Kelley, T. w. King, wife. sor
and two servants. r. A. Kipling, J.. lie
Lacheur and wife. +. w. Lockwood, T.
n. Luke and wife, Fl. Morrison, Jr, w
). OHNeill. F. r. Perhberton, wife. two
sons and maid, A. G. i. Smith
Mrs. Compton Swift, Mrs. Weller
DR.. Falows. Mr.. Cordery, Miss
BUSHNELL, Miss o. NJ. Firing. Mis-:
Fraser, Miss Hart, Miss e.. Merry.
weather. Miss l.. H. Warner, Miss Maud
R~ondebush, Miss Saunders, Miss shep-
herd. Mr.. S. G. Crane mot Mrs. S. G.
Crane. as at first thought, Mrs. Fenton,
Mrs. J. II. Firing, Mrs. 4. s. Grandin,
Mrs. Grinbrecht.
of these Mr. F. r.. Pemberton, Mrs
Pemberton, their two sons, Miss Comp
ton, Miss Swift Dossibly one OF ths
maids), and Miss R~ondebush, are known
to have ben saved.
The Michigan, formerly the Cleopatra
arrived ct New York on August u last or
her maidel, trip from London. She Raj