The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21
WOMEN BOATS.
MOHECAN'S CREW UNDER
MANNED CRAFT.


LONDON. Oct. 1s.-The distressing
at the Offices here Of the Allan
tic Transport company, when the news
Of the wreck of the steamer Mohegan
of the Lizard first became known to
those who had friends or relatives on
board, were renewed this morning.
There were many weeping women
present, several with infants in their
arms. The women appealed for nows
81 the missing. Most of them were
wives Of the members of the crew.
Some Of them left, still hoping that
their husbands had been rescued; the
majority gave way to despair.
According to the latest reports los
persons pcrished in the wreck.
This statement was issued by the
company last night:
"Of the ffty-four passengers, eleven
nave been saved, ten bodies have been
recovered, and thirty-nino are missing.
"Of the crew and cattlemen, thirty
nine have been saved, fourteen bodies
have been recovered and hfty-one are
missing"
Since this statement was issued, nine
other bodies have h, : n picked up, in
GLIDING two that have been identified
- those Of passengers.
; The reports Of tho various CORE
spondents differ widely rs to tho res
cues, ~recoveries md Losses, though
non has been able to obtain the exact
number of those saved, or o nc bodies
rec ovcred.
! The cause Of tho 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 pre-
vent her answering the helm 1t 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 no. visible should
have service to give the alarm.
The masts Of the Mohegan, which
arc above water, show that her stern
is l%andward, causing a theory that the
navigating officer, on discovering that
he was in the bay, suddenly turned
seward. Two engineers who were
saved declare, however, that they never
slackened speed.
Remarkable stories Of rescue con-
Time.
Robert Barrow, a seanan performed
the feat Of swimming unaidcd through
the toughest water to Cove Rock point,
. distance Of two and one-half miles.
He climbed up tho rugged cliff. where
a searching party found him early the
next morning, completely exhausted.
A. G L. Smith Of Oregon, o passenger,
surrendered to a woman w~reckags that
was supporting him, and swam ashore
unaided- The woman was saved. Her
Is reported as Webb, but no such
name appears In the company's list.
Messrs. Smith and w. J. 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 five
times "a many sailors a. should have
been necessary struggled to lower
each boat The lockers were hard to
open.
The crew, In . chiyalrous effort TO
save the women and children, made
the mistake Of undermining the
boats. There were only four sailors
In one boat, which capsized Is soon as
IL was launched. Messrs. Smith and
Bloomingdale say that Captain Grit
6fts had appeared i'll all day.
Mr.. Williams, the company's man
sger. says the disaster was utterly in
applicable. The vessel was new and,
he asserts, we'll found, while the oap-
tain and crew were most reliable. He
says the crewso o: the eompany's YES
sels have constant boat practice, and
he 10 indignant at the insinuations re-
garding the condition Of Captain Grit
9Th.
Up to midnight nfty-ons bodies had
been recovered. Some were found
miles away in coves, and II ID expected
that more will be washed ashore.
Many persons undoubtedly were
killed by being dashed on the rough
rocks who would have escaped IL cast
lahore on an ordinary coast. Some of
the bodies are horribly mangled. A
great deal Of jewelry and money has
been found.
Al all the navigating officers were
lost, it is doubtful whether light will
ever DO thrown on the cause Of the dis.
aster.