New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-16
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
FORTY.FIVE BELIEVED TO BE THE NUM-
BER SAVED OUT OF ONE HUNDRED
AND SIXTY-ONE on BOARD
THE MOHEGAN.

Falmouth. England, Oct. 15.-The loss Of life
on the British steamer Mohegan, Captain Grif-
fths. belonging to the Atlantic Transport Com
pany. which vas wrecked on Friday evening in
the vicinity Of the Lizard, betv cen the Mana
cles and the Lowlands. is believed to be about
116 persons, passengers and crew Forty-nve
Of those on board escaped. The Mohegan LETT
London for New-York on Thursday. having on
board, so far as can be ascertained at present
sixty-fve passengers and a crew of nlnety-sM
officers and men. Thrtythree OF the crew are
known 10 be saved.
The bodies Of four mon and two women have
been picked up and landed here.
NAMES OF THOSE SAVED
# is now known that John Hyslop, the official
measurer of the New-York Yacht Cub, pas
senger. was among the saved. OAhers saved
are r r. Pemberton and Mrs. Pemberton and
their two sons; Mrs Compton Swift, Miss NO
bic. of Baltimore; W. ]. Bloomingdale. Richard
Kelley. A. c. l.. Smith. s Wood and Miss Rou-
debush. The valet of T. W. King was also
among the saved.
The following officers OF the steamer have
been saved: Victor Lawrings. Ferguson and
Or. Trevor and Mrs. Piggott, the stewardess
The body Of r. A. Baxter one of the passen-
gers has been recovered.
Miss Roudebush is the American operate
singer who is professionally known as Maud
Rounds She telegraphed to relative in Lon
don to-day. saying:
ship wrecked. Mother dead"
So soon as the steamer was seen to be in dis
tress, lfeboats put off from the shore, and every
effort posi- ole was made to save the endangered
people The coast at this point Is extremely
dangerous and has been the scene of numerous
wrecks A number of tugs which put out from
this port to the assistance of the Mohegan were
compelled to return without being able to ap-
proach that vessel, owing to the severity OF the
weather prevailing. lifeboat landed thirty OF
the passengers and crew OF the Mohegan. one
Of the former. a woman, died after she was
brought ashore Later In the morning 1t be-
came known that another lifeboat had landeu
sixteen more of the survivors Of the Mohegan.
and as feboats put out from number OF
places hopes were expressed that the number of
survivors heard from would be increased as the
day wore on. One of the sixteen persons in the
second lifeboat was woman. All the sur
vivors were in pitiabe condition. and some OF
them were badly injured by and rocks
and are suffering from bruises and torn and
fractured limbs.
Later in the dav further reports received here
showed that forty-five survivors OF the Mohegan
were landed al Port Houstock. Cornwall where
the bodies of five dead persons had also been re-
covered.
Then came the announcement that fourteen or
the crew Of the wrecked steamer had been found
alive on the rocks near the scene OF the dls-
aster.
Nevertheless the reports received as to the
number of survivors were extremely contradc-
tory. and some denied. Later 1t was be-
lieved that the only persons rescued were those
who were taken to Port Houstock in two jour
neys which the lifeboat at that place made to
the wreck Even then. some of the rescued per-
sons died from exhaustion after landing.
poDIEs WASHED ASHORE AT ST KEvERINE
dispatch from St. Keverine a small town
q little to the eastward Of the Manacles. says
eighteen bodies from the Mohegan have been
washed ashore there. They have been deposited
In the parish church
4 member of the Port Houstock ifeboat crew
named James CAV, a graphic account of the
wreck He said that as soon as the disaster was
announced his crew was summOnded to the boat
and proceeded to the Manacles. They could see
no lights the night was pitch dark and no
rocks we're discernble: but they heard shout
ing and pulled toward the spot from which the
shouting came. No steamer was visible, but the
lfeboat came across an overturned boat, 10
which four or five men were clinging with great
a,alculty They were taken board the life
ho,f The crew OF the latter then heard shout
ing within the overturned boat. and the mem
b,rs Of the Hfeboat's got out their Crap
nels sud managed to right the craft. Inside OF
her they found n woman and two three men