The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
FATALITIES ON THE MOHEGAN
ELEVEN OF THE FIFTY-FOUR PAS
SENGERS ESCAPE.

Thirty-Nine of the Crew and Cattle
men Saved-RepOrts of Rescues
and Losses Diner-TuGs Cruising
About the Wreck in Hope of Pick
ing Up BOdies-Cause of the Disas-
ter Still Mystery-Many Acts of
HerOism.
London, Oct 16.--The Atlantic Transport
Company issued the following statement
this evening regarding the fate of the
passengers and crew of the steamer Mo
hogan. which was wrecked last Friday
evening off the Lizard, between the Man
acles and the Lowlands:
"Of the passengers eleven have been
saved, ten bodies have been recovered
and thirty-three are missing.
"Of the crew and cattlemen. thirty-nine
have been saved, fourteen bodies have
been recovered and ffty-one are missing"
Since this statement was issued nine
other bodies have been picked up, includ-
! ing two that have been identified as those
! Of passengers.
The reports of the various correspond
ents differ widely as 20 the reseues recov-
cries and losses, though none has been
able to obtain the exact number of those
saved or of the bodies recovered.
The bodies of the following passengers
have been recovered: T. w. King Edna
King, Master King, James Blackey, Miss
H. M. Cowen, DR.. Fallows, B. Franklin
Fuller, Mrs. L. NJ. Luke, George Seymour,
Miss L. II. Warrener.
evening say that thrty-eight bodies have
been identified, mostly the bodies of salt
ors. Four are as yet unidentified, includ-
| ing those of two elderly ladies. One ap-
pears 10 be a German. She wore a watch
and a wedding ring, both engraved 1871"
The other wore a silver brooch with the
| letter ID" in pearls. This is probably the
body of Mrs. Charles Duncan.
Nine of the bodies have been brought to
Falmouth, the others to the village church
at st. Keverne. The rescued passengers
are being sheltered at cottages along the
shore and the crew at the Sailors Home
at Falmouth
! Tugs have been cruising in the vicinity
all day, despite the very rough weather,
in hope of picking up other bodies.
The cause of the disaster remains the
-profoundest mystery. Nobody attempts to
explain how the Mohegan got so far north
| of her true course-from six to seven
mile. There was no fog at the time while
the wind on her port quarter was not
sufficient to prevent her answering the
| helm. 1t has been suggested that her
compass was faulty but daylight lasted
| lcng after Eddystone light was passed
The sailors saw fh0 fact that the lizard
light was not visible should have served
to give the alarm
The masts of the Mohegan, which are
above water. show that her stern is land
ward, causing a theory that the navigating
officer on discovering that he was in the
| bay suddenly turned seaward. Two en-
gineers who are saved declare, however,
that they never slackened speed.
Remarkable stories of rescues continue.
| Robert Barrow, seaman, performed the
feat of swimming unaided through the
toughest water to Coverack Point, a dis
tance of two and a half miles He climb
| ed up the ragged cliff, where a searching
| party found him early the next morning
| completely exhausted. A. c.. l.. Smith of
| Oregon, a passenger, surrendered TO a
| woman in the water wreckage that was
! supporting him, and swan ashore unaid-
ed. The woman was saved. Her name is
! reported as Miss Webb but no such name
appears in the companys list
Messrs. Smith and w. J. Bloomingdale
say there was the greatest difficulty in
! launching the boats. The ropes were new
and stiff and the blocks would not work.
Four or five times many sailors as
! should have been necessary struggled 10
| lower each boat. The lockers were hard
30 open.
The crew, in a chivalrous effort to save
the women, made the mistake of under
manning the boats. There were only four
sailors In one boat, which capsized as
soon as it was launched Messrs Smith
and Bloomingdale say that Capt. Grifflihs
! had appeared Ill ali day.
The death of Mr.. T. w. King who was
| a newspaper proprietor at Nantucket
Mass, and of his family including Mrs.
| King, her mother, Mrs. Weller, and his
sons. Rufus aged II, and Anthony, aged
| Z, has caused deep sorrow at Penzance,
where the family had a summer cottage
and were very popular.
| Joseph ORorke, Kings valet, who was
saved, says he was on deck when the
crash came. The fights went out imme-
| diately. Rushing to the saloon he heard
! Mr.. King eXhorting his family to keep
| cool. ORorke, with seven others clung to
! the rigging until O'Clock yesterday morn
! ing when a lfeboat took him off. He iden-
tfed the bodies of the Kings and Mrs
! Weller, and will have them embalmed and
! taken to the United States in accordance
| with cable instructions from the rela-
| tives of the family at Nantucket
| The description in the London dispatch
! Of T. w. King as a newspaper proprietor
at Nantucket, Mass, is probably errone-
Gus. Inquiry shows that the proprietors
of the local papers in Nantucket and it's
| vicinity bear other names. In b oston
| newspaper circles Mr.. Kings name is un-
| familiar. Probably he was a wealthy sum
| mer resident of Nantucket
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