Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-17
4 CHIVALROuS CREW.
y,.l, tsod 10 Saw. Women, Boats In
dernanned.
CAUSE OF THE WRECK a MYSTERY


,..,,o, oct. is-The Atlantic Trans
o,mpany Issued the following
,.n,nt this evening regarding the
~, Of he passengers and the crew OF
49, steamer Mohegan. which was
,.tsJ las. Friday evening on the
lizards. bsiween the Manacies and the
L5wlanis' -.
20, m, passengers, eleven have been
"a ian bodies have been recovered
"a tbiriy.lhrss are missing. -.
sni ibc crew and oattlcmen' thlrty-
hoye been saved. fourteen bodies
~, been recovered and hfty-one are
missing .. ..... t..,,.d min,
,'hsr b5des have been picked UP IN,
,iaiins two that have been ldehtln.u
ttsss u passengers. The reports
~ various correspondents diner
s.,iy az 10 the rescues, rccoveries ana
sbouqh no one has been able 70
49,. ne .xacf number Of those saved
~ bgtiss recovered. The bodies
y. ~ following passengers have been
T0C9s4rtti
r. W. Kiug.
Tfra King
Master King
Jamts Blackeye
Mss n. 81 c2wen.
Nj THliQNA
n. Franklin Fuller
Mrs l. VI Luxe
ge5rre Seymour
Niss l. H. Warrener.
m Itssi advlccs from Falmouth
,b's ev,flng say that thlrty-eisht
todipr have been ldcniihed'mosuy lhe
bodies u failou Four are a. Set w
iiertifsd Including those OF two elder
i, iadiss one appears 10 be q German
y, g.,4s Il watch and n wedding ring,
I'm snffaysd "tsli" The other wore
siivsr brooch with the letter -" In
g.,,is This 10 probably the body OF
vrs Charles Duncan. Nine OF the
bsilss have been brought TO Falmouth
.hs others 10 the village church al ~
R,y,rire The rescued passengers are
Meg sheltered IN cottages along the
,hafs and che crew at the sailors
Rome Al Falmouth.
Tars have been cruising In the VI.
eislty al DAY. despite the very rough
vaihn In chs hope OF picking up
other bodies,
OUT OF HER COURSE.
The csus, VI the accident remains the
u-sfoundest mystery. Nobody at.
t,snpts 10 explain how the Michigan
r0t 90 far norm Of her true coufae-
nom ia 20 seven miles. There was no
fo7 al the time. while the wind on her
nort quafter was not sufficient TO pre-.
ysnt brr answering the helm. Il has
hen surgsfied that her compass was
faulty but the daylight lasted long after
rdiystoue light was passed. The H1il-
a. say the fact that the Lizard light
sii not visible should have served 10
gis the alarm.
he masts o, the MohcEan. which
ar above Natcr. show that her stern
10 landward. causing a theory that the
navigating oiiicer ON discovering mat
h. was ln the bay. suddenly turned sea.
ward. Two engineers who wer saved
declare. however. that they nsver slack
ened speed.
a DESPERATE SWIM.
Remarkable stories q nc~cus con-
tuue. Robert Barrow, a seaman, per-
formed he feat VI swimming through
she ruughts water 70 Cove Rack Point,
a distance " two and one-half milsa.
lie climbed w the rugged cilff. whore
a searching party found him early The
next morning, completely exhausted.
A. {. l.. smith. VI Oreg0n.a passenger.
sirryndercd 10 a woman In the water
WfcckaFe that Nas aupQHing HIN and
rwain ashore unaidfd. Tue woman was
saved. Her name Il reported 40 Miss
webb. but no such name appears In the
Comp1ny's list
Msssfs Smith and W. J. blooming
dale ny there was the greatest am
Guilty In launching tho boats. Tho ropes
Wrrr nov and sim and the blocks would
not work. -Four 70 i've times a. many
sailors a. should have brvn necessary
tirugglei 70 lower each boat. The
lockers wer hard TO open.
THE WOMEN FIRST.
The crew, IN chlvalroua EFFORT 20
save the women, made the mistake OF
undffmannirE the boats. Ther wer,,
oaly four sailors In one boat, which
sapi'End az soon az Il was launched.
Aefr,, Smith and Bioomingiaie say
VA Vapi' orlfhths had appeared III all
The death % Mr.. 7. W. King. who
tat a Newspaper proprietor Of Nam
-ls,t Mast,, and OF hla family. includ-
~ Mrs King, her mother. Mira Weller,
49, ne sons, Rufus, aEei n years. and
al,h9hy, aged years, has caused deep
IoN AZ Penzance. wher the family
h.l a summer cottage and were isry
Je.qh o'Rorke. Kings valet. who
- saved, says he was on deck wh4n
w crash came. The lights went out
unmfdliel Rushing 20 the saloon
bari Mr. King exhortlng his family
N,p cool, oR0fke, with seven 0th-
- ellhE 70 he rigging until 9 o'clock
!ttrilhy morning, when llfo-b0at
~. Mn On. lie Identified the bodies
NE Kings and Mrs. Weller, and viii
~. NON embalmed and taken TO the
Nustl states, In accordance with ca
Instructions from the relatives OF
80, family az Nantucket.
Nhh II. Hyslop. the New York
s-.AHlAu, who was saved, IN the
seuisr ~ an Interview this afternoon,
,ptmntd the double raidnF around
hfa beats which, nv said Inn
fN fhe launching. The masthead
so " h.s opinion, should have been
tmP Instead ~ an electric lump.
s,,,lhi l case Il would not have been
.lgefhed,but would have furnished
iong % guide the lifeboata.
~. Williams the CImpany's man.
. .lys The disaster IL utterly mex
stapl,' Tho ship was new. he asserts.
~, she nnptaln and crew we're most
,.u'e Tie Flys the crews Z the
,NnAp!'H vessels have CONSTANT boat
,a.ueg and he n Indignant at the in-
csgluQR reFarding the condition "
NApAin uflrth.
FlFTY-oNE BopIEs.
A,Sp 10 midnight ntty-one bodies had
-. Vsred Some were found miles
~ pm o9vea, and II Is expected that
NJ M'll De washed ashore tomorf. M.
Nv p'lsors undoubtedly were Killed
i'ls elshed on the rocks who
~ ~ nave escaped II cast ashore on
A.. Nf"alf coast Some OF fhe htdlas