The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-17
IT IS A DEEP MYSTERY
The Mohegan Was Six Miles
Out Of It's Course.
THERE'S NO EXPLANATION
No Fog st the Time OF the p,saster ana
Little wind-Rsmarkable Stories
OF Rescus-Ch Chivslry OF
the Crew.

London. Get. 16.-The Atlantic Trans
port company issued the following
statement this evening regarding the
fate OF the passengers and the crew of
the steamer Mohegan, which was
wrecked last Friday evening OF the
Lizard. between the Manacles and Low.
lands:
| of the passengers IL have been
saved. 10 bodies have been recovered
ana 80 are missing. OF the crew and
cattlemen 30 have been saved, IA bod
les nave been recovered and 81 are
| missing"
| since this statement was issued. nine
other bodies have been picked up. in
Guiding two that have been Identified as
those OF passengers.
The reports of the various correspond-
ents diner widely as to the rescues. re-
coveries and losses. though none has
been able to obtain the exact number
or those saved or Of the bodies recov-
cred. The bodies Of the following pas
sengers have been recovered: T. w.
King. Edna King. Master King. James
Blackey. Miss II. NJ. Cowen, Mr. Fall
lows. B. Franklin Fuller. Mrs. L. M.
Luke. George Seymour, Miss L II. War
rener.
The latest advices from Falmouth this
evening say that 3S bodies have been
Identified. mostly the bodies of sailors
-Four are as yet unidentified, including
those of two elderly ladies. One ap-
pears to be German. She wore a watch
and a wedding ring. both engraved
Sn. The other wore a silver brooch,
with the letter ID" in pearls. This is
probably the body of Mrs. Charles Dun
can.
Nine of the bodies have been brought
TO Falmouth. the others to the village
church at st. Keverine. The rescued
passengers are being sheltered in cot
tages 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
-seNen miles. There was no fog at the ]
time. while the wind on her port quar-
ter was not sufficient to prevent her an
swering the helm. 1t has been suggest
ed that her compass was faulty, but
daylight lasted long after Eddystone
light was passed.
The sailors say the fact that the Liz
ard light was not visible should have
served to give the alarm.
The masts Of the Mohegan which are
landward. causing the theory that the
navigation officer on discovering that
he was In the bay suddenly turned sea-
ward. Two engineers who were saved
declare however. that they never slack
ened speed.
Remarkable stories of rescue con-
tinue. Robert Barrow, a seaman per-
formed the feat of swimming through
the roughest water to Cove Rock point,
distance of two and one-half miles. |
He climbed up the rugged cliff, where !
a searching party found him early the !
next morning, completely exhausted. A. |
c. T. Smith of Oregon, a passenger,
surrendered to a woman in the water |
wreckage that was supporting him, and |
swan ashore unaided. The woman was |
saved. Her name is reported as Miss !
webb. but no such name appears in |
the company's list.
Messrs. Smith and w. ]. 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.
The crew. in a chivalrous effort to
save the women. made the mistake OF
undermanning the boats. There were
only four sailors in one boat, which can
sized as soon as II was launched
Messrs. Smith and Bloomingdale say
that Captain Griffiths had appeared i'll
all day.
The death Of T. W. King. who was a
newspaper proprietor of Nantucket,
Mass. and Of his family. including Mrs.
King. her mother. Mrs. Weller. and his
sons. Rufus, aged IL years, and An
thony. aged years, 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 lights went out
Rushing TO the saloon
he heard Mr.. King exhorting his fam
lily to keep cool O'Rorke with seven
others. chung to the rigging until
o'clock yesterday morning. when a life
boat took him off. He identified the
bodies OF the Kings and Mrs. Weller
and will have them embalmed and
taken to the United States. In accord
ance with cabled instructions from tho
of the family at Nantucket.
Up to midnight 81 bodies had been
recovered. Some were found miles
away in coves. and IL is expected that
more will be washed ashore tomorrow.
Many persons undoubtedly were killed
by dashing on the rocks, who would
have escaped IL cast ashore. Some of
the bodies are horribly mangled. A
great deal Of jewelry and money has
been found
As all the navigating officers were
ost. IL is doubtful Sh-ther light will
ever be thrown on the cause of the dis
ister. All the flags ashore and on the
boats In the iAy are at kslf mast