The herald., 1898-10-16
loss OF The MOHfGAN
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ufeboat Later the crow heard shouting
near the overturned Mfeboat and with
rrapnels managed to right It. inside the
boat they found woman and two or three
men alive. The woman was 30 tishtiy
1ammed In the wreck that the lfeboat men
had to cut away the thwarts OF tne small
boat before they could extricate her.
James said the lifcboat passed several
bodies Of men and women and picked up
couple Of men who were floating ON wreck
age
The lifeboat then met ships boat having
on board a. passengers ana crew. All OF
whom would have been speedily lost II not
rescued at that time. a. the boat was water
logged and was rapidly drifting toward the
rocks. The occupants Of this boat were
taken into the lifeboat. While the latter
was beating homewatd she picked up Miss
Noble Of Baltimore.
A Plucky Woman
"She Is tho pluckiest lady ever saw In
my life," said James. "She shouted:
Don't shove me an oar; give me rope.
The sea then swept her toward us. and we
cauCht her hands and got her safely on
board in as good state as could be ex-
pected. We then had IS persons In the
boat, including the crew, and could hear
shouting from the steamer. We approached
her and saw Steward Grey clinsing 10 the
jigger mast. We then saw that all four
masts were still standing and the survlv-
ors were clineing TO them. We backed iif
right over the wreck and succeeded in
reecuing the boatswain. cook and others.
Next we rescued an engineer who was
elinging to the steamers funnel. All this
occupied several hours. We then made
for the shore"
An Awful Panic
Further advices from ST. Keverine say
the panic on the Mohegan was terrible and
the cries of despair were heard on shore.
One passenger cut away the fails OF the
lifeboat with a razor and thus saved sew
eral persons.
Miss Rondebush ana feS mother. Mrs.
Grandin, entered a ships boat. which was
capsixed, and Mrs. Grandin was Jammed
between this boat ana lifeboat. One of
the Mfeboats crew. at great personal risk,
jumped on board the steamers boat after
the latter had rishted and pulled Mrs.
0randin from her dangerous position. But
she was landed in dying condition and all
the efforts made to revive her were useless.
When Miss kondebush landed later she
anxiousiy inquired for her mother, whose
body was Identified by the vicar of St.
Keverine from the description Of ring
Mrs. Grandin's feet was torn from the leg.
Details Meager
FALMOUTH, Oct 15.-rrom the best evil
dence obtainable, 1t appears that the Mo-
hegan foundered five minutes after she
struck the rocks. She was going at full
speed, struck twice, stopped and rapidly
settled into the water. As the captain and
the executive officers Of the steamer went
down with her. It has been impossible thus
far to ascertain how she got out Of her
course. as Falmouth light and the coast
were visible.
II is known that John Hyslop and the
valet of r. ". King are among the saved
Tho bodies OF six persons, four males and
two females. have been picked up and
landed here.
Tho survivors without exception speak In
the highest terms of the devotion. heroism
and coolness displayed by the officers and
crew OF the Inflated steamer. and declare
that all were instantly at their posts when
1t was known that she had struck.
The perilous position OF the ship was no.
ticed on shore. and a warning rocket was
sent up, but 1t was too late then to avoid
the catastrophe, which occurred so sud
denly that there was not time to get all