Evening journal., 1898-10-17
MOHECAN DISASTER
Death List Runs Over One
Hundred.
BRAVERY OF CREW AND PASSENGERS
Sen RisIscd Their Lives to Save Wo-
men and Children - Contrast 20
Dourgogne Wreck - MINES of
the Passengers Recovered.

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LONDON. oct. 1.-THE Atlantic
Transport company issued the following
statement last night regarding the fate
OF the passengers and crew OF the
steamer Mohegan. which was wrecked
last Friday evening off the Lizard be-
tween the Manacles and the Lowlands:
"Of the passengers II have been
saved 10 bodies have been recovered
and 80 are missing.
'Of the crew and cattle men 80 have
been saved IA bodies have been recov-
cred and 81 are missing
Since this statement was issued nine
other bodies have been picked up, in
cluding two that have been Identified
as the bodies Of passengers.
The reports Of the different corre-
spondents differ widely as to the res
cues. recoveries 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 passen-
gers have been recovered: T. w. King,
Edna King. Master King, James Black
ey Miss II. NJ. Cowen. DR. Fallows, B.
Franklin Fuller Mrs. L. NJ. Luke,
George Seymour and Miss l.. II. War
rener.
The latest advices from Falmouth say
that 8S bodies have been identified,
mostly the bodies Of sailors. Four are
as yet unidentified, including those OF
two elderly ladies. one appears to be
a German. She wore a watch and
wedding ring, both engraved '1S71." 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 cot
tages along the shore and the crew at
the Sailors home at Falmouth.
Tugs have been cruising In the vicln-
ity all day. despite the very rough
weather, IN the hope Of picking up 9TH
er bodies
Remarkable stories Of rescues con-
tinue. Robert Barrow a seaman, per-
formed the feat Of swimming unaided
through the toughest water to Coverack
point, a distance Of two and a half
miles. He climbed up the ragged cliff.
where a searching party found him
early the next morning completely ex-
hausted. Mr.. A. c. l.. Smith Of Oregon,
a passenger. surrendered to a woman in
the water wreckage that was support
ing him and swan ashore unaided. The
woman was saved. Her name Is re-
ported 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. -Four or FIVE times as many
sailors as should have been necessary
struggled to lower each boat. The lock-
ers were hard to open.
The crew, in a chlvalrous effort TO
save the women, made the mistake of
undermining the boats There were
only four sailors in one boat, which cap
sized as soon as 1t was launched. Messrs.
Smith and Bloomingdale say that Cap
tain Griffiths had appeared i'll all day.
The death Of Mr. 7. w. King, who
was a newspaper proprietor OF Nan
tucket, Mass, and of his family, in
Guiding 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 summer cottage and were very
popular.
Joseph O'Rorke, Mr.. Kings valet who
was saved, says he was on deck when
the crash came. The lights went out
Immediately. Rushing TO the saloon he
heard Mr. King exhorting his family to
keep cool.
Mr.. O'RorlSe, with seven others. clung
to the rigging until 6 o'clock Saturday
morning, when a lifeboat 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 accordance with cabled in
structions from the relatives Of the
family at Nantucket.
The cause of the disaster remains the
profoundest mystery. Nobody attempts
TO explain how the rMohegan got so far
north Of her true course-from six To
seven miles. There was no fog at the
time, while the wind on her port quar-
ter was not sufficient to prevent her an
swerng the helm. II 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
above water, show that her stern Is
landward, causing a theory that the
navigating officer on discovering that
he was IN the bay suddenly turned sea
ward. Two engineers who are saved
declare. however, that they never
slackened speed.
The Disaster InexpIicabIe.