New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-16
MANY ANXIOUS INQUIRERS.
RELATIVES OF PASSENGERS THRONG
THE COMPANY'S OFFICES HERE.
AN AGED LAWYER FRUSTRATED BY FEAR FOR
THE FATE OF HIS CHILDREN-MEAGRE
Ixropv,Tro< ~ THIS CITY.

INFORMATION IN lhio 'lll'
! Throughout the whole Of yesterday friends and
! relatives Of passengers and Of the crew VINO were
on board the Mohegan visited the Office OF the At
| lantc Transport Company at No. ! Broadway. IN
/ the effort To discover whether those for whom they
/ inquired among the saved. But the Informal
| tion the officials could give was very meagre In
! fact the only authentic news they had received
from the agents OF the line on the other side was
| that the Mohegan had been lost From early
morning he company's employees waited In almost
| momentary expectation OF receiving by cable A
complete list Of those saVed together with full de-
| tails OF the disaster and the causes which led 70
II. At O'Clock last night they were stil without
the intelligence for which they had looked all day
and little later as 1t was then approaching mid
night in London Philip A. 5. Franklin. the manager
OF the company decided To close the Office mas
much as there was little likelihood OF the expected
particulars being dispatched from England at 50
late an hour The Offices will be kept open to-day
however for the purpose OF giving the earliest
publicity to dispatches coming from the other side
relating 10 the identity OF the saved.
BEYOND the information contained in the news
papers the company's officers in this city had no
knowledge Of even the number approximately Of
those who had reached the shore safely II IL
probable that the reason OF this lack OF communi-
cation from the English representatives of the
line is the isolation of the spot where the MohcGan'
struck so far as can be ascertared Falmouth
is the nearest clegra phic station 10 the point where
the wreck occurred. distance of perhaps twenty
AN AGED LAWYERS GRIEF.
While there were not the exciting and wildly
sorrowful scenes yesterday az the cOmpanys office
here which usually attend the sinking of a large
passenger liner. yet many pathetic incidents oc-
CURED during the day. one of the earliest caller
was Henry Morrison. Of the oldest lawyers In
this city who lives at No. 223 West Seventy eighth
s.. He had letter In his hand which he said he
had received from his son, who Is travelling
abroad for his health with his stepsster. Miss
Hannah F. Hart The letter stated that they in
tended To sail by the Manltou on october 10. With
"a tremor in his voice Mr. Morrison asked II the
Mauitou had sailed on that day. When he was
told that II had not. nut that October l3 was the
sailing day Of The Michigan. he sank in falnting
condition on a seat murmuring. They are lost,'
4 friend who with him endeavored 20 console
him by saying that probably by n miracle all the
passengers had been saved "Oh, there's
miracle. they have been lost the aged man
Piled in despairns whisper. He sat down to
await the receipt Of the passenger list. and when
It came and the names Of his and stepdaughter
found upon it. he collapsed completely lie
was assisted TO the nearby Office Of a friend and
refused to go TO his home until he obtained
of the fate Of HIS children. When late In the after
he informed that there a likelihood
that most OF the passengers had been saved he be-
came pcrceptihly checred and hopeful
\ man who refused TO give his name asked II
there was John j. Iclachour on board the lost
ship When Informed thai there three pas
sfngers Of that rame he exclaimed with hopeless
gesture: That settles ~!
FEAR FOR JOHN HYsLOP
Mrs Hyslop the wife Of John Hyslop the WELL
known yacht measurer. and her daughter called at
the office at early hour with anxious inquiries
When they were informed news had yet reached
here Of Mr.. Hysops safety both burst into tears.
Another Respondent seeker for details John T.
Fireng. chief clerk in the Navy pay Office in the
Stewart Building. whose wife and daughter had
taken passage the Michigan. Strangely fateful
as it happened. Mrs. and Miss Freng had intended
TO sail on La Bourgogne when she made her last
Inflated trip from this port bat Travelled by the
gosne they had return tickets on the French
line but by the advice OF Mr. Fireng they decided
10 lose the return passage money in order 10 come
back on an English ship. Mr.. Fireng was in an
exceedingly nervous condition while he was AZ the
nor his daughter had been saved. There We're
many inquiries made also after the members Of the
crew hut the officials had not list Of the ships
company. they unable 10 satisfy the callers as
20 the names Of any Of the crew.
The MOhegan wds new snip and had made only
one voyage 10 this country. and that Trip from all
one Of those who was on board the Mohegan when
ht made her maa ag Tn sW 10 rbne
porter. that on that passage the engines and ma,
chinery were defective. The vessel had no trial
the from Hun where she was built 10 Lon
don the por, fr9m where she stared ,G Tne d1H
mechanics work her machinery, IN the
effort TO complete II on time. Well We left London
july 80, and pretty trying time We had or H.
Early the the pumps got out OF order,
the boiler tubes leaked and various other troubles
with the machinery. Two rooms were hooded
from the leakines. Three days after We had heen
had 10 lay 10 for about half DAY repair
Ing things. Before landing The passenger signed
n protest the company. and ~ IN" same ilme
presented the officers and crew testimonial
FOR the unceasing labors they were compelled 30
perform 10 keep the vessel going. ] may say now
tina; the Michigan an excellent sea snip
She had a strong hui. good weather boat
and Was comfortable in every way except for the
her ...... ...r,. ,-r,n
When Mr. Franklin the general manager Of the
comuanv was Informed OF this statement. he said:
eft j. untrue that the Moheeau did not have trial
trIn She did have y trial rip. ana II proved very
satisfactory Her first trip 10 this country was
,,nsafisfactorv II must be admitted. but first trips
frenuentIv are After the vessel had unoadcd her
,reishi hero we sent her home at half speed After
rer arrival In London she was Thoroughly over
no,reI and her machinery improved. She was IN
Inc shiub,ilders hands for forty-one days ana at
The end of that time was Inspected by Iloyds, and
registered IN the highest class $40. 49,.
Nr franklin was unable to advance any theory
az IA the cause Of the disaster Inc night ~ re-
nnrted as having been clear whirh WouId seem ID
nrcclde the idef that any fault lay with me nav
ators Many people think mat the engines OF IN.
s%in broke down again ana that in the strong wind
tbat nrevailcd she. was blown on 10 the ROCKS OF
Inc gard So far as her construction y con
rorncd the Mohegan j. regarded As n particularly
al, tyuo az boat. She Is deep ana beamN ana l.
ssid IN he sieady I'm the toughest OF weather.
SOME OF THE PASSENGERS.