The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-16
Heroism Shown By Members of Life
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Falmouth, Oct 15.-From the best
evidence obtainable at st. Keverine, it
appears that the Mohegan foundered
tive 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 eX-
ecutive 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.
Among the incidents recited is the es-
cape of the Pembertons. Mr.. Pember-
ton jumped into a lifeboat, his wife
threw him their two children, then she
leaped into the boat herself, and thus
the whole family was saved. 1t is now
known that John Hyslop and the valet
of T. w. King are among the saved.
The bodies of six persons, four males
and two females, have been picked up
and landed here.
The survivors, without exception,
speak in the highest terms of the de-
votion, heroism and GOODNESS displayed
by the officers and crew of the ill
were instantly at their posts when it
was known that she had struck.
The perilous position of the ship was
noticed on shore and warning rocket
was sent up, but it was too late then
to avoid the catastrophy, which oc-
CURED so suddenly that there was not
sufficient time to get all the life-saving
apparatus out of the ship.
The terror of the scene was indescrib-
able-men jumped overheard in an ag-
ony of despair, and the women pas
SengerS huddled together and refused
to leave the deck. The officers re-
manned on the bridge to the last, and
many instances of sacrifice are re-
corded.
Members of the crew are known to
have stood by and watched the boats
launched and put off when it was ap-
parent that these We're the only means
by which their own lives could be
saved
A lifeboat with load of 40 passen.
gers, on its way to the shore, passed
many who were battling for their lives
in the water, whom it was impossible
to save. The villagers, headed by the
vicar and coast guard, stood on the
shore and cheered the boats. When the
lifeboat entered the little cove, the
fishermen waded into the sea to help
drag the little boat upon the beach, and
tenderly carried the exhausted surviv-
orS to their homes, which had been al
ready prepared for their reception, and
the vicar attended the injured.
The lifeboat was again launched and
put out for the wreck, on its outward
journey picking up three survivors.
The trip to the wreck was fruitless so
far as taking any enc from the vessel
was concerned, but on it's way back to
the shore, 16 other survivors were taken
from the water. This was just before
daybreak.
The latest list of the rescued shows
that only II passengers were saved, in
Guiding the PembertOns and maid
named Regain or Ryan.
Among the passengers known to have
been saved from the wreck are Miss
Noble of Baltimore, Nd, G. L. Smith,
W. Bloomingdale, R. Kelley, Mrs. Pig
gett, Miss Rondebush and S. Wood
The following officers of the steamer
have also been saved: Victor Law
rings, Ferguson and DR.. Trevor, and
Mrs. Piggett, the stewardeSS.
The saved include 80 members Of the
crew.
Among those who are still missing is
Mrs. S. c. Crane, believed to be the
wife of Stephen Crane, the novelist.
Miss Rondebush is the American
operate singer professionally known
as Maud Rounds. She telegraphed to
relative in London today saying:
'Shipwrecked. Mother dead
Miss Rondebush and her mother, Mrs.
Grandin, entered a ships boat which
was capsized and Mrs. Grandin was
damned between this boat and a life
boat. One of the lifeboat's crew, at
great personal risk, jumped on board
the steamers boat after the latter had
righted, and pulled Mrs. Grandin from
her dangerous position, but she was
landed in a dying condition and all the
efforts made to revive her were useless.