The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17
THE LOSS OF THE MOHEGAN
ATLANTIC TRANSPORT COMPANY
 ISSUES 4 STATEMENT.
Of the Passengers Eleven Have Been Saved and of the Crew and Cattlemen Thirty- Cause of the Disaster Remains the Profoundest Mystery Remarkable Stories of Rescue.

Remarkable Stories of Rescue.
 London, Oct. 16.-The Atlantic Trans port company issued the following statement to-day regarding the fate of the passengers and crew of the steamer Mohegan, which was wrecked last Fri day night off The Lizard, between The Manacles and The Lowlands:
 ''Qf the passengers, eleven have been saved ten bodies have been recovered, and thirty three are missing;
 "Of the crew and cattlemen, 39 nave been saved fourteen bodies have been recovered and 51 ara nisSirE.'
 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 re- ports of the various correspondents differ widely as to the rescues, recover ies and losses, though none has been able to obtain the exact number of those saved or of bodies recovered. The bodies of the following passengers have been recovered: T. w. King, Edna King, Master King, James Blackey. Miss H. M. Cowen, Dr. Fallows., B. Franklin Fuller, Mrs. L. M. Luke, George Seymour, Miss l.. H. Warrener.
 The latest advices from Falmouth this evening say that sixty-eight bodies have been identified, mostly the bodies of sailors. Four are as yet un identified, including those of two elderly ladies. One appears to be a German. She wore a watch and a wedding ring, both en- graved "1S71," the other wore silver brooch with the letter "D' 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. Katherine Tugs have been cruising ill 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 seven miles. There was no fog at the time while the wind on her port quarter was not sufficient to prevent her answering the helm. It has been suggested that her compass was faulty, but daylight lasted long after Oddly stone light was passed. The sailors say the fact that the Lizard 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 Investigating officer on dis covering that he was in the bay sud- denly turned seaward. Two engineers who are saved, declare, however, that they never slackened speed.
 Remarkable stories of rescues con- tinue. Robert Barrow, seamon, per- formed the feat of swimming unalded | through the toughest water to Cover ack Point, a distance of two and one- half miles, He climbed up the ragged cliff where a searching party found him early the next morning completely exhausted A. c. l.. Smith of Oregon, a passenger, surrendered to a woman i in the water wreckage that was SUD- porting him and sWam ashore unald- { ed. The woman was saved Her name is reported as Miss Webb, but no such | name appears in the companys list. Messrs. Smith and Bloomingdale say there was the greatest difficulty Tn l launching the boats. The ropes were new and stiff and the blocks would not l work. Four or five times as many sailors as should have been necessary l struggled to lower each boat. The 1 lockers were hard to open. Tie crew in a chivalrous effort to save the wo- men made the mistake of underman- ming the boats. There were only four sailors in one boat which capsized as 1 soon as it was launched. Messrs. Smith and Bloomingdale say that Cap 1 tain Griffiths had appeared i'll all day.
 The death of T. w. King, who was newspaper proprietor at Nantucket Mass, and of his family, including Mrs. King. her mother, Mrs. Weller and his sons Rufus, aged eleven, and Anthony, aged seven has caused deep sorrow at Penzance, where the family had a summer cottage and were very popu- lar. Joseph O'Rourke, MT. Kings val ct. who was saved, says he was on deck when the crash came. The lights went ont immediately. Rushing to the saloon he heard MT. King exhorting his fami- ly to keep cool. O'Rourke, with seven others. clung to the rigging until s o'clock yesterday morning when life boat took them off. He identified the bodies of the Kings and Mrs Weller and will have them embalmed and talk en to the United States in accordance with cabled instructions from the rela- lives of the family at Nantucket.
 Later.-Up to midnight fifty-one bod ies had been recovered. Some were l miles away in coves and it is expected that more will be washed ashore to- morrow. Many persons undoubtedly were killed by being dashed upon the rocks who would have escaped if cast ashore on an ordinary coast. Some of tha bodies are horribly mangled. A good deal of jewelry and money has been found. As all the navigating off, cers were lost it is doubtful whether light will ever be thrown on the cause of the disaster. All the flags ashore and on the boats in the bay are at half mast.
 | ABATEMENT BY JOHN HTSLOP. | The New York Yaehtsman Who Was
 Saved from the Mohegan.