Evening journal., 1898-10-15
OCEAN LINER SUNK.
Steamer Mohegan Goes Down
Off English Coast.
RUMORS OF LARGE LOSS OF LIFE
Lifeboat Lands Thirty of the Fifty
Passengers - Woman with Both
Legs Severed Washed Ashore.
Particulars Hard to get.

LONDON, oct. 10. - The Atlantic
Transport company's steamer Mohegan,
formerly the Cleopatra of the Wilson
and Furness-Leyland line, which left
London for New York Thursday with 90
passengers and a crew of $50, is ashore
off the Lizard, between the Manacles
and the Lowlands
1t is rumored that there has been
great loss of life.
A coast guard message reports that
the passengers are drowning like
rats"
Another account says:
Bodies are washing ashore, one be-
Ing of a lady, lashed to a plank, with
both legs severed"
Particulars as to the disaster are diff
ficult to obtain. 1t appears that when
the Mohegan struck a gale was blow
Ing, and the sea was running high.
Lifeboats put off from the Lizard and
from Falmouth, one returning filled
with passengers. Several were drown
ed, however, IL is reported, on the
passage of the lifeboat to the shore.
Another lifeboat saved six persons.
The coast at that point is extremely
dangerous and has been the scene of
numerous wrecks. Some years ago
there was a movement set on foot to
get a lightship placed there, but ii
failed.
A later dispatch from Falmouth says
the Mohegan foundered and was prob
ably blown ashore by the heavy east
wind after her machinery was disabled
All the Falmouth tugs went out, but
none was able to approach the vessel.
Later.-A lifeboat has landed 80 OF
the Mohegan's passengers and returned
for more. One lady died after she was
brought ashore.
1t is reported that the position of the
Mohegan is serious and that assistance
is urgently needed.
According to a dispatch just received
from Falmouth. out of the 200 persons
constituting the passengers and crew
of the Mohegan only31 have been saved
The Cleopatra, afterward called tn,
Mohegan, was one of the large combi
nation cargo. cattle and passengei
steamships built for the Wilson's & Fur
pess-Leyland line in 1897.
There were five Of them-the Winifre
da, the Cleopatra. the Victoria, the Bo
adicea and the Alexandria. They werl
built to run between New York anC
AOnuOn anu designed TO carry a uNnlte'
number Of cabin tourists only. The,
were constructed to be eight day boats
affordlng a long sail and roomy accom-
modations.
Sanderson & Son Of No. 20 Broadwa.
were the agents.
After the United States governmen
purchased most of the Atlantic Trans
port lines steamships last summer. tn
Wilson's & Furness-Leyland line sold al
their new ships to the former line. who's
local name here and in Baltimore is tn
New York Shipping company, with ofh
ces at Broadway, and which was tn
only competitor in this class of bust
ness. The Wilson's & Furness-Leylan
line agreed to stay out of the New Yor
and London passenger traffic for a teri
of years when the ships were trans
ferred to the Atlantic Transport line.
The names Of all the steamships hav
been changed by their new owners, VIII
designate their vessels by giving ther
a title beginning with the letter M
The Mohegan was commanded b
Captain Griffith. one OF the most expe
rienced commanders in the service c
the Atlantic Transport line.