| Show WRECK OF MOHEGAN ONLY 31 OUT OP OF SOULS ON BOARD ARE SAVED amr encountered a stiff gale and nili sea and her har machinery ry became becam dig uly abbed mil and crew brono drownda alko lk et london ool oat 15 the atlantic transport companas comp anys steamer mohe gan formerly tile the cleopatra of the wilson and furness leyland line which left london for new kew york with fifty passengers and a crew creta of is ig ashore off the lizard between the manacles maracles Man acles and the lowlands according to a dispatch just received from falmouth out of persons constituting the passengers and crew of the mohegan Mo began only thirty one have been a saved a v e d particulars of the disaster are difficult to obtain it appears that when the mohegan struck a gale was mowing and the sea was running high lifeboats put off from the lizard and from falmouth one returning filled with passengers several were drowned however it is reported on the passage of the lifeboat to the shore another lifeboat saved six persons persona the coast at that point is extremely danger dangerous oils and has been the scene of 0 numerous wrecks some years ago there was a movement set on foot to get a lightship placed there but it failed A dispatch from falmouth Fali says the mohegan foundered and was probably blown ashore by the heavy east wind after her machinery was disabled all the F falmouth tugs wen tout but none were able to approach the vessel A coastguard coast fuard message reports that the passengers are drowning like rats another account says gays bodies are washing ashore one being that of a lady lashed to a plank with both legs severed the coast guards are watching for bodies and arec wreckage kago the steamer 3 mohegan fol legan then the Clop atral arrived at new york on august 12 last on her maiden trip frow from london she is a single screw steel vessel of tons ton register feet long by 52 feet learn beam and about 38 36 feet in depth of hold bold she has or had accommodations for passengers and a capacity for between and tons of freight and ca cattle atle |
