Iowa State Bystander

STEAMER ON THE ROCKS.

Over 150 Persons Said to Have Been Drowned by the Accident.

LONDON, Oct. 15.—The Atlantic Transport Company's steamer Mohegan, formerly the Cleopatra, of the Wilson & Furness-Leyland line, which left London for New York with fifty passengers and a crew of 150, is ashore off the Lizard, between the Manacles and the Lowlands. It appears that when the Mohegan struck, a gale was blowing 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. 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 it failed. According to the latest information from Falmouth the vessel has gone ashore off the Lizard, and but thirty-one of the two hundred persons on board have been saved.

FALMOUTH, Oct. 17.—Out of the 161 persons on board the lost steamer Mohegan, forty-five were saved. From the best evidence obtainable it appears that the Mohegan foundered five 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 executive 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 lights and the coast were visible. One of the survivors, George Maule, of New York, said: "We left London Thursday, and all went well until 7 o'clock the next evening, when most of the passengers were at dinner. The steamer was going at full speed, and suddenly we heard a loud crash, which seemed to denote that we had collided with some other vessel. But when we rushed on deck we found that the Mohegan was on the rocks between the Manacles and the low lands, in the vicinity of the Lizard. Orders were given at once to lower the boats, and the crew of the steamer behaved like heroes. Her captain stood on the bridge, and the greatest order prevailed among the officers and crew. The steamer, however, began to settle by the head. Two boats were launched. The women were sent away in the first boat."