A view towards St Keverne Church from the Square with four men carrying a coffin past a house near the steps to the church.
A view along the front of a glass-fronted shop with 'Rule & Son' above the entrance towards the steps of St. Keverne Church, The Lizard. In the middle-ground are four men carrying a coffin past the gable end of a house with a bearded old man in a white apron watching. The body was from the passenger/cargo ship Mohegan (1898), wrecked on the Manacles Rocks off The Lizard.
The Mohegan left London on 13 October 1898 with 97 crew, 17 cattlemen and 53 passengers, as well as 1,280 tons of general cargo. The ship was seen passing Eddystone Lighthouse at about 5pm on 14 October, about 10-12 miles out. The ship then ran onto the Manacle rocks at about 7pm. Some 102 people lost their lives.
The Mohegan left London on 13 October 1898 with 97 crew, 17 cattlemen and 53 passengers, as well as 1,280 tons of general cargo. The ship was seen passing Eddystone Lighthouse at about 5pm on 14 October, about 10-12 miles out. The ship then ran onto the Manacle rocks at about 7pm. Some 102 people lost their lives.
Object Details
| ID: | G14385 |
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| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gibson & Sons of Scilly |
| Date made: | After 14 October 1898 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in |