 Accusations of drunkenness, overloading of the ship and heading out over objections that the weather conditions were unsafe were leveled against Captain Wethern as well.Further claims that the captain ordered the women and children from the barge and into a cabin which he then locked were made as only seven of the 57 women on board had survived the sinking.It was reported that many of the women had left the barge voluntarily for the ship due to objectionable conduct by fellow passengers.