Below is a link to an interesting page from the New York Tribune of Dec 4th 1909 - see the column headed "60 die in gales", which covers the loss of the Ellan Vannin and another ship. Did the survivors themselves claim to be from the Manx ship?

ht tp://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1909-12-04/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Vannin+wrecked+Wreck+wreck+Ellan-Vannin

You'd need to join up the first four letters if you copy & paste into your address bar.