The Portland daily press., 1864-02-24
Loss of Steamship Bohemian.
From go to 30 Passengers Lost.
THE VESSEL A TOTAL WRECK.


struck on Alden's Rock, about three miles out
side of Cape Elizabeth, abont five minutes past
eight o'clock Monday evening. She was i'm
mediately turned to the shore and sunk in
about one hour and half quarter OF mile
from the shore. There were 10 cabin and l99
steerage passengers on board.
The steamer Bohemian is one of the Mon
treal Ocean Line, running between Liverpool
and Portland. She left Liverpool on the 4th
inst, and was several days overdue. She was
one of the iron Clyde built screw-steamers,
about 200 tons burthen, and about five years
old. She was not accounted fast vessel, but
her power had been often tested by adverse
winds and rough weather.
The weather was mild and calm at the time
she struck, but there was a thick fog which
occasionally lifted up. The steerage passen-
gers were in their hunks at the time of the
accident and the greatest CONSERVATION pre-
vailed. The boats were cleared away, and
No. made two trips, landing at Cape Eliza
beth about $50 passengers. The second boat
was swamped.
The ship was running slowly when she
struck, carefully feeling her way into the har-
Dor, or the loss of life might have been much
greater, as she would have probably sunk i'm
mediatey after striking. The Bohemian had
six boats, each capable OF holding 65 passen-
gers.
1t was stated by the second officer that all
the officers were on deck at the time the steam
er struck. 1t was five minutes past eight
and the watch was being changed. The YES
sci struck the rock and passed over it. Or
ders were immediately given to clear away the
boats, and soon the ship was headed for the
shore, but sank in four tathoms of water
Boat No. |, under the boatswain's mate, made
two trips to the shore, saving on the first trip
about so passengers, and on the second about
10. Boat No. 3, under charge of Mr.. Scott,
second officer, landed about IA in Broad Cove.
Boa; No. 4, uuder charge Of the LIST and Sd
officers, landed 25 on the beach, Boat No. 5,
in charge of the 4th officer, brought 20 into
Portland harbor. These numbers include
officers and crew. Whole number OF passen-
gers was 21S. Number of crew supposed to
be 90. Estimated saved in all the boats 1913,
leaving 10 to be accounted for. The crew are
nearly all saved.
The following is the list of cabin passengers
all saved Mr.. Woodruff, Mr. Gordon and
wife, Messrs. Employ, johnson, Fulford, Kings
ton, J. S. Millar, Richardson, Almatt, Smith,
WEIGH, Smith, Scatcherd, Stewart, Gilmore
and Robertson, all of Canada; and Captains
Wells and Stone, of the United States
The names of the officers are as follows
Robt. Borland, Master; Maxwell Frocks, LIST
officer; James Scott, I'd officer; VIM. Craw-
ford, Sd officer; John C. Sargent, 4th officer;
VIM. Jenkins, Purser; VIM. McMasler, Chief
Engineer; Thos. McMaster, I'd Engineer; NJ.
Barber, Sd Engineer; George May, 4th En-
gineer. The lamp-trimmer, Peter Hart and
the Engineers store-keeper, name unknown,
are supposed to be drowned. All remaining
officers and crew saved.
J. Traino, Canada; A. Holland, Montreal,
Margaret Manly and two children, Boston;
b. Neyills and G. Burns, New York G. Hall
f. Surray, Joseph Muse, wife and two child
rem, and Alfred Markham, Montreal; ]. Kane,
wife and four children, Portland; c. Somer-
vile, Canada; j. Scachman, wife and four
children, New York; Hannah Jockman and
three children, Pittsburg; j. Keelan, New
York; w. Wardell, London; j. Tremley and
wife, G. Boardman, Portland; c. Caslow, New
York; p. Murphy, Boston Mary Hay, Phila-
delphia; Mary Plowman, Montreal; John
Brown, CaEada; Dan. Bryant, Portland
Thomas Hughes and wife, do; Esther Stevens
and S. Tucker, Boston; j. Short and wife, B.
Hollychurch, Sampson Leach, New York;
Thos. Hemsey and two children, Philadelphia:
MAlpnxr x.rif.. a,I n,
Green, Montreal; Michael Knife. p. Cooper,
Owen Dunlevy, Morriss Cerran Dennis Smith,
j. Wilson and wife, New York; VIM. Earle,
Montreal VIM. Cornil, Andrew Wallace, Lucy
and Maria Maxwell, New York. X. Farrell,
wife and three children, Cincinnati, p. Martin,
wife and four children, NJ. Hughes, o. O'Neil
w. Broddick, w. Galerin, b. Ward, L. Walton
and mother, p. Riley, Il. Judge, J. Dolad, B.
Carbell and child, Boston; Isabel Quinn, N.
York; Rose Riley, John Manion, Kate Wynn,
Thos. Flarney, wife and children, Mary Lee,
Boston; Jane Sweeney. John Lindsey, +. Fee
nley, p. Rowin, Neill O'Neill, Barnard Kernly
wife and three children, Boston: John Hally
and wife, n. York; NJ. Connolly, Thos. Como
van, wife and three children, Mary Curran
john Curran, Mary Curran, Eliza and children
John Lane, wife and child, John Hally, Ellen
Flaherty, Boston James and p. Cassidy, p
Colon, New York; Il. DAILY and wife Boston:
New York; p. Gorham and wife, John Nc
Teer, Biddy Gorham. Thos. Comfy, wife and
child, VIM. Moran, New York: Mary Kean
and three children, John O'Neal and child
Ann Norton, New York; Eliza McKiever
Boston: Hannah Connolly and two children,
Boston; Sarah Kelly, New York; Mary Corr
can and child, Boston; John Lee. Chicago.
A meeting was held at the Merchants Ex-
change at twelve o'clock at noon yesterday,
to raise committee to find out what assist
ance to unfortunate passengers was needed,
and TO recommend such action as the case
demanded The meeting then adjourned to
three o'clock, at which time the committee,
consisting Of Messrs. w. S. Dana, William
Willis and Theodore Spring, reported that
subscription be opened Immediately, and per-
sons be invited to contribute in aid of the suf-
ferers either money or clothing. The call for
aid was promptly met by our citizens, and
$3.50 were raised before six o'clock. Our cit
liens will not come up to the reputation they
have long since earned for benevolence if they
do not provide fully for the wants of those who
are by this dspensation of Providence thrown
upon our charity.
+ We learn from gentleman who left the
wreck at about five o'clock, that the steamer
is in what is called, Staples Cove, Cape Eliza
beth, short of a quarter Of a mile North of the
two lights, on the pitch of the Cape. She
was when he left, upright, the water even
with her main deck, and persons were wal