The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
The Loss of the White Rovcr---A Thrill
ling Story of Calamity and Suffering


W ~ NV
The u,oss of the White Royer---A Thrill
C.,..,,,.x and Suffering.
5...,h o,,,o,,onde,t of the BOSTON
"a '''noo'n w ,,.,,,.ns
Advertiser SENDS That paser iuiier pa u. o".'
otfthe White Rover disaster than nave peen
batore nr,nted:
60. 49, oo.,, do, of Januarv the weath-
ounuay, Ine A1su uas " o1n -, ~ 1917
er was D,ter eoiu VIII an, rom VIC mo'
west, anu .ne ioIaa'' NC ueos =, 49, -" 'ua.
InoinlnS m.uo o.Tsn' wv o,r pul
ous no. -, 80" G q. 'uo nhoa.e ~ rneii
uoav ID ' ,n .nd,a sn laws. An nour a.,
;stona,io t"o ~" usu .neleaeeu anu TUG colu
,r," % uiucu as W Excite Tue Tears oi
u, eAporienSeu lslanoeis ior Tue sa,s.y
-, ' ,Is. W. LII H.i"aii inen "eIe one''ei-
~ ~ u.s. 49,, oonnu .'e JullinS locAs INN
H., en =; ulaH., sd1lhs sea"aru a' .ue HUE
la noad ~ mn'Sn Tue Two men were slfu.slins
na'u W ~ oach " the ls'aho. ~ soon oecalne :
"ppa1en. tuat lhelr elol.s wee II ul!Iess-anu
unaueu' lney Wouid most certa'hy DC s"ep.
AMY 10 Ieewaro, tC ctrlaln oeatp.
John Huntfe's, ooid ana hardy nsnerman
volunteered 10 LAKE us ooat aLo tne ooy wlo
was In MS employ, anu go 10 tue rescue, TAX
ing Two more volunteers WIN tnem they put
iorlh INTO Inc seeming waves anu rowed STOUT
~ out for the three m'ies 10 the hshlns poat,
and, putting the two extra men with oars on
board the nrst boat, t was able, with great Ia
oor ana dimcuity' TO reacn The ISLAND at ABOUT
IL O'CLOCK but where were John Huniress
ana ms ooy lney were now III Inc same
neipiess condiiion as inc rescued OF es were
before Ne went ior mem, ana me lsano
"atcuers sooil saw lnaL Tue poor ieiIowS wSIe
poweiiess before Inc increasing ,oice .. W
VIM anu w..ses' a. aooul .Mo o,oIn ~ M
:. @ sent a. ,hsn "ey ,Per ,ha,
uanrn Dnwns et;rnar 70, .ha Wi,;to Pee
which law at anchd, N Tho foods c.Iled far -
volnnta.r crau -, 30 and GO ,hn,n IT.
hold ,nar,nars ;ore1 Can,o;n nomns Thev
ro,1oa ~ -, ~ ao.,ao..p ~ ii IL
49, wv ou W ~; ano WI .ns anonois
%. inI o ~nu asa, anu .t vi
sMo VIZ, 80, 10y qu,SAy oseinaoeo 'uT
~ os1S - ~. Uo " 80 y. ~, e
tha ,ro.or - ,.ao, nI W III.
sno,,id oo,o,, apon mS .ho..so,as ,,,;,h
t,,;o,1 aoot nf; IL. f.e.s 80. WIZ
C .s .yaS " ~ anJ .auy nos'o'n, eney
,ha W.T. P o I,ioi, r ~ W
island -''o -'oe' "A'e" 'a""'e0 away AoA 'no
When with, . half milo IF 1er n,oor;ncs
, sndden sw.an 81 The oaia MON her lew calls
tore he iih to ribhons and sniff The mains.II
io.u,na ,ha yossaJ -, Tho ,n..,on nf ,ha r,ayas
Tnev 5ronned their ancbars bu, thsv W." w.,,, IS.
NOT hold. They Then sl;nneI rho cah,es and
raising az muca IF tho ;ceshonnS f,raSs;, DC
ibev Could mt her m tho wind no,n.;nn 70
the main Land 70 ro.nh III, ", 10 p'nS ~
hone they orittei 70 Ieama,d ahont n ,.,',
mile N ,ery two ot baad ,h 800 " ~ y
OCEAN arising ron ti,e ntonse ~ cola c,o ed
.round 1ben, sbn,t;no o,,t iii s;.St 80.
and ,hns u;,i Ss;,,n. "a. a. ''Sn. " , .anu
NOT, cns..d nn 0n p.' ~mS . d. .he neI'
ed on ward toward ahe coast -" A. q" h ooo uu
,,c,no,' ,h, hoa, h'.,o sno .o". ~ aoUul seven
,vn;cl ,oiowaS y; no Us; " oonn nun'iess'
ten;,ns and waa a . make, pal!ea ner las.
ahont Al, ht o,cl,cI ~ ~Ms, ,o"S -. a.
ana ,be tr;ondIu no mo ni ~ c;eaieu lille
saen mon thsr sJ Nv. y, Ipswich nsht was
~. apou .neii "a ooaru Do".
d;raa,i,, 81 .ua' Iney were ruunihS
ntes ,he schnana s,rn uaen -, a. II. NV mn
outside The beah Tho,e apU aro tue saaa oal
the deck. orc ~ the'e as wv oiiea VI,
I.nnci,ad ~, y; ~, .1 80, was iulneo'a.e'y
to enhsri r1 '"S visn' Men ln,enueu
had 90, in s v1 DS' wnen i've VI lnrnl
the na,nter which held her .nd , Iea Dao aAe
nar,ed from The scbnon.r I'd nu ~ on.
wav to The beach There was auo,he 1 d lers
,ot, t'.u ~ ~ AnoiS was @nu'nel ooIy