The Portland daily press., 1898-12-01
BODIES IDENTIFIED.
Ag@nt wi,lIanl's Theory. OF the steamer
Portland.

believed to be that of John Walton
second engineer of the Portland, cams
ashore off Nauset yesterday. The ooas
was that of, man 5 feet 10 inches IL
height and about 80 years old. Inc nan
and eyes were dark 1t had vest, reei-
ers and oyeralls and the hands were oliy'
The face was clean shaver. Inc pous
had on russell shoes.
The big wheel of the Portland with the
steering gear attached, was Iomnu on tiie
shore off Orleans Monday. The wheel
had about 2Osfathoins of wire attached,
mart of the electrical steering equipment.
part. of the flooring near the base OF the
wheel in the pilot house was attached
and rope fastened to the wheel itself
indicated thatit had been lashed. Among
the articles of personal baggage washed
ashore was trunk marked lie. Chase,
l29 Washington street, Boston.
The trunk contained samples and was
sent to the steamer in Boston by sales
man Pring who did not leave on the boat
himself but went to Portland by rail.
In another trunk found were found
letters addressed to MrssA. f. Hersom,
1875 High street, Portlautis and in another
a Bible with the ndmeof Miss Madge
Ingraham, 100 Middle street, Portland,
Cd the fly leaf.
The body-of the man at Taylor's I'M
dertaking rooms, who is supposed TO pc
William Mosherssa business men OF dor-
ham, Me-, was attired ia black sun,
black overcoat and tan shoes. A gold
open face watch of foreign make, with
the back screwed on was found in the
ana TWO
tickets issued to the Columbia Theatre
of Boston for last Friday night. The
man was about 35 years old, of fair COM
plexion and had brown hair and eyes. A
silk handkerchief with the letter M on
one corner was found on the body. There
was a diamond stud in the shirt front
and plain gold ring on the middle tin,
ger OF the left hand. The watch found
on the body had stopped at $40 O'Clock.
G. e. Williams, Boston agent OF the
Portland line Ia an interview on the loss
of the steamer said:
Il am sure that the Portland fnun-
dered at sea. There will not be single
survivor. I am positive all on board
have been drowned. Where or how the
wreck occurred | do not think will ever
be known. Ny opinion was that she
was first caught in the heavy seas near
Thatcher's island and that she went
down somewhere between there and the
cape. Her guards and paddle boxes
must have been smashed by the heavy
seas, and although she was staunch
boat, as her class goes, she could not
stand the wrenching and pounding OF
the waves. Everything above the main
deck, all the deck houses, believe was
torn away. With the steamer bare above
the deck and the hull smashed and leak
ing it seems to me that with the weight
of her machinery she must have plunged
down, carrying every soul on board with
her.
1.-THE wreckage that has come ashore
consists of splinters of light woodwork
of the deck houses. This shows that the
Portland did not go to pieces on any
rock but when her deck houses were
swept away by the seas and the gale she
foundered, as / said.
I should say that the Portland prob
ably went down Sunday morning, al
though it is impossible to tell of course,
when. Apparently the passengers were
fully aware of the critical condition OF
the steamer and evidently had time tc
put on life preservers as they have beer
found on bodies on the beach"
GOlNG III OhLEANO.
Mrs. Thompson received Telegram
last night from her husband. DR.. j. T,
Thompson, saying that he, DR.. Kennis
ton and Mr. Magnum would leave Bos
ton fsr Orleans at O'Clock this morning
They are Obliged to go there as the
authorities will not permit the bodies to
be removed until identified.
EPERCY MCPHERSON SAFE.
Percy Nickerson, the State college stu
dent who has been reported to be one OF
the victims of the Portland horror, il
safe. He missed the boat, came down on
he train Monday night and went right
through to 0rono.
WIFE.S WISH PREVAILED.
Mr. and Mrs. George Heal came into
the PRESS Office last night to correct the
afternoon report that they were passen.
gers on the steamer Portland "Up to
o'clock Saturday afternoon we intended
to come home on the steamer" said MIR.
Heal. sbut friends of ours prevailed on
us to remain over Sunday. told my
wife she might stay If she thought best,
but that must come home anyway. She
urged me to remain with her and the
baby, and I very reluctantly complied
with her wish. 1t isn't necessary for me
o tell you that am glad now l gave
+. in to her. -
CONNECTICUT MAN A VICTIM.
Fred Mum of Suffield, Conn, was one
of the passengers on board the Portland
MIR. Mum was on his way to Westbrook
to attend the funeral of Mr.. Bond. A
telegram was received from his relatives
in Connecticut yesterday saying that he
started out intending to fake the Satur-
day boat As he has not arrived it is
probable that he did so.
ANOTHER POSSIBLE VICTIM.
Boston, November 30.-A telegram has
been received here from the MAY or of
Montreal, Canada, asking Mayor Quincy
to ascertain If MP. A. Gosselin, as istant
city clerk of that town, WIS passenger
ON board the steamer Portland. Mayor
Quiney's secretary is endeayorlng to as
certain if Gosselin was passenger ON the
steamer.
HUSTON WOMAN NOT ON BOARD.