The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-12-01
The Storm.

The storm of Saturday night and Sun
day last was the most severe November
storm that has struck New England
coast for many years, causing destruc-
ton of much property and loss of many
lives. There was dreadful destruction
OF shipping during the prolonged biz
card, all along the New England coast
but the center of destruction appeared
to be on the Massachusetts coast in the
vicinity of Boston. Thirty-fve wrecks
were reported In Boston harbor alone,
and one hundred vessels were reported
ashore Monday. Hardly harbor, bay
or inlet but has its wreck. The loss of
life reported Monday aggregated sew
enty. The railroads were blocked all
over New England and street railroads
stalled generally. The snow was much
heavier in Massachusetts,, Vermont and
New Hampshire than in Maine. The
snow took people unawares and they
were not prepared for 1t. The usual
appliances for breaking snow roads were
not In working Oruer.
By far the most appalling disaster of
the storm was the loss of the steamer,
Portland, that run on the Portland and
Boston route which was wrecked at 10
o'clock, Sunday morning, off Highland
Light and the entire crew and passen-
gers persisted within short distance of
| land.
A large quantity of wreckage includ-
ing trunks and other material had come
ashore and at dark, Monday night, 81
bodies had been recovered from the surf
by the life-saving crew.
| The following names are given as a
partial list of passengers said to be on
board when the boat sailed from Boston,
Saturday night:
Oren Hooper, II. True Hooper young
est son of Oren Hooper, Miss Ruth Frye,
Miss Maud Sykes, Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis,
Cole of springfield, Mass, Mrs. Daniel
Rounds, Fred sherwood, Miss Ross,
Miss Edna McCrllis, c f. Wilson of
Bethel, Me-; Hon. E. Dudley Freeman,
Charles Wiggin, Miss Eva Totem, Mrs.
E. T. Baker, Fred stevens, Mr.. Pierce,
M. l.. Sewall Fred Sherwood, Mrs.
| Alice Swift, Mrs. Anna Rounds of Port
| land ID. O Getchell of Boston; Miss
Sophia Holmes, Miss Helen Langthorne,
Miss Emma l.. Plympton of Charles
River, Mass, teacher in Maine School
for the Deaf at Portland; G w. Cole,
Miss Burns, Mrs. George o. Chickering,
Weymouth, Mass, and sister, Mrs.
Wheeler, of South Weymouth, Mass.
Charles ii. Thompson and wife Wood
fords, Me-. William l.. Chase and Master
Philip Chase, Worcester; Mrs Kate
Coy, East Boston; Arthur F. Hersom
and Mrs. Hersom of Chelsea; Harry
Smith, East Boston,; Mrs. Cornelia N.
Mitchell and Miss Jennie G. Hoyt, North
Easton; Mrs. j. A. Carroll of Lowell;
Miss Jennie Edmunds, East Boston;
George b. Remission, Jr., Booth bay
Harbor, Me-; Perry Jackson, wife and
child of South Portland, Me.
The crew of the Portland was made
up as follows: II. II. Blanchard, master
F. A. lngraham, purser; l.. Nelson,
second pilot; Thomas B. Merrill, engi-
neer; John T. Walton, first assistant
engineer; Charles e. Verrill second as
sisGant engineer; F. w. Leighton, cleo
trician; j. A. Dillon, j MoNeal, II.
merTlmdn, L II. Ieuu6ll, IL. CdTleT, w.
j. Doughty, H. Rollison, j. X. Gately,
John McCay, W p Robichaw, A. Dyer,
F. Patterson, r Blake, Thomas Sewall,
j. c. Written, G. NJ. Calvary, VIM. Den
nett, Arthur sloan, M. Barron, George
A. Norton, George 'ropley, John
Crosier, E. Daupnie, R. Hartley, d.
Bruce, c. O'Brien, Charles Hamilton,
James Davidson, F. Smith, James Stan
ley, John Daily, A. V. Matthews, T. E.
Houston, S. Howard, John Jones, Fred
Wells, H. G.. Allen, E Oxley, L. w. A.
johnson, Lee Foreman, "m. Lather-
more, VIM. Dunn, W. H. Cash, A.
Gothen, Charles II. johnson, M. Minot,
S. Smith, John Williams, G.. A. Reed,
A. G. johnson, G. Graham, William A,
Hemenway, George A. Thompson,
Roman j. Pinas, Mrs. G. K. Harris, Mrs.
M. Berry, officers, employees and sailors.
The number of lives lost on the
steamer, Portland is estimated at 1870.
Many bodies have been recovered but a
limited number have been identified.
Among those identifi d is that of Coun
cellor Freeman of Yarmouth.