The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-29

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tho life saving crew. was there with his
men and boat, but he said that the wind
DieW so fiercely that there was noo men
enough who could find room in the boat
and have strength enough to row against
| the wind,
/ Out of the driven snow came the dim
outlines of a barge with the forms of five
men discernab!e on the deck houses. With
a mighty crash, as 1t came down on re-
oeding wave, barge number one struck
the shore only to crumble and then melt
into fragments which the waves in an
other minute cast up on the shore But
IN that instant five men escaped the i'm
pending, for as the barge split In twain,
the deck house slid off towards the shore
into the surf and at the same time men
on shore with lines about them rearhed
into the water and pulled out the sailors.
| moment later barge number four
came ashore and was ground up by the
waves, but nothing was seen Of It's crew.
Soon after this other wreckage came
ashore on the beach, but this morning 1t
was seen that both the Abel Q. Babcock
and the Samuel W. Tilden had Deen
wrecked. No signs Of the crews OF either
vessel was found.
| Another terrible scene was that at
Thompson's island. Against the wharf
We're driven four down east vesse ls, each
of which at the time the storm broke, was
anchored miles away and each long way
| from the other. An idea Of the force of
the wind is shown In this instance, Tor.
after drifting across the bay. one after the
othsr brought up against the pier, ons
being driven entirely out OF the water.
The vessels are the Virginia OF which
barely veStige Is left, the Watchman,
the Seraphine and the Fired NJ Emerson.
The last three are in one heap OF tim ber
and rigging mixed with debris from the
Virginia. Two lives were lost from the
\ Rrnf hraf
B. stanley thu captains son, who was
| washed ashore and resusoitated.
| OF the other wrecks the most singular
| is that of the tug Tamaqua on Rainsford
island. She has gone straight on against
q promontory OF rocks and tbers seems
little chance of getting her off Her con-
sort, Reading barge, was easily Heated
| this afternoon.
| Other evidences of the storm are to be
! found on every headland and in nearly
every cove for the numberless and name
less wrecks, all snow and slest covered
are piled up there.
FELT WITH TERRIBLE FORCE.
Many Marine Mishaps At Rockport With
No Loss of Life.
/ Rookport, Mass, November s6. The
storm in this vicinity WAS felt with ter
rif1c force and many marine mishaps oc-
CURED, but no loss of life has been report
ed. The loss to shipping and the attend
! ing losses by land, are direct results of the
storm, will aggregate $35, 600. The ship-
/ ping disasters are numerous. A bout eight
| small fishing craft anchored in the outer
harbor, are total loss Some of theT4!
dragged ashore and the balance sank al
| their moorings. At Pigeon Cove harbor,l
everyth ing was high and dry on the
rocks and probably q total loss. At an
chor Saturday evening, when the gale be-
gan were the three -masted schooner s.
S. Hudson, Capt. Vaughan. the steamer
George A. Chaffee and v. D. Moody;
sloops Screamer and Trumbull; schooners
Annie Lee, Sarah OF Calais, William Il.
Teggett Of Boston; ]. M. Eaton of Rock
port, Gatherer and several small fishing
craft. The Chaffee is sunk right at the
harbor entrance, and appear to be in bad
shape Sha is valued at $4,000. The
steamer Moody and schooners S. S. Hud-
son rode it out safely, sustaining some
minor damage. The sloops Trumbull
and Screaner are on the rocks. Their
damage is yet problematical Many of
the local fishing boats sunk at thsir
moorings while others were dashed to
pieces ON the rocks.
The schooner Gatherer, Capt. Breen,
was ready to sail Saturday evening.
She was loaded with paving stone She
broke from her moorings and drifted the
length of the harbor, finally going ashore
on the beach near the Rockport Granite
company's wharf. She will come of
be heavy as she is badly damaged. The
sailing scow Jumbo also broke away and
is ashore alongside the Gatherer.
The Chiffon, Annie Lee, John M. Ration
and two others are on the rocks and prob
ably all are total loss.
The Charles F.. Schmidt of Bridgeton,
N. j., is q wreck at KnOwitOn'S 6 Point.
Many oth-r minor disasters occurred,
the most important being the demolition
of the Massachusetts Humane society
building, which was smashed by the force
of the waves.
Mr.. George W. Frost, coal dealer at
Pigeon Cove, had several hundred tons
of coal washed overheard from the sheds.
His loss is estimated at $780,
OHIO FIRMLY AGROUND.
The Big Wilson Liner In a Perilous Posi-
Boston, November 28.--Among the tugs
which started down the harbor rs soon as
daylight came was the police boat
Guardian which last night was caught In
thesthick weather off Deer Island light
while endea voring to ascertain the mean
ing of distress signals flying from the
lighthouse. The boat steamed along the
tiny beacon which marks the inner harpor
channel and with tossing sea and strong
Hood tide tried to answer signnis. FINAL
ly 1t was learned that the lighthouse had
no fresh water. for the heavy seas OF
Saturday ana Sunday had almost entirely
| swept over the structure, wh1ch is nearly
65 feet high, breaking in the hulkheads
on the lower portion and spoiling the
| fresh water
Beyond Deer Island light the first i'm.
| portant wrecks were those of the big Will
son liner Ohio and the steamer . A.
White of Taunton on Spectacle island.
The Ohio doomed up in the gray OF early
morning like mountain. 1t is the sur
prise of harbor pilots how she reached her
present berth. She stands up boldly with
out the senblance of a list on hard gravel
bottom in water which at flood tide this
morning. hardly came to the level OF the
propeller shaft She heads southwest
| midway between Spectacle and Long
| islands and appears to have been headed
| towards Quincy instead of Boston. She
is within l5O feet Of Spectacle island and
her load line marks seems way up on her
gigantic Sides She is firmly aground and