Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-02
ALL HOPE ABANDONED.
Seems No Possibility That Any Es-
capped From the Portland.
NEWS OF MORE DISASTERS.
Work of Saving ships Ashore Prose.
cuted Vigorously - No News
Yet Of the PentagOet-The
Gate City In Port.

Boston. Dec. with bright skies to
| eheer them and feeling that at last
| he worst is known concerning the
| iamage and loss of life as the result OF
the recent storm the people OF the af-
iiicted sections of New England re-
suined the work Of clearing away the
wreckage and reopening traffic. Belated
news from Cape Cod detailing evidence
Of the wreck of the steamer Portland,
grudgingly given up by the sea. extin-
yuished the last faint hope that at least
a few of those on board the vessel had
escaped and there now seems to be no
possibility that any one from among the
$50 or more persons believed to have
gone with the vessel from Boston Sat-
urday night lived more than few
hours after the steamer went down.
Hence the story of the disaster never
can be fully told, and the testimony at
forded by the wreckage which has come
ashore leaves the time, place and cir
cumstances of the wreck to conjecture.
The identified dead from the Portland
wreck are as follows: E. Dudley Free
man of Yarmouth. Me-; George w. De-
ianey of Boston, George Graham. porter
on the Portland; William Mosher Of
Gorham, Me-: John Walton, second en-
gineer of the Portland, and James w.
Flower of Lewiston, Me. The latest ac-
counts place the number Of bodies
found from the Portland at 16, others,
it is known, being from other craft. 1t
is likely that very few more Of the 100
bodies from the Portland will ever be
found.
- al
tional loss of life or property save that
which came from Newport. r. l., which
has been isolated for three days. and
information from Newfoundland that
the Bristol steamer Scottish King had
been wrecked off Cape Race, but the
crew was saved.
Saving Many Vessels.
On the other hand. the work Of saw
ing vessels blown ashore or sunk was
prosecuted with considerable success
and many schooners were foated. while
the big freighter Ohio, which was
thought to be aground in Boston har-
Dor beyond hope of being pulled off. was
rescued and is being repaired prepara-
tory to resuming her interrupted voy-
age.
Several craft are still missing. and
considerable anxiety is felt for their
safety. Chief among these is the New
York and Bangor steamer Pentagoet,
which is now three days overdue and
which is believed to have been off the
Massachusetts, coast when the storm
broke. The agents of the steamer are
hopeful that she put to sea before the
storm and that she will yet turn up all
right. The Pentagoet carried a crew OF
Is men besides Captain Q. r. Ingraham,
but no passengers, as far as is known.
The second storm, which began
Wednesday morning, abated during the
night, and the threatened destruction
Of the temporary means of communica-
ton which had been established after
the earlier storm was averted. The
work of clearing railway and street car
lines, which had to be abandoned.
Is being pushed. and the prospect is
good for normal conditions soon being
brought back. Telegraph and telephone
lines are being restored, and broken
bridges and washouts on the railroads
are being repaired.