The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-12-02
PORTLAND SINKS
Not Soul on Board Escaped to Tell
the Terrible Tale.
Number of Passengers ,Foots Up 7s-The
Crew Numbered 64-several Bodies
Have Been Washed Ashore
List of Passengers

steamer Portland, Of the Boston and
Portland Steamship Co.,. plying be-
tween Boston and Portland, was total
ly wrecked at 10 o'clock Sunday morn
ing off Highland Light, and the entire
crew and passengers, 81 in number,
persisted within short distance of
land. A large Quantity of wreckage,
including trunks and other material
have come ashore and ct dark Monday
night "a bodies had been recovered
from the surf blythe life saving crew
at High Head station. One body was
that of a woman.
The news of the disaster was brought
to the Herald through the agency of a,
special train, as communication to
Boston by wire from points on Cape
Cod is impossible on account of the
havoc wrought by the storm. .r,.
Following is partial list of the pas
sengers said to be on board the Port
land when she sailed from. Boston Sat
urday night: nsl -..fi .1.r1.1.
Oron Hooper, H. Turel Hooper;
Isaiah Frye; Miss Ruth Frye; Miss
Maud Frye; Miss Maud Sykes; Mrs.
Ezekial Dennis; Mrs. Theodore Allen:
Miss Allen: Miss Cole, of Springfield,
Mass; Mrs. Daniel Rounds; Fred Sher-
wood; Miss Ross: Miss Edna McCrflliS'
C. T. Wilson, of Bethel, Me-. Hon. F.
Dudley Freeman; ID. o. Getchell, OF
Boston. Mass; Miss Sophie
Holmes: Miss Helen Langthorne;
Miss Emma L. Plumpton, of Charles
River: G W. Cole; Miss Burns; Charles
Wiggin; NJ. C. Hutchinson; Miss Hutch
inson: Mrs. George o. Chickering, Wey-
mouth, Mass, and sister. Mrs. Wheel
err. of South Weymouth, Mass. 5.i -
NJ. l.. SeweIl, of Portland; Fred
Sherwood, of Portland; Charles H.
Thompson; Mrs. Thompson and child,
Woodfords, Me-; VIM. NJ. Chase and
Master Philip Chase, Worcester; Mrs.
Kate Coy, East Boston; Arthur F..
Heersom and Mrs. Heersom, of Chelsea,
Mass: Mrs. Alice Swift, of Portland
Me-; Harry Smith, 81 Marion street,
East Boston; Mrs. Cornelia n. Mitchell
and Miss Jennie Hoyt, North Easton;
Mrs. J. A Carroll, of Lowell; Miss Jen-
ME .Edmunds, Marion street, East Bos-
oh; Mrs Anna Rounds, Portland;
George j. Kennison,. IT., Booth, Bay,
Me-; Perry jackson. wife and child,
South Portland: Fred Stevens. Port
land; Mr.. Pierce, Portland; child of
Charles II. Thompson, of ,Woodfords,
Ne.
New YORK, Nov. 3O.-The French
Cable Co, has received dispatch from
its office at Cape Cod, Mass. saying
that II bodies from the steamer Port
land have been washed ashore at that
station. -.
BosToN, Nov. 3O.-The Portland was
built in 1890, at Bath, Me, by the New
England Ship Building Co. She was
worth $3.50, 600. Her gross tonnage
was 1888, net 1917. She was $50 feet 9
inches long; beam 40 feet / inch; depth
Is feet 5 inches. She had a vertical
beam engine of 62-inch cyclinder and
12-foot stroke. The engine was built
by the Portland company. She had
two boilers, with Is feet front and II
feet length. They were what's known
as Leg boilers with closed and re-
turn tubes. With this outfit the Port
land stood good for 1,500-horse power
and could shake out 10 knots in gooG
shape. f}II go RI tE
Boston, Dee. 1.-The Portland hor
ror grows hourly. Additional name:
of those on board are constantly being
reported, until now the list of passen
gers aboard has reached as, and tn,
crew total of Ga. Not a soul ha
been saved, so far as known, and thu
,142 persons aboard are given up TO
lost
Word has been received at Salem
Mass, from Ispwich that Mr.. and Mrs
Julian A Foggj who were reported OF
the steamship Portland, did not talk
the steamer on Saturday, being afrai'
of the storm, when they arrived II
Boston. .r.Yrfcrf
MONTREAL, Dec 1--Alphonz Gossel
lin, assistant city clerk, and Procul
Piche. an insurance agent, were los
on the Portland. Mr.. Gosscllin was
well known fraternal society man an
had held many important positions
Both men were married and leave fam
lies.
PORTLAND, Me-, Dee. 1. = 1t wa
learned "Wednesday that L. f: Strout
first pilot, and Z. b. Deering' mate
previously reported aboard the steame
Portland, were not with her when sh
was wrecked. 3.
The Decision Giy~nto Dfxor.