Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-29
PORTLAND IS LOST
Passengers and Crew
All Drowned,
WRECKED OFF HIGHLAND LIGHT
Thirty-four Bodies Have Been
Recovered.
NINEqY-NINE PERSONS ABOARD
Awful Disaster Occurred Close to
the Shore.
NINBIYNINE PERSONS ABOARD
LIST OF THE VICTIMS

BOSTON. November GA special to the
Herald from North Truro says the steamer
Portland Of the Boston and Portland
steamship Company. plying between Bos-
ton and Portland. was totally wrecked at
J." O'Clock Sunday morning off Highland
Light, and the entire crew and passengers
Psrished within short distance of land. \
large quantity of wreckage. including
trunks and other material, have come
ashore, and at dark last night thirty-four
bodies had been recovered from the surf
hy the life-savtng crew at High Head sta
ton one body was that of a woman.
The Tews of the disaster was brought to
the Herald through the agency of a special
train. as communication to Boston by wire
fIom points on cape Cod is impossible on
account Of the havoc wrought by the storm.
Ninety-Nine Persons Aboard.
There were rinety-nine persons on board
the Portland including the officers and
crew
Following is a partial list of the pas
sengers said to he on board the Portland
when she sailed from Boston Saturday
night: Oran Hooper, II. True Hooper. Isiah
Frye, Miss Ruth Frye. Miss Maud Frye.
Miss Maud Sykes, Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis, Mrs
Theodore Allen, Miss Allen, Miss Cole
Rounds Fred Sherwood, Miss Ross
Miss Edna McCrillis, c, F. Wilson of Reth-
el. Me; F. Dudley freeman, d. o. Getchell
Of Boston. Miss Sophie Holmes, Miss Helen
Langth0rne. Miss Emma l.. Plmpton of
Charles River, 6. ". Cole. Miss Burns
Charles Wiggin, NJ. G. Hutchinson. Miss
Hutchinson, Mrs. George o. Chickering Of
Weymouth, Mass. and sister, Mrs. Wheeler
Of South Weymouth. Mass
Roster of the Crew.
The cr9X. as far a. can be ascer:ained
IS as follows: Capt. Hollis H. Blanchard.
First Pilot Lewis Strout, Second Pilot
Lewis Nelson, Purser +. a. Ingraham
Clerk Horace Moore. Mate Edward Deer
ing. Second Mate John Mckay, Quarter
master Ansel Dyer, Quartermaster T. Pc
t@rsCn, Watchnen r. Blake, T. SeWell, J.
Thomas Morrill,. Second Engineer John
Thomas Merrill Second Engineer John
Walton, Third Engineer G. Verrill, Steward
\. V. Matthews, Second Steward Eben
Heuston
Deck crew-John Daily, Geo. McGilvary
Arthur Sloan. James Davidson. Peter Col
Inns. Morris Graham, Cornelius O'Brien. D.
Bruce. Matthew Barron, Richard Hartley
George c. ROpley. f. w. Leighton, cleo
Jrician J. y. Dillon, oiler; J. McNeal. oiler;
H. htETlIldn, IlltHlanf i. l.. FennelI. fire.
man. ii. Carter, fireman; W. ]. Doughty
fireman; II. ROllson, fireman; ]. E. Mately.
fireman; W. z. Robichaw, baggagemaster
Waiters-LewIs Johnson. Arthur Johnson
Lee FOrman, George Graham Gatlin,
Samuel Smith.
Head saloonman-Latimer, Barbor Co.
Tuer.
tewardesses-AIrs. Carrie NJ Harris.
Mrs. Margaret Berry.
The FOrtlaH, was built in Bath in 1890
and was sidewheeI steamer Of ] 3I7 tons
net burden Her length is 30 feet: beam
- ana depth - feet. She was valued at
$4,000, and is fully inss-red.
". l. Seweu ef Portland Fred Sherwood
of Portland Charles II. Thompson Mrs
Thompson and child, Woodfortis. Me; VIM.
NJ Chase and Master Philip Chase. Wor-
c,stcrl Mrs Kate Coy, East Boston; Ar
thur F. HeersOn and Mrs. Heerson of Chel-
sea Mass; Mrs. Alice Swift of Portland Me ;
Harry Smith. II Marion street East Bos-
ton; Mrs. Cornelia n. Mitchell and Miss
Jennie Hoyt, North Easton; Mrs. ]. A. Car
roil, Of Lowell; Miss Jennie Edmunds, Mar
ION street. East Boston; Mrs. Anna Rounds
Portland; George B. Kennison jr Booth
bay. Me; Perry jackson. wife and child
OF South Portland. Me; Fred Stevens. Port
land: Mr.. Pierce. Portland; child of
Charles II. ThOpmson. Of Woodfords, Me.
The passenger list given above numbers
81. and the officers and crew number 4S