Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29

hard gravel bottom, in water which at
flood tide this morning hardly came TO
the level of the propeller shaft. She
is firmly aground and her predicament
is a very serious one. That she should
be in such shallow water is due to the
fact that the tide in which she went
ashore was fourteen feet above the
usual flood time. With her powerful
screw churning the mud and several
powerful tugs strained at hawsers her
stern at food tide to-day there was no
tremor OF the vessel toward the open
water.
According to some of the wrecking
masters, the only way to save the liner
is by dredging channel from the
Ohio to deep water, but even this must
be done quickly, as another gale would
do incalculable damage.
The White evidently lies on rocks
and while she could be pulled into deep
water her heavy cargo would scarcely
keep her aloat.
Leaving Spectacle Island astern
sorry sight is that presented by the
three-masted schooner Calvin F. Baker
on Shag Rocks, midway between Bos-
ton Light and the Brewsters, where
the deep sea surges roll in and half
bury the craft which is fast going to
nieces. The main mast has been
whipped out and hangs dangling over
the side. supported by the top hamper
of the other masts.
From this wreck the two mates were
taken off by Captain James and his
| crew from across the bay at Hull. IL
| was daybfeak when the Baker was
seen and the life boat was sent out on
! it's mission. The pull was a long one
| and finally, when the wreck was reach
! ed. three bodies were seen dashed alOft
| Two Of them were secured and life was
| found in them, but the other had been
frozen stiff to his lashings. The sur
vivors and the body were taken to
| Hull.
It was on a little stretch of beach at
| Hull just behind the Hotel Pemberton
! that the tragedies occurred. The old
salts Of Hull say that in fierceness the
| storm equalled that of 1852, except
that while the sea did not run so high
the wind was stronger.
In the fury nf the storm Yesterday
TWO big newly built barges of the Con-
solidated Coal Company, Nos. ! and 4,
we're dashed to bits almost in an in
slant. On the shores stood scores of
| men who were ready to risk their lives
! to save those who were on many of
the vessels in the offing driving to de-
| stTuction.
Captain James, of the life saving
| crew, was there with his men and boat
but he said that the wind blew SC
fiercely that not men enough could
find room in the boat to row against
the wind. Out of the driven snow no.
came the dim outlines of borg ~ VIZ ~
the fern ferns no Of five m fth mighty cragi
- came down on a rolling wave
barge No l struck the shore only tc
crumble and then melt into fragments
which the waves in another minute
cast upon the shore. But in that in
| slant five men escaped the impending
death, for as the barge lolit in twain
| the deck house slid off toward the shore
in the surf and at the same time men
on shore with lines about them rushed
into the water and pulled out the sail
OrS. A moment later barge No 4 came
! ashore and was ground up by the
| waves, but nothing was seen of its
crew. Soon after this other wreckage
came ashore, and this morning it was
seen that both the Abel c. Babcock and
the Samuel w. Tilden'had been
wrecked. No sign of the crew of either
vessel was found.
Another terrible scene was that at
| Thompsons' Island. where the city's
! reform school is situated. Against the
wharf were driven four downcast YES
| sells. each of which at the time the
storm broke were anchored miles
away and each a long way from the
| other An idea of the force of the
wind is shown in this instance, for af-
| ter drifting across the bay one after
another brought against the pier, one
being driven entirely out of the water.
| The crafts are the Virginia. Of which
barely vestige is left, the Waterman
the Seraphine and the Fred NJ. Emper-
son. The last three are in one great
heap OF timber and rigging mixed with
debris from the Virginia. Two lives
were lost from the latter craft VIM.
b. Stanley, the captains son, was
washed ashore and resuscitated.
Boston. November 28.-The manager
of the Boston & Portland Steamship
Company stated tonight that there are
grave doubts az 10 the safety Of the
steamer Portland, which sailed from
here Saturday night. Every harbor
between here and Portland on the north
shore has been heard from and one Of
the south shore. and in no case has the
steamer been seen. The only remain
ing harbor which she could have
reached is Provincetown, on Cape Cod,
and news from that port is anxiOusly
awaited as ii is still impossible to
reach the port by wire.
She carried sixty-fve passengers and
a crew Of fifteen men.
Arrangements have been made with
the government TO destatch the reve-
nue. cutters Dallas from this port and
Woodbury. from Portland to hunt up
the steamer The Dallas will cruise
along the south shore as far as Prov
incetown and the Woodbury. will make
2 long circuit from Portland around
Cape Ann. If neither of these steam
ers succeeds in locating the missing
vessel. there is little hope of her ever
being seen again The passenger list
is aboard the Portland, and at present
there is no means of knowing the
names of those on board
The steamer had in all 81 souls on
board. The Portland is a compare
lively new side wheel steamer Her
length is $50 feet and she is valued at
s250 600