Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-29
MANY LIVES LOST,
Boston Harbor Full Of Wrecks
from Sundays Storm
STEAMER UNACC0UNTED FOR
Il she Has Gone Down, the List Of Casu.
altieS Will Rise to i40.
CAPE COD YET TO BE HEARD FROM
'n'' ocean Graveyard WIN Not FAN
=" send Its Usual Grim story-u..~
wrecks and SIX Fatalities at Vine.
yard Haven.
CAPE COD YET TO he mann r.ow

BOSTON, MASS, November 2S-It 10
Known definitely tonight that more Than
seventy lives have been lost in the
wrecks or tugs, schooners, and coal
barges during the storm OF Saturday nlght
ana sunday morning. and II the steam-
er Portland has also gone Gown. as
| now seems possible, the list of casual-
| Ties VIII rise to 49, with over one hundred
vessels OF all descriptions ashore.
Ihere is scarcely a bay, Earbor, or inlet
from the Penobscot, Me- to New London.
Conn.,, that has not on its shores the
bones OF some staunch craft, while along
Massachusetts bay, ana especially in Bos-
ton harbor, the beaches are piled high
| with the wreckage OF schooners and coal
barses. The record. although hourly
iengthening, is still incomplete. for that
ocean graveyard of Cape Cod is yet to bs
heard from, and as it has never failed to
give up some grim tale at such u time. is
viii not be found lacking on such an
occasion as this.
The Islands OF Boston harbor are, with
out exception, strewn with wrecks and
wreckage. No less than twenty-nine ves-
'NAo ait tHApit at AriOuGESlbI. ana over
twenty In the supposed safe harbor Of
Vineyard Haven parted their anchor
chains yesterday, and are high aud dry
on the beach.
DEEDS OF HEROISM.
Every lfe-saylng crew performed deeds
OF heroism in rescuing crews OF seamen
from stranded vessels ana tug-boat cap
tainS rlsked life and property In their en-
deayor 10 save life.
Among the tugs which started down the
harbor as soon as daylight came was tho
pOlice-boat Guardian, which last night
was caught in the thick weather of Deer
Island while endeavoring 90 ascertain
the meaning Of distress signals flying from
the light house. she raade for the tiny
beacon which marks the inner harDor
channel again this morning, and, with
a tossing sea and strong incoming TIDE
tried 10 answer the signals Finally. It
was learned that the lighthouse had no
fresh water for the heavy seas had
broken in the bulkheads and spoiled the
water stored there There were five men
in the lighthouse. The twJ boats which
usually hang from the davits had been
splintered by the force Of the waves, and
the sea was dashing over the lighthouse
with such force that there was little hope
Of reaching it,
BIG LINER HIGH AND DRY.
on Reindeer Island lies the big Wilson
liner Ohio and the steamer &. A. White.
1t is matter OF surprise 20 harbor pilots
how the Ohio reached her present berth.
She stands up boldly. without the SOM
blance Of a list on a hard gravel bottom.
i'm water which at food tide this morning
hardly came 10 the level OF the propeller
shaft. According TO some OF the wreck
ing masters. the only way 10 save tho
liner is by dredging n channel from the
Ohio 10 deep water; but even this must
be done quickly, as another gale would
do incalculable damage
The white evidently lies on rocks. ard
while size could De pulled into deep water,
with her heavy cargo, she would scarcely
keep ahoat.
FROM NORFOLK ASHORE
The schooner =. r. woodside. from Nor
folk. for Boston, with a cargo Of piling.
Is ashore off HUI.
FEARS FOR THE PORTLAND.
The managers OF the Boston and Port
and Steamship Company stated tonight
hat there are grave doubts as to the
safety or the steamer Portland which
sailed from here Saturday night. Every
larbor between here and Portland, on
he north shore, has been heard from.
md one on the south Shore and IN no
'ase has tho steamer been seen. The
laye reached Is Provincetown. on Cape
'od. and news from that port is ANXIOUS
y awaited, as II is still impossible 10
each that port by wire. She carried six
y-iive passengers and a crew OF fifteen
nen.
\ DAY or WRECK.
VINEYARD HAVEN. MASS, Novem-
er 2S-Sunday was the most eyentful
ay that Vineyard Haven has known for
orty years. From early morning until
rte at night the water was strewn with
.reckage. and vessels were constantly be-
lg driven ashore many OF them to be
ashed To pieces. A large fleet OF coast
lg schoOners from st. John and other
Orts In the provinces and from Maine
'ere battered TO fragments. Most OF the
essels driven ashore were Obliged TO part
leir cables, owing 10 the great danger OF
oillsion with other vessels which had
roken adrlft. The driving snow-storm
feyented the life-sayers from keeping a
BOD lookout for distress signals. or the
Get OF two-scOre vessels that came TO
nchOr before the storm. hardly one es-
tped damage.
BARKENTINE ASHORE.
The bari<en,ine Nellie NJ. slade, OF Bos-
m, Captain Montgomery from Charles.
m, y. C., for Portland. with a cargo O.
ay, parted both chains and fouled the
ritish schooner Delta The Slade had All
sr headgear and royal masts carried
way. Her crew was unable 20 hold her.
I'd she was driven ashore on the west
de OF the harbor. II Is thought she viii
hOated.
The beaches in this vicinity are covered
IN debris. and 1t is feared that al leasf
llf dozen lives have been lost In this
ction.