Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-30
HUNDREDS DROWNED.
Tales Of Horror from Ire Tempest Tossed Al.
lah,'c.
Hfry.sW VESSELS ARE TOTAL yRt;ss.
English Liner ohio stranded ON the surf
beaten shores Of III. New
England states.

Boston. Nov. 30.--Ncws OF the los OF
the Boston ana Portland Steam Packet
company's steamer Portland IN Cape
Cod and the death Of mvfs san 100
persons. comprising the passengers aud
crew of the steamer. and news from
hishcrto unheard from ports In cape
Cod showing that at least a ncotc and
a haif ~ vessels were wrecked along
mat shore. with the loss or iwrlvc lives.
has come ne a direct climax 10 ih1 pie
uous reports OF disasters resulting from
Saturday nights storm. Thcre arr an
other places to be- heard from on b5ih
sides of the cape, which have not been
reached by train on account Of wash
outs, and which arr cut 90 from other
mcans % communication by bfuk u
wires. blocked highway ana shattered
bridges.
W 10 this morning while the total
loss OF life cannot be oat.mAtrI with
and degree OF accuracy. IL IL known shat
more than 200 pcFsons persisted. This
estimate " made ON The basis " only
one from each crew reported mlfHing
ana uaCh OF which would include az
least three, while the larger schoJncra
would have seven or Clrhi men aboard.
ANDmni ~ estimate she financial
losses sustained by shipping Interests
j. equally difhcuk from facts in hand,
but u appears that the bulk Of the dam
age was done between Cape Ann, where
n score VI more ~ vessels were lost TO
cu;;yhunk Nnerc the steamer Warwick
u on the rocks.
From present reports IL 1, known that
nfiy-Hlx vessels have been totally
wrecked. while foriy-ninc are ashore
aHNHA hardly N - IHNFHH
OF the hfiy-siS total wrecks. birEeH not
Do fluird. foriy-thtcc craft aggregate
1892 gross tonnage.
of these In pcrllpua positions twenty
ulEhi aggregate 7,itg tons.
The strandiug OF the big English liner
Ohio ana fhc ocean tug Tlgnmaqua are
not Included In the estimate given. nor
Boston harhor. tn. position of these
latter craft n now dangerous Tot they
arr exposed 90 the northeast storm
which began this morning.
The number nf rchooncfH which have
been driven ashore In fairly safe borths
or damaged by collision or iismasted
ran be fsckoncd by thn acures and many
" them are likely 10 be ln,'ndcd In the
list u total wrecks before the day ends.
Another heavy northeast snow storm
started In here Just before 7 o'clock
This morning. and an hour later had set.
tied down In way that promised sew
crai inches Of snow at least. a brisk
wind Of twenty miles an hour was blow.
ms from north-nor,hesst. These con.
billions win greatly Interfere with the
work that IL being done az points whore
vessels were wrecked. ~ the sea Is run
nlnR hlEh and the snow II thick on the
water The weather bureau officials
state that the storm probably VIII con.
linus all day.
The steamer orion. Captain Smith, !
reached here toby ar;er an eventual
passage from ArNp1rt News, during I
which she loss ths bargcs Ocean Bells |
~ Providence. ard che Enos Srho for |
his port.
The crew q the ocean Bells. four |
mem were saved. The fate Of chose on |
he Soul. II nss known.
The Orion wsh her tow ran Into ,h1 |
heavy blizzard on Suniay muruing .
Ibout twelve miles sou, beast from win .
90 quarters nhoal. ana being bnrsei /
bout nor some zine the ursan Bells /
'pcn.d In thc seams and BEGAN 10 MI
'apldiy.
The steamer succeeded with dfncuiiy
n taking on she nnur mgD In the /
meantime the soule had drtfgeJ away
nd although TIM steamer searched In
he vicsrsy FOR some cline she Was I'M
Ihle 10 locase her,
The freight steamer nrookllns mr..
lived AZ her wharf today. ~ hours hate
m her passaEs from Port Ansonio. ia
naica. on she evening Of the 9Th.
'hep on Cape IIasteFus. che Brapkilne
an Into the rale. which pounded the
rrsel no thaT n was necessary 10 heayc
o for thirty-slx hOurs.
FIRST of'icer iiolville WIS Horisusly
nlnred through being thrown down by
heavy STA.