Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-30
PORTLAND ENGULFED.
Gees TO Pieces Of Highland Light
Within a Short Distance
OF the Shore.
ONE HUNDRED LIVES GO WITH HER.

pests Havoc ~ and Near Prov inc tor IL
| -Twcnry-Scven Vessels Lost Two
| Crews Rescued from Deaths Jaws.
Boston. Nov. 3O.-The best infor-
nation obtainable shows that the
Portland carried % passengers and a
crew of -. Five bodies have been
recovered near the wreckage and q
great many bodies are drifting south.
ipossibIy a. far as Nantucket. 1t is
Thought the northeast gale Of today
will bring the bodies in. The entire
length of Cape Cod is being patrolled-
News from hitherto unheari Of
lp0ints in Cape Cod show that fully so
vessels We're wrecked along that shore
with the loss of Il lives. Still
other places are unheard from both
sides of the cape. 1t Is impossible to
estimate the total loss of life, but it IS
known over 200 persisted during the
storm. 1t appears the bulk of the
damage was between Cape Ann and
Guilty Punk. 1t is known that 30 YES
sells were totallywrecked. while 70 are
ashore with hardly chance of being
saved. their position is rendered
more perilous by the northeast storm
which began this morning.
| Boston Nov. ga report reached
here last night from the southern end Of
| Cape Cod that the steamer Gate City
has bssl wre cked on Peaked Hill bar.
| Highland Light. Mass, Nov. 2c.-The
steamer Portland, CT the Boston ard
| Portland line. has been lost on Cape
! Cod with all on board. The life-savins
men. through a binding storm sun
| day morning at o'clock. heard the dis
| tress whistle OF 4 steamer and at mid
| night Sunday the body of a man was
| found on shore. on the BODY OF the man
| was a Iife-belt marked Steamer Port
| land. Of Portland" \ gold watch in his
pocket had stopped at 10 o'clock. This
| man was SyeIl-d-essed. wore black
| clothes ard tan shoes. had lisht hair
and mustache. and = piece OF card in
| his pocket bore the words John ".
| Congress street"
| Body of Woman Comes Ashore.
The body of a large woman. without
| covering of any kind. washed ashore at
! Pamet River. but there was no means
OF identifying il. II - believed that the
steamer Portland was disabled by the
storm at - O'Clock Sunday uiSht. being
unable longer to hold UP against the
sale. and Criftcd on To Peaked Hin bars
I
| ship has Griftcd ashore. ard il it not
l2ovn just where she struck. Boxes OF
tobacco clothing. cheese. oil, etc. have
been washed ashore: also Ife-preserv-
ers marked with the words steamer
Portland" In addition 10 these bodies
| the body Of q EirI about % was found.
She had a gold watch and ring marked
- q. Z" Her watch stopped at 9:17.
There are three bodies at NaUset, eight
at Orleans and twenty-eiCht at Truro
and Wenfeet. The GouIle-wheeI of the
Portland came ashore at Orleans
Terrible Accounts of Ruin.
Boston. Nov. S3.-The passing hours
| do not bring an erG 10 TIE reports Of
wrecks and loss 81 life up and down the
New England coast as the outcome #
Sundays terrific storm. From Cape
Cod the most terrible accounts Of ruin
and death are coming. and of these the
loss Of the steamer Portland with all
on board CverShaGov.s all. The grave
yard Of the coast. the treacheIous bars
and riUs on the outside OF Cape Cod,
have claimed victims without number.
Miles and miles of coast lire are piled
high with WreckaEe. most Of which IS
ground so fire by the waves that iG5n-
tiGCatio1 OF ha,less craft IS impossible.
No Means of Getting che Facts.
As the fury Of the wind was as great
on the bleak hills which make UP the |
cape & viii be many hours before al |
places are heard from telegraph wires |
are down and railroads cannot break |
out the sEowCritts. and this feature IS |
distressing. as much suffering from the !
cold and hunger must eusue among the |
poorer people in the nearly Eamlets. |
Lest night the only means OF reaching |
Cape Cod was by steamer across Mas |
sachUsetts bay. a d.saEreeable voyage, |
as the sea was boisterOus-
TUenty-Soven Wrecks Near This Point.
Pravircetovn. Mass. Nov. so-Twen- |
ty-seven vessels were driven ashore and |
totally wrecked in this ueiShborhood. |
From the majority o. these the crews /
Were saved. although several lives We're |
lost. Four or five OF the wrecks were !
coasters ard the rest We're fishermen.
The list Of casualties includes the |
schoonerc Daniel Boone. Mary CauraI !
and Isaac Collins and the steamer \. 3. J
NiCkersOn. Of FrOV.lCe-OWn; the schOon- /
ers Clara Sayward. Of Gloucester: |
sylvester Whaler. o. Boston; 4. p.
Foster and F. II. smith. OF Province
town. and the fishing schooner Unique /
of Boston Fragments Of the schooner
r. Walker. OF Gloucester. ara the coast
er Addie r. snow, Of RocNand. Ne.
drlf,ed ashore At Race Point, yesterday
afternoon
Coming Ashore from the Wrecks.
Flour. pork. lard and whisky barrels |
have been drifting ashore along the
beach between Race Point and High
land Light ife-saving station. Several
bodies also have drifted ashore rear
Highland light and part Of q vessel
marked Steamer Portland" The Wood |
Island life-savers made several gallant
efforts Monday 70 reach the schooner !
Jordan l. Mott. bound from New YORK
10 RocklaU Id with coal. and finally Sue
ceeded. The Mott put in here on TIE
ssth. FOX q h-rtor and saI early the
same -iEhL The captain ard crew Of
five men TOOK 10 the rigging. : ter
ribIe s-a and gale prevailed - the time. !
The cap-1sr. & narll s r Dyer. -azh q his |
father. c. -. Dyer. who acted as stew
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