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Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01

OF the company. He was a man about
~ years of age, and when he entered
the service was clerk to the late Purser
Higgins. He was extremely popular
with the travelling public. He leaves a
widow, but no children He was Gen
eral Manager Liscomb's brother-in-law.
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Berry, the
stewardesses, We're both colored, and
had been for years in the company's S
employ.
Chief Engineer Thomas b. Merrill was
60 years of age but a fine specimen of
physical manhood He was for years an
engineer OF the line, and when the firm
of Quinn q Coyle was formed he went III
as bookkeeper and cashier to represent
the steam Packet Co. After the firm
failed. Mr.. Merrill went to the Portland
as chief engineer He was sterling man.
very popular, a past master of Ancient
Landmark Lodge of Masons and also of
Portland Commandery.
Charles l.. Verrill, second assistant ell
gineer and electrician OF the steamer.
was resident of Cumberland Mills. Mr..
Verrill was about So years of age and
had wife and two small children, both
girls. He also has brother, Howard
Verrill a resident of Westbrook.
John I. Walton. the first assistant ell
gineer of the steamer, had wife and
four children, three daughters and a son.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
PHOTOGRAPHS AN0 DESCRIPTIONS
For Identifying the Bodies Should Be Sent
to Or. Davis, Orleans, Mass.

Boston-Nov 3o.-A message was re-
ceived by G. B. Dudley, at the Portland
Steamship Cos. office here, tonight from
Agent c. F. Williams at Orleans 1t said:
Portland a total loss, with all on
board. Have arranged with Capt. Thomas
and Lavender to look out for cargo in in
terest of underwriters. Three bodies here.
one being saloon colored boy, other two
passengers, Start. this morning for Or
leans to look at other bodies; they are all
along the beach. Am anxious to find
Purser Ingraham or any of the crew /
am covering all points here and doing all
possible to find bodies. Yours truly,
tSigned) &c. f. WILLIAMS.
''P. S.-Notify the papers to ask all per-
sons having friends on board to send pho
tographs and any other information that
will help identify to Samuel T. Davis. M
D., Orleans. Notify Mr.. Liscomb (the
Portland agent to have all Portland peo-
pie do the same"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
SIXTEEN BODIES RECOVERED.
So Far that |. All that Have Come Ashore
from the Portland.


Orleans, Mass, Nov. 30.-No reports
have been received up to this evening,
from along the section of coast between
Race Point and Monomy of the recov-
cry of any more bodies from the steam
er Portland. Many conflicting rumors
reach here concerning the discovery OF
bodies but investigation indicates that
none nave come ashore during today
storm.
The report about the finding or
boys body north of here, proved to be
incorrect. and the list stands at l6 re-
covered, II at this place. three at Prov
incetown, and one at Wellfieet. mes
sage from Eastman. says three bodies
came ashore there. but details are lack
ing.
During today's storm terrific sea
has been running and any bodies which
may now reach the shore are likely to
be badly battered. Another train start
ed from here to Boston, tonight.
(The above dispatch was cabled The
Associated Press from Orleans to North
Sydney; from there to ST. Pierre, MID.
ard thence repeated by cable. to New
York. The first wire communication
with Cape Cod was obtained in this
way, this morning. and details of the
wreck We're thus sent during the day..
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
FEaRs FOR THE penrAeoer.
Left New York for Bangor, Thursday-Ho
Tidings from Her.

New York, Nov. 3O.-The officers o!
the Manhattan Steamship CO., owners
of the steamship Pentagoet, fear some
thing has happened to her. She left
this port, Thursday, bound for Bangor
Me-, and nothing has been heard since
concerning her.
Secretary Weiss, of the company
said. today, that the boat was in charge
Of Capt. o. K. Ingram, who was thor
oughly familiar with the New England
coast There was a possibility that
when the storm came up, Saturday
evening, he might have put out to sea
TO avoid all possibility CT going ashore
There We're no passengers aboard
and the crew comprised 16 or II men
The steamship carried $50 tons of mis-
cellaneous cargo and was due in Ban
gor. Sunday morning. The names OF
the crew We're withheld for fear OF
needlessly alarming members of tl1ei,
families.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
THEY DID NOT SAIL.
Wife OF Steward Houston and Her Sister Went
Ashore at Last Moment.

Gardiner, Me, Nov. 30.--A telegram was
received in this city, today by relatives
of Eben Houston, colored second steward
on the wrecked steamer Portland saying
that his wife with her sister We're not
among those on board as was reported in
the list given of the dead. At the last
moment Mrs. Houston and her sister de-
cided not to join Steward Houston on the
trip to Boston. Had they done so they
would have returned with him on the
night the steamer was wrecked. Mrs.
Houston is a former Gardiner woman.
Her first husband was also in the employ
of the same company for 10 years AMI
was drowned one night, few years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
WHOLLY THE CAPTAINS FAULT.
Manager Lscomb Insists that Capt. Blanchard
Sailed Against Orders. -

Portland, Me, Nov. 30.-General Mana
ger Liscomb said,s Wednesday morning,
that the entire blame for the calamity
rests upon Captain Blanchard. For the
past % years Mr.. Liscomb has had the
sole direction of the boats and it was he
who always decided whether to order the
boats to stay in port or to give the cap
tain permission to use his judgment as to
starting. If Mr.. Liscomb ordered the
captain to stay in port the captain always
obeyed.
OF course Mr.. Liscomb never did such IA
thing as to order captain to go agans.
the captains judgment. Mr.. Liscomb is
sued peremptory negative orders, but
never peremptory positive orders. He
could say to a captain You must not go
out but never You must co.
In the latter case the order was always
go if you think it wise" The captain
was the responsible man. responsible not
only to his employers, but to the United
States government as well, from which he
held his license.
In the past % years Mr.. Coyle always
left the direction of the steamers in Mr.
Liscombs hands. Mr.. Coyle never gave
an order over Mr.. Liscomb, but would
often telephone down to know if Mr.. Lis
comb had decided to start the steamer.
| Late Saturday afternoon, Mr.. Liscomb
was about to start for Boston. He Or
dered the Bay State to stay in Portland
until o'clock at least He telephoned
| the same order to Mr.. Williams in Bos-
ton. Several of the employees in the Bos-
| ton office heard Mr.. Williams give the
order to Capt. Blanchard and heard the
captain reply that he should start at I
| n clock
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
A DISABLED STEAMER
Being lowed Into Harbor Of Queenstown by
the CephaIonia.

Queenstown. Nov. 30.-The Cunard
steamer Cephalonia, Capt. Pierce,
which sailed from here, at noon today,
bound from Liverpool for Boston,
passed Kinsale, at 6.55 this afternoon.
returning here with a steamer in tow.
supposed TO be a Hamburg American
liner.
AT the office of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Line in New York City no infor-
nation had been received of any Of
their steamers being in trouble and ii
was thought if the disabled steamer
was one of their regular liners she had
got very far off her course. The prob
abilities point, however, to the Russia,
which is chartered from the Hamburg
American Line by the International
Line and which sailed from Philadel-
phia, Nov. 20. for Liverpool, via
Queenstown, and is about due off the
Irish coast.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
AMONG THE MISSING.
Reports from Various Sections Of Persons
Lost On the Portland.

Boston, Nov. 30.-The name Thomas
Mondary' which appears among those OF
the Portland's crew as saloon watch
man, was Theodore Mandrucu of Cam
bridge. Mandrucu was about SO years
old. He had lived in Boston for many
years. His wife survives him.
James Roddy of Everett. undoubtedly
lost his life on the steamer Portland. He
had been staying in Portland for several
months and left that city to enjoy
Thanksgiving with his wife in Everett.
He was in this city, late Saturday after
noon. He informed friends that he was
to return on the Portland that night, and
soon afterwards started for the water
front to board the steamer. He was about
40 years old.
George Milvilie Delaney, one of the vic
tins of the Portland who was identified
py q membership card of the A. o. H., re-
sided in this city. He was on his way
with a companion for Portland, where
both had obtained situations in a florists
establishment Mr.. Delaney was 2S years
of age He is survived by a mother
brother and sister. The name of his COM
panion is not known.
Word has been received here from VIM.
Winchester of Biddeford, Me, that the
following We're on the steamer Portland
"A. S. Matthews and wife, he being well
known throughout New England as a
sporting man and quite a horse owner
also a friend of his, George w. Lester
and A. 3. Foster, George Brooks and
Harry Crosby, all from Massachusetts. -
a telegram has been received here from
the mayor of Montreal, Canada, asking
Mayor Quincy to ascertain if A. Gosselin
assistant city clerk of that town, was a
passenger on board the steamer Portland
Mayor Quincy's secretary is endeavoring
to ascertain if Gosselin was a passenger
on the steamer.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
TIE PORTLAND'S OFFICERS.
Brie' Sketches Of the Steamers Officials
The Escape Of Some.

Capt. Blanchard, the commander of
the Portland, was a brother of Capt.
Blanchard of the ship r. r. Thomas,
voyage from Manila and Hong Kong
for Boston, and whose remains were
landed at Montevideo for burial. Capt.
Blanchard had been pilot on the Bos-
ton Line for eight or nine years and
Captain since the death of Capt
Snowman last year
He leaves a widow and three chill
dren. two sons and a daughter. One of
the sons resides near Boston, while the
other one is employed by Mr.. Brad $,
Hawkes. of Morrilrs Corner The
daughter is about 10 years of age.
First Pilot Lewis Strout and Mate
Edward Deering. who have been named
as among the steamers crew. were not
on board the Portland on her last trip
They had remained in Boston to attend
the funeral of the late Capt. Deering
who was the father of Mate Deering
and the stepfather of Pilot Lewis
Strout.
The pursers clerk, Horace Moore
was not regularly employed in this po-
stion. He was a checker on the COM
| pany's wharf and acted merely as a
| substitute for the regular man.
| Steward Harris of the Bay State
counts himself among the fortunate.
His little girl, Ethel, had intended to
| go to Portland to go to school there on
| Monday. Twice on Saturday the lit
tie girls mother dressed her for her
trip into town. and each time recon-
c hn i,,fA
she really wanted to go to Portland on
Saturday night, and the matter ended
in decision that saved the little girls
life
A. B. Matthews. the chief steward
lived at SO Pleasant street, Cambridge
His mother is living and he was mar.
ried. He had been steamboating 70,
many years. though he was not more
than 20 years old. He had served thi
Portland boats as porter, head waite,
for seven years. and steward
Before he came to this line he was or
the Bangor Line. He had seen mucl
Of the dangerous side of steamboat life
He was in the Cambridge when She
was wrecked, and in the Katahdir
when she had her famous trouble.
Mr.. Huston. the second steward, wa
about 40 years of age. He had been /,
the srevica longer than Chief Mat
thcNs. He was married a year ago
Thanksgiving. and leaves a widow.
Mr. Louis Nielsen. the second pilot
was Swede aged between 55 and SO
He had been on several of the boat
and was transferred from the Ba,
! State to the Portland
Chief Quartermaster Ansel Dyer wa
Portland boy, of an old Portland fam
: iiy His father. Capt. Joseph Dyel
was for many years one-of Portland
prominent citizens. Three weeks ag
he was married to "a Portland lady
) Mrs. Searle.
F. a. lnsraham. the purser of til
boat, had leen 20 Years in the emplo
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
STORM NOTES.

Frank Leighton of Westbrook says
tnat his mother. Mrs. Leighton of Port
land, was passenger on the Portland.
Misses Edna and Eva Clark, who are
reported among the lost on the steamer
Portland, are at their home in West
brook.
The contract for floating the steamer
Fairfax, aground in >.neyaro sound, has
been awarded to the Merritt & CHAPMAN
Wrecking Co.
A dispatch from St. Johns says the
steamer Monticello, which left Port Dan
iels for Halifax, N. s.. some days ago,
has been heard from and is safe.
The fremont will take the place of
the Portland on the Boston Line, to-
night, under command of Capt. Thomp-
son of the International Line.
The late Hon. E. Dudlev Freeman had
an accident insurance policy for 5000
Y5h CLARK II Raaer
policies for 5000 each with the North
western and Union Central Insurance Cos
Lieut.. Willard c. Lord of the list
Maine, reported as leaving Lynn, Sat
urday. and supposed to have been on
the ill-fated steamer Portland is safe
at his home at Cumberland Mills
The Nantucket steamer which, Tues
day, made her first trip to Woods Holl,
Mass. since the storm. reports that very
little damage is done on Nantucket The
steamer could make no landing at Vine
yard Haven. owing to the wrecks which
obstruct the channel. n
Fears are entertained for the safety of
the fishing schooner F. r. Walker of
Gloucester. The coast guards at Race
Point report that considerable wreckage
marked F. r. Walker has come ashore.
She was commanded by Capt Frank Mil
Ter and had crew of IA men.
Julian A. Fogg of Salem, Mass, one Of
the passengers on the wrecked steamer
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
Auburn and Lewiston People Lost.

The list of Lewiston and Auburn peO-
pie who were probably on the boat is
as follows:
Prof. James w. Flower, Lewiston.
Mr.. John j. Murphy, Lewiston.
Mr.. T. j. Kirby, Lewiston.
Mrs. Augusta E. Wheeler, formerly
of Lewiston.
Mr.. Walter L. Bemis of Auburn.
Mrs. Cora Vosmus Bemis of Auburn.
Mr.. Augustus r. Turner of Auburn.
Mrs. Anderson-Ma Manchester Turner of
Auburn.
Mr. Lewis j. Metcalf of East Auburn
Mrs. George o. Chickering of Wey-
mouth.
Miss Susan a. Kelley of Auburn
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
A GOOD RECORD
For Portland Packet Co. Previous to the Loss
OF the Steamer Portland.

The Portland Steam Packet Co. the
owner of the wrecked steamer Portland,
has had a long and successful history.
The company was organized in 1874, and
first ran two screw steamers between
Portland and Boston. Later the screw
boats We're superseded by sidewheel
steamers.
The company has always had first-class
officers, and it is said that previous TO
now the line, although having transported
millions of passengers, not passenger
has lost his life or even sustained an i'll
jury.
In 1885 another steamer Portland ran on
this route. She had an engine in her
taken from the steamer Chancellor Liv-
ingstone, which was run on this route by
Commodore Vanderbilt. The Livingstone
was broken up and her engine transferred
to this first Portland. This engine was
cross-head engine. with a cylinder of 5G
inches and a stroke of six feet. This boat
was lost in the government service dur
ing the Mexican War.
The first steamboat to ply between the
two cities was the Patent in 1923. She
was commanded by a Capt. Porter and
was but 100 tons burden.
The Portland was built in Bath in 1890
Her principal dimensions were as follows
Length over all. 29l feet; depth Of hold
amidships, Is feet; depth from hurricane
deck to keel, SO feet She was of 22S3 tons
burden Her model is the ordinary side
wheel form, convex sides, with long.
sharp bow, and tapering round stern,
oft tho Vacht Stv1a
The hull was constructed of the best
quality of white oak. yellow pine and
| hackmatack The frame was strapped
| with iron betting, which was fastened be-
| fore planking and formed an iron net
work around the vessel. The main saloon
was about 220 feet long, with a row of
| staterooE.s along each side. There were
| 1GS rooms and 234 berths in the boat
! Powerful steam pumps were provided in
case of accident, either by fire or leak
age, and the life-saving service was per-
feet, according to the United States laws
There were 1G lifeboats and RATS and SOC
| life preservers on board.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
NINE PERSONS DROWNED.
Steamer kinsworth Wrecked on North Carolina
Lake During Wednesday Nights Storm.

Nelson, B. c., Nov. SO.-The Ainsworth
a small steamer plying between Nelson
and Bonner's Ferry, was wrecked, last
night, during a storm on Kootenai lake
six of her crew and three passengers be
ing drowned. When about six miles south
of Pilot Bay and about 212 miles from
here, during a heavy gale, the Ainsworth
was struck by a squall and commenced
taking in water. The captain headed her
for shore, but she reeled over on her side
filing Immediately. Capt. Dean, the first
engineer and a deckhand reached shore
in a boat.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
No Fears for the Gate City.

Boston, Nov. 30.-The officials of the
Savannah Line of Steamships in this city,
are confident that their steamer Gate
City, which. last night. was reported
wrecked off Cape Cod, Saturday night. is
safe and well on her way south. Their
belief is based on adyices which they
have received that she was off Chatham,
Sunday, and that. at o'clock Monday
afternoon, Captain Lewis of the Chatta-
hoochee passed within a quarter of a
mile of the Gate City off Montauk Point.
Captain Lewis is certain that all are well
on board the Gate City.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
Steamer Scottish King Ashore Crew Saved.

st. Johns. n. F., Nov. 30.-.The Brit
ish steamer Scottish King. which sailed
from Antwerp, Nov. 81. for Boston and
Baltimore, with general cargo. wen;
asrore during a dense fog, this morn
ing. at Seal Cove. on Trinity Bay. The
crew was saved. A telegram from
Capt. James says that his ship is lying
in an upright position between thH
rocks. that there is bad hole in the
bottom and that the fore compartment
and the engine and boiler rooms are
full of water. The British steame,
Regulus has left here, to render assist
ance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
PROBABLY L0ST.
No News Of the Pentagoet, Due at
Bangor, Last Sunday.

Bangor, Me-, Nov. 3o.--Up to late
hour. tonight. no information had been
received in this city from the missing
steamship Pentagoet Of the New York
e. Bangor Line The last information
that the local agent has received from
the boat IVES the message received by
him, Monday, from the home Office OF
the company in New York which said
that the ship passed Highland Light at
2 p. NJ, Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
Il is the Manchester Enterprise.

Queenstown, Nov. 30.-The Cephalonia
returned to port, this evening, having in
tow the British steamer Manchester En-
terprise, which sailed frcm Manchester.
Nov. a. for Halifax. During the recent
terrific storm the Manchester Enter
prise's main deep tank broke out, flood
ing the main hold and stoke hold and
causing heavy list to port. The steamer
was in d precarious condition when the
Cephalonia came alongside. The Cepha-
lonia left her at Queenstown. She will
probably be beached
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
THE FATAL THIRTEEN.
Schooner White Wings and Crew Lost
Wreckage Cast Up at Plymouth.

Plymouth Mass, Nov. 30.--A bit o!
bamboo which was picked UP in the
surf here, brought story of death and
the loss Of the schooner White Wings
of Gloucester. in the recent storm
Prof. Il. e. Thomas found the fragment
tossing about the waves, and, picking
it up, found that il contained a letter.
The message on it was as follows:
I'VE will be lost. 13 of us, in fishing
schooner White Wings from Glouces-
ter. Have no bottle to put it in.
Everything is gone. We are about to
go on raft. Henry Wilder and Frank
Haskns are dead. If / could only see
my wife and darling children.
(Signed) ALBERT SIMMONS"
The paper has been sent to Glouces-
ter.
The body found. yesterday morning,
on the outsides Of the beach near Pow
der Point bridge. by the Gurlet life saw
ing station was 5 feet, s inches in
height, hair eyebrows and lashes black,
top of head nearly bald and weighed
$50 pounds. Aside from oilskin which
was on the body marked Haley" there.
was nothing to indicate its identity.
IL Is tHouSHL tHs !naii may nave DVSi'
one of the quartet OF Norwell men re-
ported missing from their shooting box
near the mouth of North river.
A 6-feet steering wheel, and spar Is
feet long with rigging attached ana
well, appeared to be the front of a
quarterback house or the side of 81
steamers stateroom are reported float
ing in the water off shore near Brant
Rock They are thought to come from
some deep sea ship or barges wrecked
farther up the coast.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01

Also the body of a colored waiter
about 25 years old.
The descriptions of three bodies at
Eastman could not be obtained here,
tonight.
Man of 20, with pompadour hair cut.
dark complexion.
Man of As. light complexion, good
clothing. Description apparently re-
ferring to the same man coming from
Highland Light says a card marked
John w. -, Congress street, Port
land" was found in the clothing)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
Two Montreal Men on the Portland.

Montreal, Nov 30.-It was learned, to-
day, that there We're two Montrealers on
board the Inflated steamers Portland.
They were Alphonse Gosselin. assistant
city clerk, and Procule P:che, an insur-
ance agent. Mr.. Gosselin was a we'll
known fraternal society man and had
held many important positions. Both
men were married and leave families
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
He Sighted the Portland.

Gloucester. Mass. Nov. 30.-Captain
Reuben Cameron of the fishing schoon-
er Grayling reports that, Saturday
night at II O'Clock, when u miles off
Thatcher's Island, he sighted a big
white steamer which he thinks was the
cortland. The steamer returned a sig
nal of the schooner. at the same time
shifting her course, so as to be sure to
clear the Grayling. A.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
ANOTHER STORM FOLLOWS.
A Southeaster Follows Closely in the Wake Of
the Terrible Blizzard.

Boston, Nov. S0.-Another heavy
northeast snow storm started in here
just before I o'clock this morning and
an hour later had settled down to its
work in way that promised several
of 20 miles an hour was blowing from
the north-northeast.
These conditions will greatly inter-
fere with the work that is being done
at points where vessels are wrecked, as
the sea is running high and the snow
is thick on the water.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
A. A. Goosins Of Marlboro Missing.

Marlboro, Mass, Nov. 30-it is feared
that A. A. Goggin of this place. q travel
ing salesman, 20 years of age, was one OF
the victims of the steamer Portland dis
aster. To friend whom he met in Bos-
ton, Saturday. Goggin said that he was
to leave for Maine on the Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
Another Schooner Ashore of Nahant.

Lynn, Mass, Nov. SO.--An unknown
three-masted schooner heavily laden,
is in distress in Nehant bay, off Fisher
mans beach. She has been blowing
horns for help and the Swampscott life
saving crew has put out to the rescue.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
King Phillip and Ten Men Lost.

Provincetown, Mass, Nov. 30-Schooner
King Philip of Fall River. has been total
ly wrecked on the cape, as wreckage from
her has come ashore. The crew probably
numbered 10 men, all of whom have been
lost. The schooner was 1924 tons gross
register.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
The Ohio Pulled Out Of the Mud.

Boston, Nov. 30.-The Wilson Liner
Ohio, which was beached on Spectacle
Island in the storm of Saturday, was
pulled off, this afternoon, by five tugs of
the Boston Tow Boat Co., and has been,
brought to her dock here.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01
Thankful to Be Once More Alto at.

Gloucester, Mass, Nov. 3O-The schoon-
er Wilson and Willard from Boston for
Dover, which went ashore on Ten Pound
island. was hauled off, today, by the tug
II. S. Nichols. She is badly damaged.
Schooners Senator Frye and Rienzi were
also hauled off with slight damage.