The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30
BAD NEWS FROM pRowNoETowN.

| BAD NEWS FRCM PROViNCEl OWN
| Town Heard From After Sixty Hours $50
lation.
Provincstown, Mass. November 81 a l.
| ter nearly sixty hours of complete lsolaeion
| on account Of the terrible storm oil oaUur
day night and Sunday, news OF inc si'ua
| tion at this town is started for the ouU-
side world by tn, only method OIL oo
mupication possible at present, one Vi 0ii'
Gloucester Fish company's steamers.
| u,wentv seven vessels were driven ashore
and totally wrecked From the majority
of these the crews were saVeo' aio"ousn
several lives were lost. Four or nVe Vi
tha xyreclys were coasters and the resi- were
l'o Turing the storms progress shipping
was DESTROYED, the beach was sSreWn WIN
wreckage, streets were nooueu on" IN
,vharyes drifted out to sea. -Four ice
1,a n" and a lobster hatchery were de-
The list of casualties include the
schooners, Daniel Boone Mary Cabari,
Isaac Collins, the steamer A. b. Nlcker'
son of Provincetown, the schooneTs TIARA
Sayward of Gloucester, Sylvester Whaien
oil BOSTON, IL Z ROcuSL tNitA = 49,
both Of Provincetown, Hshsng schooneE
Unique and the fragments OF the schooner
r. Walker of Gloucester. ~
The coaster Addie Snow OF ROCK lana,
Me-. drifted ashore at Race Point THIS
afternoon. Flour, pork, lard and Wnlskey
barrels have been drifting ashore along
the beach between Race Point and high,
land life saving station today. several
bodies also have drifted ashore near High
land light and part of vessel bearing the
words rSteamer Portland.
This seems to Indicate the loss OF the
steamer with all on board. The Wooa
Island life savers made several gallant
efforts yesterday to reach the schooner
Jordan L. Mott bound from New YORK
ia Rockland with coal and finally sue.
ceeded.
The Mott put in here on the goth for
harbor and sank early the same night
The captain and crew of five men took to
the rigging for safety. A terrible sea and
gale prevailed at the time. The captain,
Charles K. Dyer, dashed his father. Chas.
G. Dyer, who acted as steward. to the
mast. For eighteen hours Jhey Were ex-
posed before assistance arrived. w hen
the Wood End crew made their successful
launch and came within hailing distance
of the Mott, Captain Dyer said:
81 can hold on; save my crew. my
father is frozen dead to the mast; do not
WALL To CuU Ills DUuy NoNi W. viz 49,
are freezing
The saddest wreck, SO far as known.
was that of the three master Lester a.
Lewis. Captain Kimball, from Elizabeth,
N. j., for Bangor with a cargo OF phos-
rhate and guano. The Lewis came In
shortly after the Mott and Captain Dyer
Of the latter thinks both capsized and
sank about the Same zine. The captain
and crew of the Lewis could not have had
any warning for they all persisted TO-
gether.
At ten o'clock on the forenoon OF Mon
day, word was received from the Peaked
Hill life saving station that the schooner
Albert T.. Butler, Captain LELAND, from
Black River, Jamaica for Boston. Went
ashore one mile east of the life saving
station at ten in the forenoon. Some OF
the craw Were taken off by the Whip
the life savers having no time to rig the
breaches buoy. BY this means the captain
and four men were SAVED. Mate Rath-
burn. Sailor Offlander, and colored
passenger named Wetherburn, were
drowned The Butler is a total loss
The body of Steward Dyer of the Mott
has been cut from the rigging and now
lies alongside the five bodies recovered
from the Lewis, all of whom will probably
be buried at Provincetown.
No trains have arrived at or left
Provincetown since 8 30 p. m Saturday
The track for nearly three quarters OF o
mile between Provincetown and Truro
has been washed away.