The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-30
ALL ON BOARD PERISHED
THIRTY-FOUR BODIES RECOV-
Erred FROM THE SURF.
THIS WAS AT DARK MONDAY NIGHT
Life Saving Crew at High Head Station
Brought The Bodies ln-.HOtelS Shat
tered and Vessels Torn to Pieces
at Block Island.

al BLOCK Island,
Boston, Mass, Nov. 29.-The passing
hours do not bring an end to the reports
of wrecks and loss of life up and down
| the New England coast, as the outcome
of Sundays terrific storm, such one
as New England never heard before.
| From Cape Cod the most terrible ac-
counts of ruin and death are coming and
of these the, loss Of the steamer Port
| land, q sidewheeler plying be-
tween Boston and Portland, win
all on board nearly 100
souls, overshadows ALL The graveyard
of the coast, the treacherous bars and
| rips on the outside of Cape Cod have
| claimed victims without number Miles
and miles of coast line are piled high
with wreckage, most of which is ground
so fine by the waves that identification
| of the hapess craft is impossible.
| AS the fury of the wind was as great
on the bleak sand hills which make up
| the Cape, il will be many hours before
| all places are heard from. Telegraph
| wires are down and railroad trains can
not break through the snow drifts. and
this feature is distressing, as much suf-
fering from cold and hunger must ensue
among the poorer people in the nearby
| hamlets.
| Tonight the only means of reaching
| Cape Cod is by steamer across MasSa-
| chusetts Bay, disagreeable voyage as
| the sea is yet boisterous. Word from
| Provincetown tells of nearly thirty to-
| tai wrecks, with the number of lives
| unknown.
| Matters are improving slightly along
Vineyard Sound, so far as means Of
| communication is concerned. The best
summing up of the disasters in that sec
| ton is made by Captain Hard, Jr., of
| the revenue cutter Dexter who has
cruised along shore all day.
He says that in Vineyard Haven hulis
are piled upon the shore and those yes
sells afloat seem mere shells. The Dex-
ter reports possible additions to the
wreck list in two schooners sunk off
Menemesha Blight, and two big ones
sunk abreast of PresQue Isle. The fate
of their crews is unknown. Three
wrecking steamers are aground on Sow
and Pigs reef
PORTLAND \ TOTAL WRECK.
Boston, Nov. 29-A special to the
Herald from North Truro, says the
steamer Portland, of the Boston and
Portland Steamship Company, plying
between Boston and Portland, was to-
| tally wrecked ut 10 o'clock Sunday
morning off Highland Light and the
entire crew and passengers perished
| within Il short distance of land. 4
| large quantity of wreckage, including
| trunks and other material, has come
ashore and ut dark last night thirtyfour
| bodies had been recovered from the surf
| by the life-saying crew ut High Head
| Station. One body was that Of wo-
man.
The news of the disaster was brought
to the Herald through the agency of Il
special train, as communication to BoS- >
ton by wire from points on Cape Cod
is impossible on account of the havoc
wrought by the storm.
PARTIAL LIST OF PASSENGERS.
Following is IL partial list of the pas
sengers said to be on board the Port
land when she sailed from Boston Sat
urday night
Oron Hooper.
ii. True Hooper.
Isaiah Frye
Miss Ruth Frye.
Miss Maud Frye.
Miss Maud Sykes.
Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis.
Mrs Theodore Allen.
Miss Allen.
Miss Cole, of Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Daniel Rounds.
Fred Sherwood.
Miss Ross.
Miss Edna McCrillis.
C. f. Wilson, of Bethel, Ne.
Hon. +. Dudley Freeman.
ID. o. Getchell. Boston
Miss Sophie Holmes.
Miss Helen Langthorne.
Miss Emma l.. Plimpton, of Charles
River
G. w. Cole.
Miss Burns.
Charles Wiggin.
M. G. Hutchinson.
Miss Hutchinson.
Mrs. George o. Chickering, Wey-
mouth, Mass, and sister.
Mrs. Wheeler Of South Weymouth,
Mass.
NJ. l.. Sewell, of Portland.
Fred Sherwood, of Portland.
Charles III. Thompson.
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