The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-01

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s~'hAch Are known 10 mariners as the crave
SSrd u no New England coast. THIS
tho0ry wU4 .QulcAiy mt to flight, however,
~ a careful fnveetikation. The iierec
sale caused such 4 Tremendous TIDE tnat
vessel n tha Pcrtisnu's draught would have
passed over che banks In safety and run
nshore On ne beach II fact large
schooner In distress drawing more water
than tho Portland psVsed over the shallow
ct part " TIE bans and brought up on the
beach. 5sS o.
~rss rnsdualIy battered TO pieces by the
mountainous sens. the upper fittings being
carried away Until the wsice beEan 70 pou.
into her. The TACT that her wheel was
found with ropes attnched on the orieans
shore Is taken 10 indicate that the pilots
we're powerless to control the vessels course
In the bay and that they were obliged 10
lash the wheel
When the hull went under the upper
deck and rulings, the gingerbread work,
etc. probably became loosened by the ac-
ton OF lie seas. These pants of the snip.
not Including the furnishings were pracii-
celly the only ones of the vessels tnat We're
strewn along the outer coast OF Cape Cod.
The absence OF any large sections on the
coast is accounted for by the theory that
the huh itself went 70 the hottom Inc
larsest piece OF wreckage reported UP TO
sunset was piece aboit thirty fset long.
S,t,en the ill-fated steamer took her Hnai
nhlnre II would seem that the passengers
and their crew tried their best to save their
lives. as Is shown by the large number OF
life preserveIs and belts found along the
shore
The first body from the wreck came
ashore AT High Head. which is on inc ouser
coast OF the cape. twas found on Monday
morning. The next bodies founa WE
4 picked up at points further south on the
came day and the life preseryers, WOOL
work. two or three pieces OF baggage. larh,
iobscco. paper and other stuff from IN :
cargo began to pile up on the shore a,
High Head. Little wrecsage was touna
( north CO that poi.,t, The swift uhuettow,
off shore c>rried an immense amount o.
debris and many bodies south as tar as
Nionanomoy beach and Nantucket souha.
TIL. northern limit Indicated THAT the wfoeN
was near High Head.
From the tip end of Cape Cod TO Mono
nemoy shore are ten government lie saw
Ing stations and all the crews have been OIL
d5iy ..lmast constantly since las. SATURDAY
evening, when the blow sci IN.
On Monday ami yesterday several bodies
were strbtei IN the surf some distance from
shore. nut they disappeared from view pc.
fore they could be secured. rae nody oil
/, man al an tl,.icrtakEng rV0m here Is sup
posed 10 be that Of william Mosher' Dust
ness man of Gorhan, Me.
4 body believed 10 be that of 'ohn wal
ton. serond engineer Of the Portland, came
ashore of Nauset yesterday.
Boston, November 50. News o. the loss
OF the Boston and Portland steam Packet
coinpany's steamer Portland, off Cape Cod
ami thc death of more than $50 persons
,onlprtsing tho passengers and crew OF the
tcamer, the news from hitherto uph9ard
OF ports ia Care Cod showing ihat at least
a score and a half of vessels were wreeiieu
along that shore with a loss OF twelve hFes
has come 20 dire climax 10 the previous
reports cf disasters resulting rom Suhddy
night storm. There arr still Other places
~ be heard from on both sides of the eapa
which have NOT been reached By Tram on
accoIiat Of the washouts and which are
cut off from all f-aans of communicate,
by broken wires. hloehaded highways ana
s4batsered bridges.
Willie The total loss Of life eau not be
estimated with any degree OF accuracy !
Is known that more than zoe perscns ~
ished.
From present reports II Is known ina
fjfty-six vessels have been totally wrecket
while sixty-nine are ashore NTH hardly
chance OF being saved. The snanhsns :"
The big EngiiEh liner Ohio and the tui
r4.maa,M, are not included in ths estimate
Kivon, nor many OF the big coal barGe
ashore in Boston harbor