The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-02
WAS SEVERE ON SHIPPING
About Thirty-Five Vessels Reported
Ashore or Sunk In or Near
Boston Harbor.
BETWEEN Is AND 80 LIVES ARE LOST
Nine ve..el. Are Lost in Blizzard at
Weather Pnralyxes the Railroads
At New York Trains Are Unable to
Leave or Enter the City.

Weather Paralyxes the Railroads.
At New York Trains Are Unable to :
Leave or Enter the City.
Boston, Mass, Nov. 2s.-Tugs re-
turning to this city at noon, after a
tour of theharbor, report about IS
vessels of all sizes and classes ashore or
sunk in and nea4 Boston harbor.
Seven large schooners and two Bal
timore coal barges are completely
wrecked, and it is estimated that be-
tween 25 and 80 lives have been lost.
Only one body has yet been recovered.
Not until daylight did the awful
havoc wrought by the storm in Boston
harbor and vicinity become apparent.
Not since 1852 has storm caused such
destruction of property and loss of life
so near the city.
The tugs that started early in the day
to explore the harbor and offer assist
ance where it was needed found con-
dition of affairs almost unprecedented
in the marine history of Boston. On
every shoal and reef in the harbor was
found some wrecked craft over which
a wild sea still dashed, carrying the
vessel higher up on the shore or slowly
grinding it to fragments.
Many wrecks were covered with ice,
and this and the fact that terrific sea
was running made it impossible to
learn their names.
Impossible to Recover Dead.
The raging waters also prevented any
attempt to recover bodies known to be
IN some of the wrecks. and it is probable
that it will be several days before
complete list of those lost can be OBJ
tanned.
At Hull beach, where two barges and
two schooners went ashore, more than
a dozen bodies were visible in the SURF
but it was impossible to get to them.
At Shag Rocks, between Boston light
and the Brewster's, where the schoon-
er Calvin F. Baker was ashore, two sail
crs were taken from the rigging by
the life-savers, nearly, exhausted, and
the dead body of another was recovered.
Three others from this vessel were
drowned, but their bodies could not
be found
More than a dozen are reported in
the surf at Hull and efforts are being
made torecover them. The ocean steam
er Ohio, of the Warren line, is high
and dry on Spectacle island. 1t is very
doubtful if she can be foated until
channel has been dug.
The ocean-going tug Tamqua is on
the rocks at Rainsford island and will
be total wreck.
Steamer Portland Missing.
The management of the Portland
Steam ship company announced at noon
that they had no information as to
the whereabouts of the steamer Port
land, which left this city Saturday night
for Portland. During the forenoon a
report was in circulation that the Port
land was at anchor in Gloucester har-
Dor, but the captain of the steamer
Gloucester, which arrived from that
port, says the Portland is not at
Gloucester. The company has received
dispatch from Portsmouth stating
that their vessel had not put in at that
port. A number of steamers are at
anchor in lower Boston harbor, but
owing to the thick weather their names
cannot be made out. The Portland
I steamship people think that possibly
The Portland had fair-sized freight
and about rs or 80 passengers.
IL the John j. Hill.
Quincy, Mass, Nov. 2S.-The three
masted schooner which went ashore
near the national sailors home here
is the steamer John j. Hill bound for
Hillsboro, n. b.. from New York She
was anchored in the Nantasket roads
when the storm struck her. She
dragged her anchors and was gradually
| driven before the terrific gale until she
struck the shore. The steamer now is
high OH the shore, and is apparently not
damaged.
| The John j. Hill was engaged in the
| plaster trade. She registered 947 tons,
| and was built in 1892 at Marine City,
Mich. She halls from Port Huron,
Mich The crew is safe.
| Nine Vessels Lost at Gloucester.
Gloucester Mass, Nov. 2s-Nine yes
sells were lost in the blizzard at this
port, but nothing could be learned as to
the loss CT life. 1t is believed that the.
crews of nearly all the craft escaped.
In several instances no one was on
board. Nearly all of the vessels lost
were fishermen.
Ship Stranded, Crew Saved.
Washington, Nov. ss.-Chief Kimball,
of the life-saving service, has received
telegram stating that the schooner
Ivey Bell, from Boston to Bristol, is
stranded near Jerry's Point, N. II. The
crew of four was saved by the life-sav-
ing crew. The vessel is said to be a
total loss. Another telegram states
that the British brig Champion and
schooner G.. j. Willard are ashore in
Quaddy bay, Maine. The Champion
will be a total loss The crews ore Safa