The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-11-30
THE PORTLAND LOST.
Went Down Off New England's
Coast With Over 100 Souls.
THE DEATH LIST INCREASING,

ProbablyTwo Hundredw ere Drowned
During the Recent Terrific storm.
A Belief That the Gate City, of the
Savannah Line, Has Also Gone Down
Boston, Nov. 30.-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 out
come of Sundays terrific storm, such
one as New England never had be-
fore. From Cape Cod the most terrible
accounts Of ruin and death are coming,
and Of these the loss Of the steamer
Portland, a side-wheeer plying be-
tween Boston and Portland, with all
IN board, nearly 100 souls, overshadows
all. The graveyard OF the coast, the
treacherous bars and rips on the out
side of Cape Cod, have claimed vic
Tins without number. Miles and miles
of coast line are piled high with wreck
age, most of which is ground so fine
by the waves that identification of hap
less craft is impossible.
As the fury of the wind was great
on the bleak sandhills which make up
the cape it will be many hours before
all places are heard from. Telegraph
wires are down, and railroads cannot
break out the snowdrifts, and this
feature is distressing, as much suffer-
ing from cold and hunger must ensue
from the poor people in the nearby dis
tricts.
The only means of reaching Cape Cod
Is by steamer across Massachusetts
bay, a dsagreeable voyage, as the sea
is yet boisterous. Word from Province
town tells of nearly 80 total wrecks
with the number of lives lost 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
section is made by Captain Hard, Jr,
of the revenue cutter Dexter, who has
cruised along shore. He says that in
Vineyard Haven many huls are piled
upon the shore, and those vessels which
are afloat seem mere shells. The Dex-
ter reports possible additions to the
wreck list of two schooners sunk off
Menemisha Blight and two big ones sunk
abreast of Presque Isle. The fate Of
their crews is unknown. Three wreck
ing steamers are around the Fairfax,
ashore on Sow and Pigs Reef.
The Portland was totally wrecked at
10 o'clock Sunday morning off High
land Light, and the entire crew and
passengers perished within a short dis
tance of land. A large quantity of
wreckage, including trunks and other
material, have come ashore, and 81
bodies have been recovered from the
surf by the life saving crew at High
Head station. One body was that of q
woman.
The New England coast is strewr
with the wrecks of sailing vessels, as
many as 225 having been blown on the
rocks and sands by the fierce gale
Nearly all of them will prove to be
total losses, and there has been an ac-
companying great loss of life. In all
it is believed that 200 lives have been
lost by shipwreck and there have been
many deaths from cold and exposure.
The damage to business interests is
estimated at from SO 900, 900 to $40 900, -
000 Eighty buildings have been blown
down.
The arrival in this city from Cape
Cod last night Of a party of hunters has
added to the excitement attendant
upon the report that the steamer Port
land has been wrecked on Cape Cod
through their reporting that it is the
belief of the life savers on the outer
side of the cape, south Of Nauset light,
that a Savannah line steamer had
struck on Peaked Hill bars. Each
member of the party saw bodies wash
ed ashore at Nauset, and the life savers
claimed to have seen a board in the
surf bearing the name Gate City
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