The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-03

of her When we ran in towards Nausett
we made out fisherman running along
with q bit of her foresa1I showing, put
she seemed to he all right
SAT about nine o clock or SO we hauled
off shore for Pollock Rip lightshiP. Here
we have to 20 through slew not more
than 1900 feet wide, and as we approached
it we saw the waves were breaking on
each side OF us, and in fact in front OF us
though we were in five and half
fatboms of water 1T he'd cleared up for q
time and stopped showing, ami this was
God sent for US, for knew tnat unless
we got over the shoals before it began TO
snow again we might have 20 rlas ous an az
other night at SEA-. When we passed the
Pollock Rip lightship she was in the
right position, but the waves, were break.
ing over her and she was bav ing pretty
hard time of it. We pushed on at full
speed and at Shoyelful Shoals llghfshlp IL
began to blow great gums again from
north northeast and commenced showing
again. There was thunder and lightning
too. and you have no idea how the wind
blew or how thick it was When we got
to the Handkerchief Shoal lightship we
found that she had broken adrif5 ana Was
six miles out of her position. POLLOCK
Rip lighlsbip and the others must nave
drifted from their positions atter We haa
passed them We Went on towards the
Cross Rip lightship and found her IN her
right place, but she was putting her bow
| down level with the water With every
wave At two O'clock that afternoon
| (Sunday) we anchored, off Falmouth
| Massin. Vineyard Sound. 1t continued
| to blow great guns and snow ike
| everything until about one O'Clock Mon.
day morning when the weather moderated
| O little. We got under way again and
arrived in New York all right and with
| out any damage or injury to the ship. We
were reported lost at one time SO under
! stand, but we were never IN DANGER Tor a
minute though for ship like the Port
| land, 1t must have been impossible to live
| through.
Captain Bragg was very much distressed
| over the loss of the steamer Portland.
| He did not care to discuss the matteT
with the PRESS reporter. lie knew
| CAPTAIN Blanchard well and Thought
great deal of him MS a seaman ana brave
man He said that the Horatio hall must
nave been very close to the spot where the
| Portland went down, but he neither
heard or saw anything OF her, or any
other steamship. Captain Bragg was
| enthusiasts in his praise OF the behavior
Of the Hall, AMI again and again told the
| PRESS reporter that she was the finest
vessel he had ever been TO sea IN.
| On the return trip from New York the
Hall ran along the Cape shore by Chat
ham. Nausett and Race Point with ali
hands on the lookout for bodies or wreck.
age from the Portland bnt not a thing
was seen. Captain Bragg gave it as his
opinion that the Portland labored SO hard
| in the heavy sea that she sprang aleak
and sunk, some miles off Race Point.
! The Horatio Hall had about twenty
passengers on this memorable trip to New
York among the number being the Hon.
| NJ. p. Frank. These passengers suffered
not little from sea sickness, but were at
no time frightened or panic stricken SO
ably Was the Hall managed and SO well
did she ride out the hurricane.