Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-01
OVER ONE HUNDRED
Lives Ara Known Positively 10 Have
Been Lost in the Fouadering OF he
P0ri land.

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Pori land.
Provincetown, Mass, November 80
The steamship Portland, plying be-
tween Boston and Portland, was swal-
lowed by the sea in last Sundays storm
off High Head.
Of all the ships company OF over 100
souls not one survives, and the story
of the disaster will never be told. Six
teen bodies have come ashore and II
is not likely that many more will be re-
covered.
The exact number of persons who
were carried away from Boston by the
Portland will probably never be known,
as no list of passengers was retained
on shore when the vessel left last Sat
urday. Many estimates of the number
on board have been made, but the esti-
mates have seldom agreed. c. F. Will
liams, Boston agent of the Portland
Steamship Company, who arrived here
liz
places the total number of persons on
the steam at 100 or possibly los. This
estimate, however, is generally regard
ed as rather small 1t has been stated
that the number was as high as lob,
but Mr.. Williams denies that so many
sailed on the Portland. 1t is probable
that 100, including passengers and
crew, is near the correct number.
Plymouth, Mass, November 30.--A
piece of bamboo picked up in the surf
mere uro~sht story OF death and the
loss of the schooner White Wings. of
Gloucester, in the recent s.orm. 1t
contained the following message:
I'VE will be lost. thirteen of us, in
fishing schooner White Wings, from
Gloucester. Have no bottle to put it
in. Everything is gone. We are about
! to go on a raft. Henry Wilder and
Frank Haskins are dead. If / could
only see my wife and darling child
again!
(Signed) ALBERT SIMMONS
A body found yesterday morning on
the outside beach near Powder Beach
bridge, by the Gurnet life saving crew,
clad in oilskins, marked Haley" is
thought to be one of the four well men
reported missing from their shooting
box near the mouth of North river.
A six foot starring wheel, a spar Is
feet long with rigging attached and
what appeared to be the front of a
quarter deckhouse or the side of a
steamers state room, are reported
floating in the water off the shore near
Brant rock. They are thought to have
come from some deep sea ship wrecked
further up the coast.
Provincetown, Mass, November 30
The schooner King Philip, of Fall
River, has been totally wrecked on the
cape. The crew, probably numbering
ten men have been lost The schooner
was of 1,224 tons gross register.
New York, November 30.-The
steamer Strathesk, from Philadelphia,
for Kings Lynn, which came into port
to-day for survey aud repairs, reports
having had hard experience in the
storm for forty-eight hours.
The storm of Saturday night and
Sunday has literally strewn the Long
Island coast with wreckage. Altogeth-
err about fifty vessels. not counting
small yachts and scows. were wrecked
or rendered useless and the numerous
harbors where the vessels sought shell
ter from the fury of the storm, are
filled with wreckage of all kinds.
Boston, Mass, Novmber 30.-An
other heavy northeast snow storm
started in here just before seven O'Clock
this morning and an hour later had
settled down in way that promised
several inches Of snow at least.
Passengers on the North and South
shore trains report that the wind is
blowing a gale along the shore. This
storm promises to complete the wreck
among the shipping along the shore.
New York. November 30--No word
has yet been received from the steam
ship Pentagoet, of the Manhattan
Steamship Company's line, which left
this port on Thursday last for Bangor,
where she was due early Sunday.
Boston, November 30.-The steamer
Ohio, which went ashore on Spectacle
Island during Saturdays storm. was
foated by five tugs this afternoon and
brought TO her dock 1t is thought
she is not badly damaged.
Boston, November 30.-The steamer
Orion reached here this morning from
Newport News. She lost the barges
Ocean Belle for Providence. and the
Enos soule, for this port. The crew
y tAe Ocean Belle. four men, we're
6tSed. The fate q those on the Soule
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