, 1898-11-30
ORT[ANDWRECKED
NOT A SOUL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AND CREW NUMBERED
NINTY-NINE.
Most Terrible Storm on the Atlantic
Coast Ever Experienced-Ships Go
Down in Sight of Land-Portland
Was Plying between Boston and
Portland.

Portland.
Highland Light, Mass, Nov. 28.-
The steamer Portland Of the Boston
and Portland has been lost on Cape
Cod with all on board. The life saving
men, through a binding storm. yester-
day morning at 6 O'Clock. heard the dis
tressed whistle of a steamer, and last
night at midnight tine body of a man
was found on shore. On the body Of the
man was a life belt marked Steamer
Portland of Portland"
"A gold watch in his pocket had stop
ped ait 10 o'clock. This man was well
dressed, ore black clothes and tan
shoes and had light hair and NOUS
tache, and a piece of card in his pocket
bore the words John W., Congress ST.,
Portland"
The body Of a large woman, without
covering of any kind washed ashore at
Pamet river, but there was no means Of
itCLllIy III l. II 10 Dtllcte u ILdl Vic
steamer Portland was disabled by the
storm at 10 O'Clock last night, being
unable TO hold up against the gale long
er and drifted on Peaked Hill bars and
went ITO peices. No part of the ship has
.drifted ashore, and it is not known just
where she struck. Boxes Of tobacco,
clothing. cheese, oil, etc, have been
washed ashore. also life preservers
marked with the words Steamer of
Portland"
Boston, Mass, Nov. 29.-Dr. Maurice
Richardson of Beacon street, this city,
was at his summer home at Wellfleet
during the storm, and co~rroDorates the
early accounts OF the loss Of the Port
land. fer he saw two Of the bodies
washed ashore and one Of them wore
life preservers marked with the vessels
name. DR.. Richardson was on the first
train from Cape Cod, which arrived in
this city late tonight.
Il saw two Of the bodies picked up"
said DR.. Richardson. "One was prob
ably that OF a deck hand, a man about
20. He had a life p~reserver marked
Portland" The other body was chat
OF a stout woman. She. too, wore a life
belt with the steamers name on 1t.
Wreckage is coming ashore for fifteen
miles along the coast. Among the
wreckage were cases Of lard directed to
Portland"
In addition to two bodies. DR.. Rich
ardson brought news that at Orleans
the body OF a girl about 20 was found.
She had a gold watch and a ring mark
ed -. G. E." Her watch stopped at 9.17.
There are three bodies at Nauset. eight
at Orleans. and twenty-eight at Truro
and Wellfleet. The double wheel Of
the Portland came ashore at Orleans.
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 outcome Of Sundays ter
rife storm. From Cape Cod the most
terrible accounts of ruin and death are
coming. and Of these the loss Of the
steamer Portland. with all on board,
nearly 100 souls. overshadows all. The
graveyard o fthe coast. the treacherous
bars and rips ON the outside of Cape
Cod, have claimed victims without
number Miles and miles Of coast line
Is piled high with wreckage. most Of
which is ground so fine by the waves
that the Identification Of helpless craft
is impossible.
AS the fury OF the wind was as great
on the bleak sand hills which make up
the cape. 1t will be many hours before
all places are heard from. Telegraph
wires are down and railroads cannot
break up the snow drifts. and this fea-
ture is distressing. as much suffering
from the cold and hunger must ensue
among the poorer people in the near
,hamlets.
Tonight the only can OF reaching
Cape Cod is by steamer across Massa-
chusetts bay, a disagreeable voyage, as
the sea is yet b~oisterous. Word from
P~rovincetown tells Of nearly thirty to-
tai wrecks with the number Of lives
lost unknown.
Matters are improving slightly along
Vineyard Sound. 30 far a. means OF
communication q concerned. Tho
best summing up Of the disaster In
that section u made by Captain Hard.
jr., Of the revenue cutter Dexter, who
has crsltsed along the shore all day.
He says that the Vineyard Haven
hulls are piled upon the shore, and
those vessels which are a6oat seem
mere shelis. The Dexter reports pos
sible additions to the wreck list in two
schuooars sunk OF Menemsha Light
and TWO big ons sunk abreast Of Pesque
ke. Tue fAte Of their crews b ~
known. Three wrscking steamers sre
|around ~ FAIRFAX. a.hore on Sow and
Pigs rssi.
Tbs asstval In tn CITY tonfsh& from
|Caps Cod q . party q hunssEs has ed.
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