The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-30
New Accounts Of Vessels Ashore are
Received Almost Hourly.
THE DEATH LIST IS UNKNOWN,
Bat Every Account Received Adds TO
the Number - Twenty-Scvcn Nes-
sells Wrecked In the NcighbOr.
hood OfProvincetown, Mass,
Alone 49, Many Wrecked
Crews Picked Up.

BOSTON, November 29-The passing
hours 90 not bring an end to Che reports
OF wrecks and loss Of life up and down
'ho New England coast as the outcome Of
Sundays terrific storm-such a one as
New England never heard before. From
Cape Cod the most terrible accounts OF
ruin and death are coming. and of these
the loss Of the steamer Portland-a side
wheeler plying between Boston and Port
land-with all on board. nearly one hun
dred souls. overshadows all Tho grave
yard OF the coast-thc trcacherous bars
and rips on tho outside Of Cape Cod
have claimed victims without number.
Miles and miles Of coast line are piled
high with wrcckng, most Of which is
ground so fine by the waves That ident-
ncatiOn Of haplcse craft is Impossible.
NO COMMUNICATION.
As the fury of the wind was as great
on the bleak sand-hills which make up
the cape. Il will he many hours before
on places are heard. from. Telegraph
wires are down and railroads cannot
break out of tho snowdrifs. and this
feature is distressing, as much suffering
from cold and hunger must ensue among
the poorer people I'm the nearby hamlets.
Tonight the only means Of reaching
Cape Cod IS by steamer across Massachu-
setts Bay. a disagrccabio voyage as the
sea So yet boistcrous
Word from provincotown tells or near
ly thirty total wrecks with the number
Of lives lost unknown.
Matters are improving slightly along
Vineyard Sound. so far as means OF COM
munication is concerned.
FEARFUL DESTRUCTION.
The best summing up of the disasters
in that section IS made by Captain Hard.
Jr OF The Revenue Gutter Dexter, who
has cruised along shore AN day. He says
that I'm Vineyard Haven hulls are piled
upoH the shore and those vessels which
are aiOat seem mere shells. The Dexter
reports possible additions 10 the wreck
nst. I'm two sch0oners sunk of Menomsha
bright. and two biz ones sunk abreast OF
prosque Isle. The fato of their crews Is
Unknown. Three wrecking steamers are
around the Fairfax. ashore on Sow and
Piss Seef.
TWENTY SEVEN VESSELS.
PROVING ETOWN, MASS. November
- -Twenty-sevcn vessels were driven
ashore AMI totally wrecked in This neigh
borhood. From the majority of these
tho crews We're saved. although several
lives were lost -Four or five of the
fishermen Four ice-houses and % lob
eter hatchery situated al Beach Point
were destroyed Several bodies also have
driited ashore near Highland Lieht and
pa,~ Of "a vessel marked steamer Port
land"
s. METROPOLTTAN LINER
NEW YORK November 29-The steam
n Herman Winters. OF the Metropolitan
1i.e. arrived to-day with the captain and
.rew Of the Gloucester fishing schooner
~ w. Dyer. which foundered of the
cape Cod coast in the Saturday gale.
srhen sighted by the Winters the cape
vain and his crew Of sixteen men were
dashed t0 the deck.
VINEYARD HAVEN. MASS. Nov. 29.-
Three lives We're lost in the wreck of tine
schooner Addie sawyer, from Calais. Ne.
20 New York. with lumber, which was
wrecked on the north side OF the island
The dead are Captain Norwood Cook
Anscvoy and Seaman Leander Ashley.
a RESCUED CREW.
GEOUcEs TOR. MASS, Nov. e9.-The
schoone Hiram Lowell, Captain Henry
Nelson. arrived to-day from the shore
fishing grounds. and brings the rescued
crew and passengers numbering % per-
sons OF the British schooner Narcissus,
Captain Wm Mcintosh. from Boston for
shelburnc and Liverpool y. s.. with
general cargo Captain Mcintosh brings
story of te~dh'e experience and of great
heroism on the part o. his rescuers.
EIGHT SAVED
PLYMOUTH MASS. Nov. 29.-Ihe
Guerrct Lfe-Saving station picked mp
tha body Of a man this morning. A fish
ing schooner Has wrecked off Brant
Rock. and eight out OF the fourteen men
on her were saved 4 herring schooner
was also Destroyed there and the life
sewing crew picked up three bodies.
PASSED THREE WRECKS
NEW YORK. Nov 29-The steamer
Comanche from Jacksonville and Char
lesion reached port about ten hours late.
owing % the storm she encountered She
eenorts chat q mile north OF Northeast End
Iichthouse She passed a spar standing
out OF the water. and attached 80 "A sunk
en- vessel on Martins Industry Light |
shin two floating wrecks apparently bot
tom up. were passed
UNKNOWN VESSEL.
HALIFAN. y. s.. Nov 29-An un-
known four-masted vessel is ashore at
Herring Cove. entrance TO Halifax har-
b0r one body has washed ashore. The
vessel g. fore and aft rugged. All on board !
have nerished.
pENTAGEET MAY BE LOST
HIGHLAND LIGHT MASS. Nov 2 -
Tho steamer Pcntagcot from New York
for Bangor passed here 90 4 =. NJ. sat
url
BANGOR. MAINE Nov 29-steamer
penugect from New York is overdue az
this port