Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-30
THE PORTLAND LOST.
Totally Wrecked on Cape Cod
Sunday Morning
ALL ON BOARD ARE DROWNED
They Number Probably More Than One
Hundred Souls in ALL.
Thirty-Four Taken from the Surf by
the Life-Saving Crew Mt High Head
statiOn-Other Maritime Disasters-
Long story Of Wreck.
Long story Of Wreck.

BOSTON, MASS. November 29.--A spe,
cial to the Herald from North Truro says
the steamer Portland, Of the Boston and
Portland Steamship Company, plying be-
tween Boston and Portland, was totally
wrecked al 10 o'clock Sunday morning of
Highland 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, has come
ashore, and at dark last night thlrty-four
bodies had been recovered from the surf
by the life-saving crew at High-Head sta
tion. One body was that of a woman.
The news Of the disaster was brought
to the Herald through the agency Of a
special train, as communication to Bos-
ton by wire from points on Cape Cod is
impossible, on account of the havoc
wrought by the storm.
LIST OF PASSENGERS.
Following is partial list of the pas
sengers said to be on board the Portland
when she sailed from Boston Saturday
night:
Orin Hooper. II. True Hooper, Isaiah
Frye, Miss Ruth Frye Miss Maud FRYE.
Miss Maud Sykes, Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis.
Mrs. Theodore Allen. Miss Allen, Miss
Cole, Of Springfield. Mass; Mrs. Daniel
Rounds. Fred. Sherwood, Miss Ross. Miss
Edna McCrillis, G. +. Wilson. Of Bethel.
Me; Hon. i. Dudley Freeman, D. o.
Getchell, Boston; Miss Sophie Holmes.
Miss Helen Langthorn, Miss Emma L.
Plympton, of Charles River; @. W. Cole.
Miss Burns, Charles Wiggin, NJ. 9.
Hutchinson, Miss Hutchinson, Mrs.
George o. Chickering. Weymouth. Mass.
and sister. Mrs. Wheeler. Of South Wey-
mouth, Mass; NJ. T. Sewc'l, Of Port
land; Fred. Sherwood, Of Portland:
Charles H. Thompson, Mrs. Thompson.
and child WoOdfords. Me; William NJ
Chase and Master Philip Chase. Wor-
cester; Mrs. Kate Coy. East Boston; Ar
thur +. Heersom and Mrs. Hersom, Of
Chelsea, Mass; Mrs. Alice Swift of
Portland. Me; Harry Smith, q Marion
street, East Boston: Mrs. Cornelia y.
Mitchell and Miss Jennie Hoyt, North
EastOn; Mrs. J. a. Carroll. OF Lowell:
Miss Jennie Edmunds, Marion street.
East Boston; Mrs. Anna Rounds. Port
land; George y. Kennlson Jr., Booth
Bay. Me; Perry Jackson. wife, and child.
Of South Portland. Me: Fred. Stevens.
Portland; Mr.. Pierce, Portland; child Of
Charles H. Thompson. Of Woodfords, Me.
AND CREW NUMBER 49,
The passenger-list given above num-
bers ffty-One, and the officers and crew
number forty-eight.
The Portland was built I'm Bath I'm 1890
and was a sidewheel steamer Of 1317 tons
net burden. Her length is 23O feet, her
beam ~. and her depth Is feet. She was
valued at $500 and was fully insured.
TWO BODIES AT PROVINCETOWN.
PROVINCETOWN. MASS, November |
9.-Two bodies that came ashore at High !
and Light. and are supposed to be from |
he Portland. have been brought here. |
)ne is that Of well-dressed man, with |
ight hair and moustache; height, feet |
inches; weight, 10 pounds He wore |
black suit and overcoat, white shirt, |
With gold studs. light blue tie, and tan
hoes. A trunk key and stateroom key |
20. u, gold watch gold ring, 8 in money |
nd two handkerchiefs, one marked "W"
4 corner, We're found about his person.
he other body was that Of a woman,
18th only shoes and stockings on; age
bout 40 years; weight about 17J pounds;
SuL Hdlfs dDpul . I'tti lutHfSs TAN.
MORE BODIES ASHORE.
NEW YORK, November 29.-The French
able Company has received dispatch
rom it's office at Cape Cod, Mass, saying
hat twelve bodies from the steamer
'ortlaud have been washed ashore at
hat station.
THREE LIVES LOST.
BOSTON, MASS. November pa spe-
ial 10 the Herald from Highland Light
lys:
A large three-masted schooner. name
Unknown. IS ashore on Peaked Hill bar.
wo sailors and one passenger We're lost.
he captain and two seamen We're saved.
he schooner will be total wreck.
FATE OF CREW UNKNOWN.
A two-masted schooner supposed to be
le Philemon, Of ProyncetOwn. was pick
up by the steamer LOngfellow. The |
hooner was dismantled. and the fate
the crew is unknown. '
SEVEN VESSELS WRECKED.
MASS. November !
-Twenty-seven vessels were driven 7
hore and totally wrecked i'm this neigh {
rhood. From the majority Of these the
ews were saved, although several lives
ere lost. Four or five OF the wrecks :
ire coasters and the rest were fisher !
N. Four ice-houses and lobster hatch
" situated at Beach Point, were de- :
Dyed. Several bodies also have drift
ashore near Highland Light, and part =.
a vessel marked Steamer Portland" !.
CAPTAIN AND CREW RESCUED. II
lEW YORK. November 29.-The steam i
Herman Winters, of the Metropolitan n
le, arrived to-day, with the captain and s.
w OF the Gloucester fishing schooner o
NJ Dyer, which foundered OFF the Cape II
d coast I'm the Saturday gale. o.
When sighted by the Winters the cap
n and his crew OF sixteen men were
he'd TO the deck. T.
THREE LIVES LOST. M
HAVEN. MASS. Novem- di
29.-Threo lives were lost In the wreck y
the schooner Addie Sawyer from X
ais, Me-, for New York, with lumber. VI
ich was wrecked on the north side OF IN
island. The dead are: Captain Nor -.
3D. Cook Ansevoy. and Seaman Lean ~ ~
Ashley. !"
EW AND PASSENGERS RESCUED. T.
MASS. November o. GO
, schooner Hiram lowell Captain Hem w