The Portland daily press., 1898-12-01

q KEY rack from the purser's cabin evil
aopt,v was also picked up There was
any quantity of mahogany finished tables
and chair legs from the saloon furniture.
Enrtber down the beach towards Orleans
v.as found the wheel of the Portland with
nj, of the electric bell arrangements at
t.obed. Tile wheel was dashed strongly
and had evidently been abandoned by the
nilots before the ship went to pieces.
There were bits of all kinds OF articles
from the freight OF the Portland. A big
box of tobacco was eagerly seized upon by
tho crowd Of curiosity seeksrs who
-,,ar,ned unon the beach. and who were
= rrviug away everything they could lay
their hands on. Among other things were
tnousands Of psetes of red, green and
mink tissue paper which had evidently
been mart of the freight of the steamer.
One man was seen going towards
proyincetown with big plank on which
was large gong which looked as if it
might have come from the engine room.
One thing which was called TO the re-
porter's attention was the
STATERoOM DOORS
or those parts of the doors which had the
locks in tn sm. These locks were of brass
and all of them were looked. That is the
bolts had all been thrown as they are to
fasten a door. 1t was believed that these
looks were the ones which belonged to the
doors Of the staterooms which were I'M
occupied.
Two passengers trunks also came ashore
which the PRESS reporter tried to lind,
but in the confusion and excitement at
Proyincetown he could not locate. ae
was told that one of these trunks was
marked "Madge Ingraham," and the
other bore the nance of L. Q. Chase, 129
Washington strest, Boston.
The PRESS man wandered around on
the beach until long after dark hunting
among the wreckage for the purser's
books OF something which might show
the number Of passengers of the wreck,
but he could find nothing Of this descrip-
ton. As has been said elsewhere the most
remarkable thing about this wrecksge
was the absence of any large pieces OF
timber which might have come from the
hull of the ship. Neither were there any
boats or life RATS to be found. An oar
was picked up marked
rs. s. PORTLAND"
but this was sent to the oompany's office
in Boston on the revenue steamer Dallas
The certificate of the engineer Of the Port
land still in its frame was also picked up
On the beach during the afternoon and
was sent to Boston on the Dallas.
The PRESS reporter saw one life pre-
server which told pitiful story The
bands which were used to fasten the life
preserver about the body were all knotted
in hard knots. 1t had undoubtedly been
carefully tied about the bouy of some per-
son who WAS too small for the big life
preseryer and who had slipped out OF 1t
when in the water. There were other
preseryers found which were torn and
ripped and some with the bands used to
fasten them broken. The numbs of life
preseryers found which had evidently
never been touched was another thing
which WAS pointed out to the PRESS
man as being very singular.
AS far as the eye could reach along this
beach the wreokage was piled. The
PRESS reporter was told by the life
saving men that this wreckage was to be
ound on the shore way below Chatham,
and that ii was coming ashore 20 the
southwark much faster than it was up by
Peaked Hill Bar and Race Point. While
the PRESS man roamed about the beach
PIECES OF WRECKAGE
could be sesn in the surf far out on the
bar. None OF it was very large in size,
but the amount of 1T to be seen was
enormous.
Having wandered a bout the beach for a
long time airnlessly the PRESS man took
the carriage again, and after another long
and tedious journey got back to the long
narrow street of Proyincetown where toe
crowds were gathered in all manner OF
places talking over the terrible disaster.
:. Two tow boats had arrived from Boston
in she meantime filled with newspaper
men and the town seemed full of than
all at once. They were interviewing every
ons who had anything to say and trying
to get together some kind Of story on
the disaster. The only two hotels In the
place were crowded to the very doors.
Owing to
THE THREATENING STORM
the Woodbury. did not put to SEA but re-
NAMED at anchor in Provincetown. The
tow boat captains on whom the newspaper
men relied to take them with their
stories baok to Boston before morning
could not be tempted to leave the harbor.
They were sworn at by every newspaper
man who found time to indulge in the
pastime, but the most these tow boat
CAPTAINS would do was to allow the news
paper men to sleep on board their vessels
The wires all along the cape are down
and there hadn't been train init
proyincetown for several days. Most Of
the newspaper men worked all night run
ming about the town and driving over the
horrible roads of the cape trying to find
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