The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03

Crew-List of Passengers and Crew AS
Far As Known.
Boston, Nov. 3O.-A special to the
Herald from North Truro says the
steamer Portland, of the Boston u
Portland Steamship Co., plying be-
tween Boston and Portland, was total
ly wrecked at ten o'clock Sunday
morning off Highland light, II the
entire crew and ~pasSengerS persisted
within 4 short distance of land. y
large quantity of w~reckage, including
trunks and material, have come
ashore, and at dark Monday night "a
bodies had been recovered from the
surf by the ~life-saving crew at High
Head station. One body was h a of
a IN
The news of the disaster was
brought to the Herald through the
agency of Il special train, as communi-
cation with Boston by wire from
points on Cape Cod is impossible on
account of the havoc wrought by the
storm.
List of Passengers and Crew.
Following is partial list of the pas
sengers said to be on board the Port
land when she sailed from Boston
Saturday night:
OrOn HOOrer.
ISiah Frye.
Miss Maud Frye.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dennis.
Miss Allen.
Mrs. Daniel Rounds
c. F. Wilson. of Bethel. Me.
ID. o. Getchell, of Boston.
Miss Helen LanthOrne.
6. W. Cole.
Charles Wiggin.
Miss Hutchinson.
II. TruehOpper.
Miss Ruth Frye.
Miss Maud Symns.
Mrs. Theodore Allen.
Miss Cole, of Springfield, Mass.
Fred Sherwood.
Miss Edna McCrilliS.
Hon. =. Dudley Freeman.
Miss Sophie Holmes.
Miss Emma l.. Plimpton, of Charles
River, Mass.
Miss Burns.
NJ. {. Hutchinson.
Mrs. George O. Chickering. Weymouth,
Mass, and sister, Miss Wheeler, of South
Weymouth. Mass.
NJ. l.. Sewell. Portland, Me.
Fred Sherwood. Portland, Me.
Charles H.. Thompson.
Mrs. Thompson and child, Woodford,
Me.
w III. CllSt. sliu 4AiiSlt- L HlllD NHISe.
Worcester. Mass.
Mrs. Kate Coy. East Boston.
Arthur +. Heersom and Mrs. Heersom,
Chelsea, Mass.
Miss \. Swift. Portland. Me.
Harry Swift. East Boston.
Mrs. Cornelia n. Mitchell and Miss Jen-
ME HOyt, North EastOn. Mass.
Mrs. j. y Carroll, Lowell. Mass.
East Boston.
Mrs. Anna Rounds. Portland. Me.
George r. kennison, Jr.. Booth Bay. Me.
Perry Jackson. wife and child, South
Portland. Me.
Fred Stevens. Portland. Me.
Mr.. Pierre, Portland, Me.
hid of Charles II. Thompson, Wood
The passenger list given above numbers
81, and the officers and crew number IS.
The Crew, as Far Is Known.
The crew as far as can be ascer-
tanned is as follows:
Capt. Hollis H. Blanchard.
First pilot, Lewis Strout.
Second pilot. Lewis Nelson.
Purser, F. a. Ingraham.
Clerk, Horace Moore.
Mate, Edward Deering.
Second mate, John Mckay.
Quartermaster. Ansel Dyer.
Quartermaster, f. Peterson.
Watchmen; r; Blake, T. Sewell, G. Whit
ten and d. Williams.
First engineer, Thomas Merrill.
Second engineer, John Walton.
Third engineer, G. Nerrill.
teW1rd, \. V. Matthews.
Second steward. Eben Houston.
John Daily. seaman.
George McGilVary. seaman.
Arthur Sloan, seaman.
James Davidson. seaman.
Peter Collins. seaman.
Morris Graham, seaman.
Cornelius O'Rrien. seaman.
u. Bruce, seaman.
Matthew Barron. seaman.
Richard Hartley. seaman.
George c. Repley. seaman.
f. NJ. Leighton, electrician
J. \. Dillon, OiIer.
]. Mcneil. oiIer.
H. Merriman. fireman.
Il. f.. Fennell, fireman.
II. Carter, fireman.
w. II. Doughty. fireman.
II. PrOllinSOn, fireman.
]. r. Mately, fireman.
w B, Robichaw. baggage master
johnson, waiter.
Arthur Johnson, waiter.
Lee FOrman, waiter.
George Graham. waiter.
- Gatlin, waiter.
Samuel Smith, waiter.
Head saloon man, Latimer.
Barber. Conner.
Mrs. Carrie NJ. Harris. stewardess.
Mrs. NJ. Berry. stewardess.
The Portland was built in Bath
Me-, in 1890 and was n side-wheeI
steamer of 1,317 tons net burden.