The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-30

pied High with wresknEe Ground SO
rIn. by Wave. ,hu, Indou.ihsa.IOn i'
Impossible.
BOSTON, Nov. 2s.-The passing hours
Al not bring an end to the reports Of
S,acks ~ and loss OF life up and down the
yew England coast as the outcome Of
sundays terrific storm, From Cape
cod the most terrible accounts Of ruin.
sr5 death are coming. and Of these the
,o.g Of the steamer Portland, a side
wheeler, plying between Boston and
portland with all on board, nearly 100
,ouls. overshadows all. The graveyard
# the coast, the treacherous bars and
Ips on the outside of Cape Cod have
cla.med victims without number. Miles
and miles Of coast line are piled high
with wreckage, most Of which Is ground
90 fine by the waves that Identification
Il hapless craft is impossible.
As the fury Of the wind was so great
an the bleak sand hills which make up
cape Cod, 1t will be many hours before
all places are heard from. Telegraph
wires are down, and railroads cannot
break out of the snow drifts, and this
feature is distressing, as much suffer
Ing from cold and hunger must ensue
among the poorer people In the nearby
hamlets.
Tonight, the only means Of reaching
Cane Cod Is by steamer across Massa-
chusetts Bay, disagreeable voyage, as
the sea Is yet bolsterous. Word from
prpylncetown tells OF nearly thirty total
wrecks, with the number OF lives lost
unknown.
Matters are improving slightly along
Vineyard Sound so far as means OF COM
munlcatlon are concerned, The best
summing up of the disasters in that Sec
ton is made by Captain Hard, tr., OF
The revenue cutter Dexter, who has
rrIlsed along shore all day.
He says that In Vineyard Haven hul!s
are piled upon shore, and those vessels
which are ahoat seem mere shells. The
Dexter reports possible additions to the
wreck list In two schooners sunk on
Nenemsha Blight and the two big ones
sunk abreast OF Presque Isle. The fate
Of their crews is unknown. Three wreck
Ing steamers are AROUND the Fairfax
shore on Sow and Pigs Reef.
toss oflIIe Portland.
A special to the Herald from North
Truro says that the steamer Portland,
Of the Portland and steamship Com
pany, plying between Boston and Port
land, was totally wrecked at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning, OF Highland light.
and the entire crew and passengers per-
lshed within a short distance OF land.
A large quantity of wreckuge, includ-
ing trunks and other material have
come ashore, and at dark last night
thirty-four bodies had been recovered
from the surf by the life saving crew at
High Head station. One body was that
Of q woman.
The news OF the disaster was brought
to the Herald through the agency Of q
special train, as communication to Boa-
ion by wire from points on Cape Cod Is
impossible on account OF the havoc
wrought by the storm.
rl,o PNssengrF I.isI.
Following is a partial list OF the pas
senSers said to be on board the Portland
when she sailed from Boston Saturday
night:
oron Hooper, II, Truehoper, Isaiah
Frye, Mics Ruth Frye. Mise Maud Frye,
Miss Maud Sykes, Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis,
Mrs. Theodore Allen, Miss Allen, Miss
Cole, Of Springfield, Macs.
Mrs, Daniel Rounds. Fred Sherwood,
Miss Ross, Miss Edna McCrillIs, c. F.
Wilson, OF Bethel, Ne.
Hon. F, Dudley Freeman, D. o. Get
chell. Of Boston.
Miss Sophie Holmes, Miss Helen Lang
ihorne, Miss Emma L. Pllmpton, OF
Charles River.
g. W. Cole, Miss Burns. Charles Wig
gin, N. c. Hutchinson, Miss Hutchinson,
Mrs George o. Chtckering, Weymouth,
Mass, and sister. Mrs. Wheeler, OF
South Weymouth. Mass.
NJ. L. Sewell, OF Portland. Fred Sher-
wood, Of Portland, Charles II. Thomp-
son. Mrs. Thompson and child. Wood
ford, Me-, William NJ. Chase and mas
ier Philip Chase, Worcester; Mrs. Kate
Coy, East Boston; Arthur F. Hersom
and Mrs, Hersdm, of Chelsea, Mass;
Mrs. Alice Swift, OF Portland, Me-;
Harry Smith, q Marion street, East
Boston; Mrs. Cornelia N. Mitchell and
Miss Jennie Hoyt, North Easton; Mrs.
a Carroll, Of Lowell; Miss Jennie
Edmunds. Marion street, East Boston;
Mrs Anna Rounds. Portland; George 3.
kennson, jr., Booth Bay, Me-; Fred
stevens, Portland; Perry jackson, wife
and child, of South Portland, Me-; Mr..
Pierce, Portland; child OF Charles H
thompson, Of Woodland, Me.
The Lost Crew.
The crew as far as can be ascertained
Is as follows:
Captain. Hollis II. Blanchard; first
PILOT. Lewis strout; second pilot, Lewis
Nelson; purser, F. A. Iingraham; clerk.
Horace Moore: mate, Edward Deering;
second mate, John Mckay; quartermas-
,rr, Ansel Dyer; Quartermnster, i.
PETERSON; watChmcn. r. Blake, II. Sew
eli, J. Whltten, ---- williams; first
engineer Thomas Merrill: second en-
glneer, John Walton; third engineer, @.
Nerrlll; steward, A. v. Matthews; sec
Gnd steward, Eben Houston. Deck crew:
JJghA Daly, George McG4IvaFy, Arthur
sloan, james Davidson, Peter Collins,
motifs Graham. Cornelius O'Bnen. d.
Bruce. Matthew Barron, Richard HART
',y George G. Ropley. +. w. leighton,
Electrician; j. A. Dillon. olleri j. Nc
,neai' oller; II. Merriman, fireman; II.
! Fernell, fireman; w. j. Doughty flre-
man; II, Holllson, fireman; ]. II. Mate
" fireman; w. B. Roblchaw, bagglge-
master, Walters: Lewis johnson. Ar
thur Johnson, Lee ForHaH, George Ora
nam, - Gatlln, Samuel Smith. Head
tHoJnman, Lhtimer; barber, Conner.
n,ttWardesseH: Mrs Carrie NJ. Harris,
Arg Margaret Berry.
ne passenger list given above NUM-
HtfH ftfty-one and the officers aud crew
number forty-elght
ne Portland was bullt In Bath. IN
VIZ and was side wheel stoamer OF
i''H tons neI burden. Her length 10 22O