New-York tribune., 1898-11-29

Cape Cod.
MANY WRECKS IN BOSTON HARBOR
Loss OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
SEVERE
Boston. Nov oS-It was not until daylight
offered a safe opportunity for investigation and
exploration that the havoc wrought by the storm
IN Boston Harbor and vicinity became fully
apparent Not since 1852 has storm caused
such destruction Of property and loss of life at
,his city. Tugs returning tiKs city at noon
after tour OF the harbor report about thirty
Ave vessels Of ell sizes and classes ashore ana
sunk.
Seven large schooners and two Baltimore coal
targes are completely wrecked. and 1t is esti-
mated that between twenty-five and thirty lives
have been lost Only one body has yet been recov-
cred More than a dozen bodies are reported in the
surf At Hull. and efforts are being made to
cover them. The ocean steamer Ohio. Of the
Wilson Line is high and dry on Spectacle ISL
and. 1t is doubtful if she can be foated until
channel has been dug. The ocean-gong tug
Tamaqua is the rocks at Ralnsford Island.
and Will be total wreck.
Among the tugs which started down the har-
Dor as soon as daylight came was the police
boat Guardian. which last night was caught in
the thick weather off Deer Island while en-
deavoring TO ascertain the meaning Of distress
signals flying from the lighthouse. She made
for the beacon which marks the inner harbor
channel again this morning and finally learned
from signals that the lighthouse had no fresh
water. for the heavy seas had broken in the
bulkheads and spoiled the water stored there.
There were five men in the lighthouse The
two boats which usually hang from the davts
had been spntered by the force Of the waves,
and the sea was dashing over the lighthouse
.To homo Of
reaching there.
Beyond Deer Island lie the big Wilson liner
Ohio and the steamer c. a. White. of Taunton,
on Spectacle island 1t is a matter of surprise
to harbOr pilots now the Ohio reached her pres
ent berth She stands boldly without any list.
on a hard. gravel bottom. In water which at
foodtide this morning hardly came 10 the level
OF the propeller shaft. She is firmly aground
and her uredlcament is serious one. That
she should be in such shallow water can only
he accounted for 10y the supposition that the
tide in which she went ashore fourteen
feet above the usual hoodtde mark. With her
powerful screw churning the mud and several
tugs straining at hawsers over her stern al flood
tide TODAY. there was no movement OF the yes
sci toward open water. According 10 some of the
wrecking masters. the only way to save the ves-
sci by dredging channel from the Ohio TO
deep water. but even this must be done quickly
a another gale would do incalculable damage.
The White evidently lies rocks. and while
She could be pulled into deep water, her heavy
cargo would scarcely keep afoat
FROZEN TO DEATH IN THE RIGGING.
Leaving Spectacle Island astern. a sorry
sight is presented by a three-masted vessel on
Shac rocks midway between Boston Light
and the Brewsters where the surges half bury
the craft which is fast going to pieces. The
rainmast has been whipped out and hangs
dangling over the side. From this wreck the
Calvin r Baker the two mates were taken
of by Captain James and his lifeboat crew
from across the bay at Hull. II was daybresk
when the Baker seen. and the lfeboat
was sent out on it's mission The pull was a
long one, and when the wreck was reached
three bodies were found lashed aloft. Life
was found in two Of them. but the other man
had been frozen stiff in his lashings The sur
vvors and the body were taken to Hull
1t was on the little stretch Of beach at Hull,
fast behind the Hotel PembertOn, that two
tragedies occurred. The old salts Of Hull say
that in nerceness the storm equalled that OF
1852. except that while the sea did not run so
high the wind was stronger. In the fury of the
Storm yesterday TWO big newly built barees Of
the Consolidated Coal Company, Nos. ! and J.
We're dashed to bits almost in an instant. On
l. risk their lives to save those who were on
tie vessels in the ofing driving 70 destruction.
Captain James of the life-savng crew, was
there with his men and boat. but he said that
the wind blew SO hercely that there We're not
men enough who could find room in the boat to
have strength enough TO row against the wind
Out of the driving snow came the dim outlines
OF barge. with the forms of hve men IN the
deckhouse With crash Barge No. struck
the shore, only to break up into fragments
which the waves in a minute cast up on the
Shore But in that instant five men escaped the
Impending death for as the barge split in twain
the deckhouse slid off toward the shore IN the
surf and at the same time men on shore with
lines about them rushed into the water and
pulled out the sailors. A moment later Barge
No ! came ashore and was broken up ny the
waves. but nothing was seen OF her crew. o1on T,
otter this other Wreckage came ashoie' an ~. '',
morning il was found that both the Apei y,
Babcock and the Samuel W. Tilton had Deel
wrecked No sign Of the crew Of either Nesse'
was found
WRECKS PILED ON EACH OTHER
Another scene of wrecks was that at Thomp- |
sons Island where the citys reform schoo' 10
situated. Against the wharf were driven loui
down-east vessels. each Of which at the time
the storm broke was anchored miles away ana
each long distance from the other An idea OF
the force Of the wind is shown in this INSTANCE,
for after drifting across the bay one after the
other brought up against the pier, one oeihe
driven entirely out Of the water.
The Graf, were the Virginia OF which barely !
a vestige is left; the Watchman the Seraphine
and the Fred NJ. Emerson. The last three are IN |
a great heap Of timber and rigging mixed WIN
debris from the Virginia Two lives were lost
from the latter craft but one Of those aboard
was saved. William Il. stanley the chptan
son was washed ashore and resusc!tated Inc |
farms school launch also included In the
general snnshup.
OF the other wrecks the rpOst singular Is that
of the tug Tamaqua on Rainsford's Island. She |