The Portland daily press., 1898-02-02
DEATH And DISASTER.
Cape AIMS Shore StreWn With
Wrecbage.
A PORTLAND SCHOONER AMONG
THOSE DESTROYED.

Long List of schooners Totally Lost or
More or Less Damaged-Property Loss
VIII Be Over $aOo, ,oOO-Many Lives
Lost.
Gloucester, Mass, February 1.-The
greatest storm known here since 1851
swept the shores of Cape Ann last night
and early this morning, causing heavy
loss of life and about 100000 damages IN
this section. Over dozen vessels are
ashore near here, at least four more are
lost and many others have been badly
damaged.
The water front of Gloucester harbor
and along the cape is dotted with wrecks
and wreckage. Schooners, sloops and
other vessels having been driven ashore
by the fierce gale. Among the vessels
which went ashore are the schooners
John N. Mexican, Senator Herbert, Alice
r. Larsen and the Harry Y. Roberts and
sIoops American and Trumbull. Inc
Senator was foated before she sustained
much injury, but the others were badly
damaged. The schooner Mary A. Whlte
of Rookport, laden with stone, SUNK IN
the harbor. The crew escaped. Sehooners
Vesta, Electra A. Eaton and Martha A.
Bradley broke adrift from their moorings
and collided with the schooners Hattie N.
Graham. Neroid and Sarah e. Nightin-
'eale. and all of them went ashore on
Rocky Bank. The Eaton, Vesta and the
Bradley got off, escaping with slight
damages. 1t is thought the others will be
totally wrecked. The schooners Hazel,
Oneida and Edgar Foster collided in the
harbor, but were not badly injured.
Schooner Lawrence A. Munroe is ashore
off here. Schooners Emma W. Brown,
Esther, Anita, Sarah E. Lee, Oliver
Eldridge, Lotanthe and John L. Nichol-
son all broke away from their anchorage
this morning, but they were saved by
hard work. Schooner Bertha Nickerson
of Bucksport, Me-, which arrived here
yesterday and anchored off Ten Pound
island, is missing. The stone slooI
Riverside schooners Unique of Boston
and John S. Cresson of Gloucester are al
ashore. The schooner Lizzie Griffin,
which grounded this morning is in bad
shape The schooner George W. Jewett
is reported ashore at Houghs Neck and Is
a total loss. The crew was saved. 1t is
also reported here that four unknown
vessels are ashore at Houghs Neck. One
of them was rapidly going to pieces late
this afternoon. The Jewett was owned
in Portland, Me-, and was valued at $40,
900. Four bodies were washed ashore at
Houghs Neck. They have not been identi-
fed. Yesterday afternoon schooners
Albert H. Harding, Sarah Jane, James
Holmes and an unknown vessel were at
anchor near the Jewett. They were not t
to:bo seen today and it is believed they
were wrecked.
At Pigeon Cove five vessels were totally
wrecked. Their names are Schooner
George B. Bradford, valued at 1900;
steam lighter Frank Scripture, valued at
s20. 600; sloop Daniel Webster, valued at
$4,000: schooners Garracouat, valued at
$500; Defiance, valued at $1,000.
Antorc Enos, Alpheus Pierce, and a
Swede named Nelson, three of the crew
of the Daniel Webster were drowned.
The schooner Clara p. Newan reports the
loss of Henry Knuth, one of her crew.
It is feared that several missing vessels
have been lost together with their crews
The storm did an immense amount Of
damage on land as well as off the coast
The car sheds of the Gloucester street rail
way were blown down this morning, de
molishing number of cars. The loss tx
the company is about $4,000: Wires arf
down in every direction. The first traiT
to leave the city today was one which
managed to get to Boston at 4.5O o,cloci
this afternoon