The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-29
ALI LOST.
Steamer Portland Goes Down
in Sight of Land.
Not One Escapes of the Passen-
gers and Crew.
80 PERSONS DROWNED
81 Bodies Have Been Recovered
From the Surf.
Trunks and Wreckage Still
Floating Ashore.
RECORD OF DISASTER
Caused by Storm Along the
New England Coast
Is Growing More Appalling as
Reports Come In.

Boston, Nov. ga Herald special
from North Truro, says the steamer
Portland, of the Boston & Portland
Steamship company plying between
Boston and Portland was totally
wrecked at 10 o'clock Sunday morning
off Highland Light and the entire crew
and passengers perished within a short
distance of land.
A large quantity of wreckage, in
cluding trunks and material have come
ashore and at dark last night "a bodies
had been recovered from the surf by
the life saving crew at High Head sta
ton. One body was that of a woman.
The news of the disaster was brought
to the Herald through the agency of a
special train, as communication to Bos-
ton by wire from points on Cape Cod
is impossible on account of the havoc
wrought by the storm.
There were 80 persons on board the
Portland, including the officers and
crew.
Following is a partial list of the pas
sengers said to be on board the Port
land when she sailed from Boston Sat-
urday night: Oron Hooper, H. True
Hooper, Isaiah Frye, Miss Ruth Frye,
Miss Maud Frye, Miss Maud Symms,
Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis, Mrs. Theodore AL
len, Miss Allen, Miss Cole, of Spring.
field, Mass; Mrs. Daniel Rounds, Fred
Sherwood, Miss Ross, Miss Edna. Nc
Crillis, c. F. Wilson. of Bethel, Me; F.
Dudley Freeman, D. o. GetcheI, of
oil
en- Langthorns, Miss Emma L. Plimp~
ton, of Charles River; G. w. Cole, Miss
Burns, Charles Wiggin, M. c. Hutchin>
son, Miss Hutchinson, Mrs. George o.
Chickering, Weymouth, Mass, and sis
ter, Mrs. Wheeler, of South Weymouth
Mass; M. L. Sewen, of Portland Fred
Sherwood, of Portland; Charles H.
Thompson, Mrs. Thompson and child,
Woodford, Me-; VIM. Chase and Master
Philip Chase, Worcester; Mrs. Kate
Coy, East Boston; Arthur F. Heersom
and Mrs. Heerson, of Chelsea, Mass;
Mrs. A. S. Swift, PortIand Harry
Swift, East Boston; Miss Cornelia N
Mitchell and Miss Jennie Hoyt, North
easton; Mrs. J. A. Carroll, of Lowell;
Miss Jennie Edmunds, Marion street,
East Boston,; Miss Anna, Rounds, Port
land; George B. Kennison, jr, Booth
South Portland, Me-; Fred Stevens,
Portland; Mr.. Pierre, Portland; child of
Charles H. Thompson, of Woodford,
Me.
The passenger list given above num-
bers 81 and the officers and crew num-
ber 48.
The crew, as far as can be ascertained
is as follows: Captain. 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. Sewe1l, G.
Whitten and D. Williams; first engin-
eer, Thomas Merrill; second engineer,
John Walton; third engineer, G. VerrilT;
steward, A. V. Matthews; second stew
ard, Elven Houston.
Deck crew: John DAILY, George Nc
GiIvary, Arthur Sloan, James Davidson.
Peter Collins, Morris Graham, Cornelius
O'Brien, D. Bruce, Matthew Barron.
Richard Hartley, George C. Reply, F.
M Leighton, electrician; J. A. Dillon,
oiler; J. AcNiel, oiler; H. Merriam, fire
man; t e. Fennell, fireman; H. Garter,
fireman; W. J. Doughty, fireman; H.
RolIison fireman; J. E. Mately, fire
man; w. B. Robichaw, baggage master.
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