Connecticut western news., 1898-12-01
WRECK OF PORTLAND
Coast Steamer Sunk and All on
 Board Lost.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED VICTIMS

Many Bodies Washed Ashore on Cape Cod, but Few Are Yet Identified. The Beach strevn With wreckage.
 The Captain Disobeyed Orders. Boston, Nov. 30.-The steamer Port land, bound from Boston to Port land, went down off Truro, on the out side of Cape Cod, Sunday morning. Ev- cry man, woman and child on board at the time of the disaster was drowned, in all 11S.
 The list of passengers was cn board the vessel. The following list, however, has been compiled as accurately as pos sible by the officers of the company:
 Oren Hooper. True Hooper Isaiah Frye Miss Ruth Frye, Miss Maud Sykes Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis. Mrs Theodore Allen. Miss Allen, Miss Cole of Springfield, Mass. : Mrs. Daniel Rounds. Fred Sherwood, Miss Ross, Miss Edna McCrillis, c. F. Wilson of Bethel. Me; Hon. F. Dudley Freeman D. O. Getchell of Boston, Miss Sophie Holmes, Miss Helen Langthorne. Miss Emma l.. Plympton of Charles River, G. W. Cole. Miss Burns, Charles Wiggin. NJ c. Hutchinson. Miss Hutchinson, Mrs George o. Chickering of Weymouth, Mass, and sister. Mrs. Wheeler of South Weymouth Mass: M. L. Sewell of Port land Charles H. Thompson, Mrs. Thomp- son and child of woodfords. Me; William H. Chase and Master Philip Chase of Worcester, Mass; Mrs. Kate Coy of East Boston, Arthur F. Heersom and Mrs. Heersom of Chelsea, Mass; Mrs. Alice Swift of Portland. Harry Smith H Marion street East Boston; Mrs. Cornelia N. Mitchell and Miss Jennie c. Hoyt of North Easton. Mrs. J. A. Carroll of Low ell, Mrs. Jennie Edmunds of Marion street, East Boston; Mrs. Anna Rounds of Portland George B. Kennison. Jr., of Booth Bay Harbor, Me; Perry Jackson wife and child of South Portland. Me. Fred Stevens of Portland and MT. Pierce of Portland.
 The Portland was under command of Captain H. H. Blanchard, who had crew of 67 men.
 Dr. Rfchardson's Statement. Dr. Maurice Richardson of Beacon street, this city, has been at his sum- mer home at Wellfeet during the storm. and his story corroborates the early accounts of the loss of the Port land, for he saw two of the bodies washed ashore, and on them were life preservers marked with the vessels name. pr. Richardson was on the first train from Cape Cod, which arrived in this city late last night. To take the train he was obliged to ride 15 miles.
 T saw two of the bodies picked up," said Dr. Richardson. "One was proba- bly that of deckhand, a man of about 20. He had on a life preserver marked Portland The other body was that of a stout woman. She, too, wore life belt with the steamers name on it. Wreckage is coming ashore for 15 miles along the coast. I picked up three pi- ano keys and piano cage ashore, but of course I do not know that it was
 
 age was a large quantity of furniture upholstered in red plush. Then there were cases of lard directed to Portland.
 "I was Is miles south of High Head. There is nothing in the fact that wreck age was found so far south to contra dict the report that 1t was at High Head that the Portland struck, for the current runs south along the shore.
 "I heard one theory advanced that the Portland had foundered far to the north, somewhere near Cape Ann, and that all the wreckage and bodies had drifted across the bay to Cape Cod
 In addition to the two bodies Dr. Richardson brought news that at Or leans the body of a girl of about 20 was found. She had a gold watch and ring marked U. G. E." Her watch stopped at 9:17. There are three bodies
 
 Truro and wellf1eet. The double wheel of the Portland came ashore at Orleans
 Steamer Gate City Reported Lost.
 The arrival in this city from Cape Cod last night of party of hunters has added to the excitement attendant upon the report that the steamer Port land had been wrecked on Cape Coo through their reporting that it is the @f fla ffn fla side of the cape, south of Nauset light that a Savannah line steamer had struck on Peaked Hill bar. Each mem Der of the party saw bodies washed ashore at Nauset, and the life savers claimed to have seen a boat in the surf bearing the name Gate City, The surf is full of articles from a ves- sells general cargo.
 One of the hunters, in an interview last night, says that there is possibili- ty that the Gate City was only swept by seas, and some of her deck fittings were washed away. The Gate City sail ed from this port for the south on Sat urday.
 The steamship Gate City is command ed by Captain Googins and usually plies between Boston and this port. The yes sel was built by John Roach & Son Chester, Pa, in 1878. She is owned by the Boston and Savannah Steamship company. Her tonnage is 1897 gross; her length, 254 feet; beam, 3S.7 feet, and depth of hold, 24 feet. She carries pas sengers on most of her trips.
 Later Details of storms Work.
 The passing hours do not seem tc bring an end to the reports of wrecks and loss of life up and down the New England coast as the outcome of Sun days terrific storm. The places which were nearer the storm center got word to the outside world yesterday, and as the tale unfolded it was such as New England never heard before. It is from Cape Cod that the most terrible ac- counts of ruin and death are coming and of these the loss of the steamer Portland, with all on board, nearly 1OC souls, overshadows all.
 The rightly called graveyard of the coast, the treacherous bars and rips on the outside of Cape Cod, has claimed victims without number
 Miles and miles of coast line are piled with wreckage, most of which is ground so fine by the waves that Identification of hapless craft Is impossible. As the fury of the wind was great on the bleak sand hills which make up the cape if will be many hours before all places are heard from. Wires there are none, and railroads cannot break out the snow drifts. and this feature Is distressing, as much suffering from cold and hunger must ensue among the poorer people in the nearby hamlets.
 The only means of reaching Cape Cod is by steamer across Massachusetts bay a very disagreeable voyage. as the sea is yet boisterous. Word from Province town. however. tells of nearly 30 total wrecks, With the number ot lives losI unknown.
 Thus far it is known that over 7G lives have been lost at various places along the coast, aside from the passen- gers and crew of the Portland, and the number of ships wrecked or grounded reaches more than 100.
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