The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-30
MOST TERRIBLE ACCOUNTS
Of Ruin and Death Come from
All Directions.
VICTIMS ALMOST WITHOUT NUMBER
Have Been Claimed by the Teacher
Gus Bars Of Cape Cod.
LOSS OF STEAMER PORTLAND
Which Went Down With Nearly One
Hundred Souls on Board, Over
shadows all Other Catastro-
phies-Wires Down.

Boston, November 29.-The passing hours
do not bring an end to the reports of
wrecks and loss of life up and down the
New England coast as the outcome of
Sundays terrific storm. From Cape Cod
the most terrible accounts of ruin and
death are coming, of these the loss. of the
steamer Portland with all on board, nearly
100 souls, overshadows all. The grave
yard of the coast, the treacherous bars
and reefs on the outside of Cape Cod have
claimed victims without number. Miles
and miles of coast line piled high 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
great hills which make up the cape, 1t
will be many hours before all places are
lfneard from. Telegraph wires are down and
railroads cannot break out the snow drifts
and this feature is distressing, as much suf-
fering from cold and hunger must ensue
among the poorer people in the nearby
hamlets.
Sea Yet Boisterous -
Tonight the only means of reaching Cape
Cod is by steamer across Massachusetts
bay d. d.sagreeable voyage, as the sea Is
vet DOlSIerOuS. WOto iioiiA -
tells of nearly thirty total wrecks with
the number of lives lost unknown.
Matters are improving along Vineyard
sound so far as means OIL communication
is concerned. The best summing up Oh ols-
asters in that section Is made by Captain
Harde, of the revenue cutter Dexter who
mas cruised along shore all day.
He says that In Vineyard Haven hulls are
piled upon shore, and those vessels which
are afioat seem mere shells. the Dexter
reports possible additions to the wreck nst
in two schooners sunk on Menemshire Hght
and two big ones sunk abreast OF Presque
isle The fate of their crews is unknown.
Talee of Great Heroism
Gloucester, Mass, November @-The
schooner Hiram Lowell, captain Henry
Nelson, arrived today from the Shore fish
ing grounds and brings the rescued crew
and passengers numbering twenty-three
persons of the British schooner Narcissus.
Captain Mcintosh brings story of terrible
experience and Of great heroism ON the
part of his rescuers.
The Schooner Addie Sawyer
Vineyard Haven, Mass, November 20
Three lives were lost In the wreck OF the
schooner Addie Sawyer, which was wrecked
on the north side of the island.
Dead:
Captain Norwood.
Cook Anserver.
Seaman Leander Ashley.
Mate Warren Dudley and Seaman her
bert Taplet were saved.
The Sawyer anchored off Falmouth,
Mass, for shelter Saturday evening, but the
gale increased with such fury that the ves-
sci broke adrift and was driven across
Vineyard sound and was cast ashore. When
the vessel struck Captain Norwood was
washed overheard and his lifeless body was
thrown upon the beach shortly after by
the heavy seas
The bodies of the cook and the seamen
were also recovered.
Twenty -seven Vessels Wrecked
Provincetown, Mass, November 2s.-
Twenty-seven vessels were driven ashore
and totally wrecked in this neighborhood.
The majority of their crews were saved,
although several lives were lost
Four or five of the wrecks were coasters
and the rest were fishermen. During the
storm shipping was destroyed and the
beach was strewn with wreckage, streets
were flooded and wharves drifted out to
sea- Four ice houses and a lobster hatch
cry at Beach Point were destroyed.
The Wood Island life savers made several
gallant efforts yesterday to reach the
schooner Jordan l.. Mott, bound from New
York to Rockland and finally saved her
crew. The Mott put in here on the 26th
for a harbor and sank early the same
night. The captain and crew of five men
took to the rigging. A terrible sea and
gale prevailed at the time. Captain Charles
F. Dyer. his father. c. G. Dyer, who acted
es steward, were lashed to the mast. For
eighteen hours they were exposed thus be-
fore assistance arrived. When the Wood
Island crew made their successful launch
and came within hailing distance of the
Mott, Captain Dyer said:
"Save MY Crew"
81 can hold on; save my crew. My father
Is frozen to death at the mast. Do not
wait to cut his body down for the crew are
freezing"
The three master, Lester A. Lewis, Cap
tain Kimball, from Eliza bethport, N J.,
for Bangor. came In shortly after the Mott
and Captain Dyer of the latter thinks both
capsIzed and sank about the same time.
The captain and crew of the Lewis could
not have had any warning for they all
perished together.
The Peaker Hill life saving station re-
ports that the schooner Albert L. Butler.