The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-01

age. fully dressed; also the body Of a
colored waiter about . years; also man
of As. on whose clothing a card marked
John w, Congress street, Portland
! was found
/ The descriptions of three bodies at East
ham could not be obtained tonight.
The exact number OF persons who were
| carried away from Boston by the Port
! land will probably never be known, as no
| list of passengers was retained on shore
when the vessel left last Saturday. Many
estimates of the number on board nave
been made, but the estimates have seldom
agreed. c. T. Williams. the Boston agent
of the Portland Steamship company,
places the total number Of persons on the
ship at 100, or possibly 100. This esti-
mate, however, is generally regarded as
rather small 1t has been stated that the
number was given as 155, but Mr.. Will
Jams denies that so many sailed on the
Portland It is probable that 40. inciud-
ing passengers and crew, is near the cor
rect number.
PORTLAND'S PASSENGER LIST.
Boston, Nov 30-The following is nearly
a complete list of the passengers Of the
steamer Portland as it is possible 10 get
at present:
NJ Sewell, Portland; Sherwood, Port
land; Charles H. Thimpson, Mrs. Thomp-
son and child, Woodfords. No; William
L. Chase, Worcester; Master Philip Chase.
Worcester; Arthur F. Hercom, Port
land; Mrs. Herscom, Portland; Miss Ella
Swift, Portland; Harry Smith. East Bos-
ton; Mrs. Cornelius y. Mitchell, North
Boston; Miss Jennie C. Hoyt. North Bos-
ton; Mrs J. A Carroll, Lowell; Mrs Jen-
ME C. Edmonds, East Boston: Mrs. Anna
Rounds. Portland; George B. Kenniston.
Jr.. Booth Bay Harbor. Me-; Perry Jack
son, wife and child, and George Cole. all
of South Portland. Me-; Miss Rose, Port
land; Miss Edna McCrillis, Boston; Mrs.
Theodore Allen Portland; Miss Allen,
Portland; Isiah Frye, Portland; Ruth
Frye, Portland Miss Maud Sykes, Port
land; Walter / .Benis and wife, Auburn,
Me; Mrs. @ o. Chickering, Weymouth;
Mrs. tAugustus Wheeler, South Wey-
mouth: Mrs. Hattie L. Lord, East Deer
ing Me-. wife of Hollis Lord, second en-
gineer Of the steamer Mammalian; Mrs
Ezekiel Dennis. Portland; Miss Merang,
Portland; William Mosher, Gerham, Me-,
VINO had been spending Thanksgiving with
fritneds in Chelsea; Mrs. Houston, wife of
the second steward Of the snip; a child
and Mrs. Houstons sister, names not OBJ
tainable; Miss Cole, of Springfield, Mass;
c. F. Wilson, Bethel, Maine; George Gro
zier St Johns, n. B.; Miss Edna Clark,
West Brook; Miss Eva Clark, West
Brook; Albert Clark, Somerville; John
Doherty, Boston; Miss Kelly, Boston;
Scott Proctor, South Portland, Maine;
Mrs. David Rounds and daughter: Merton
Small, Woodfords, Maine; Miss Alice
Tucker, Lowell. Mass. Miss Annie Tet
row, Manchester, n. H.; Mrs. Weylock,
South Formouth; Henry d. Young, Bos-
ton; George Benny, Portland; James
Buckminster, Providence, r, l.; William
Hansen, Gerham, Maine; Miss Rowena
NJ. Head, Cumberland Mills, Miss Madge
Ingraham, Woodfords, Maine; Horace
Pratt. Portland; Miss Amy Pratt, Port
land; Miss JenIie McMullen, Portland;
Mrs NJ. Kenney. South Portland, Maine;
Harry Sylvester, Portland; Fred Stevens,
Woodfords. Maine; Mrs. James Welcii,
Mrs Dukeshire Portland; Louis F. IN
derwood, Portland Miss Sophia B.
Holmes, Portland; MissNEmma l.. PlyTnp-
ton, Charles River, Mass; Miss Burns,
Cslas Virgins, Portland; Mr.. and Mrs.
Julian A. Fogg. Salem; Mrs. E. L. Baker,
Portland; Miss Emma Cobb, Portland.
Montreal. Que. Nov. -39.-Alphonse Cos
selin. assistant city clerk, and Procule
Piche an insurance agent, were lost on
the Portland
OTHERS LOST OR SAVED.
Orleans. Mass, Nov 3o.-Five bodies
have been recovered here from the Port
land. The vessel was wrecked just north
of Cape Cod. The wreckage and a great
many bodies are drifting south, passi-
bly, as far as Nantucket. Il is thought
that the northwest gale will bring bodies
in. The entire cape is patrolled. The
body of Dudley Freeman is the only one
identified as yet. 1t will be shipped 10
Portland tomorrow. The body of George
w. Delaney of Boston has been identified
among those that have washed ashore
here
Orleans. Mass, Nov. 2S.-Late this Mon
day) afternoon the life savers at the Or
leans station succeeded in getting ashore
the body of a woman 80 years of age.
A gold watch and chain and a diamond
pin were found on the body and on the
finger of the left hand was a gold ring.
The bodies of the two other women were
also gotten ashore by the life savers. One
wore a ring inscribed forget me not
No marks are reported on the body of
of the other woman which would lead to
There were life preserv-
ers marked Portland" on both of these
bodies.
Salem, Mass, Nov. so-Word has been
received from Iswich that Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Fogg, who were reported on the
steamship Portland, did not take the
steamer on Saturday, being afraid Of the
storm when they arrived in Boston.
Portland, Mo, Nov. 30.-It was learned
today that L. F Strout, first pilot and
aboard the steamer Portland, were not
with her when she was wrecked.
PROBABLY 200 LIVES LOST.
Boston, Nov. SO-News of the loss of
the Boston and Portland Packet company
steamer Portland, off Cape Cod, and the
death Of more than $50 persons. conrris-
ing the passengers and crew OF the steam
er and news from hitherto unheard of
ports in Cape Cod showing that at least
a score and a half of vessels were wreck
ed along that shore with the loss OF
twelve lives. has come as a dire climax
TO the previous report of disasters result
ing from Saturday nights storm There
are stin other places to be heard from on
both sides Of the cape. which have not
been reached by train on account Of
washouts and which are cut of from
other means OF communication by broken
wires. blocked highways and shattered
bridges.
While the total loss OF life cannot be
estimated with any degree OF accuracy.
II is known that more than 20 persons
persisted. This estimate IS made on the
basis OF only one from each crew reported