The Portland daily press., 1898-12-01

LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. n. Y.
one time quite prominent in military
circles, and was member OF the famous
Montgomery Guards drill squad. which
won the championship of New England
at Worcester, several years ago. In Oc-
tober, 1888 Mr.. Gately was married to
Miss Hannah "A. Conley of this city.
Besides his wife the deceased leaves three
children, mother and father, two broth
ers and three sisters.
r Winthrop P. Robicheau, thu baggage
master, has been employed by the Port
land Steamship company about two years.
He was formerly for years baggage
room employee of the Maine Central. He
is of English birth and is well known
to the travelling public.
j. j. Dillon was q middle agedm an
and leaves widow and several children.
He belonged. to several of the Portland
societies.
J.J. Mcneil, the other oiler, was about
So years old.
W. J. Doughty, one of the fremen. wa
a young man with brother in Portland,
who works for i. B. Griffin.
Quarternlaster Patterson was MARI d
and lived on Green street. He had been
some four years in the company's ser
vice.
Watehman Blake lived in BrookIine.
Me-, was a middle aged man and leaves
widow and several children.
Waterman Sewall used to be quarter
master. He had been a long time on the
| boats and was 70..years of age.
Watchman Written was young man
and married,
It is very difficult to. learn abont the
deck hands of the Portland as they
| changed so frequently and little was
| known6of them.
George McGilvray was single, D. Bruce
was lniddle-aged man about So years
old; Con O'Brien was q single man,
about % years old.
was man between 60 and 65 years old
and leaves wife and daughter; H. g..
Allen, the porter, was a single man.
The cooks, pantrymen, cabin men,
walters, etc., were coIored. Some lived
in Portland, but the most of them else
where
Yesterday morning Landlord SWEET Of
Swett's hotel, received a despatch from
Mrs. Patrick j. Roddy at Boston, asking
| if her husband was at the hotel or had
been there. He left the city on Wednes-
dny and said that he.should be back Sun
day morning. 1t is feared that he was on
\ the boat.
| George L, Thomson, formerly of the
Portland Cooperative Express and lately
travelling salesman for the Wheeler &
Wilson company, was expected on the
| Saturday evening boat down, since which
time no word has been heard from him.
Horace Moore was nineteenEyears old,
and the son of Wharfinger Moore of the
Portland Steamboat company at Port
land. He was the youngest OF five chill
| dren.
There was a singular coincidence in the
deaths OF Mrs. Tenney, the wife of DR.. +.
| A. Tenney, at her home in Woodfords,
| Sunday morning, and of Mrs. G. ii.
| Thompson, with her husband and child
on the Portland about the same time or a
little later. Mrs. Tenney and Mrs.
| Thompson were schoolmates, neighbors
| and inseparable friends. While the former
| was passing away at her home In the
midst of the awful storm, from heart fail
| ure. induced by pneumonia, Mrs
| Thompson was driven to death in it's
most frightful form on the sand bars OF
Cape Cod.
| Among those lost was Mrs. Miranda J.
Stafford of 80 Winter street, who had been
spending Thanksgiving in Boston. Mrs
Safford's death brings the disaster right
home to the Advertiser office, where she
had been employed at various times in
past years and where her capable services
and CHEEKY disposition hau been appreci-
atea. She was of middle age.
Miss Plympton of the School for the
Deaf. first taught at Northampton, then
for short time under Miss Barton nj the
Portland School for the Deaf, then for a
long time at the Mt. Airy school at Phil
adelphia She came to the Portland
chool about four years ago as teacher OF
articulation, in which subject she stood
at the head of her profession IN this
country. She was universally acknowl
edged to be an authority On the branch OF
education of the deaf which she taught
She was u woman of high attainments
and possessed lovely qualities of character