The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-01

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OF all the ships company Of over 100
,opls not one survives, and the story
ot the disaster will never be told. Six
teen bodies have come ashore and It g
no; likely that many more Will be re-
covered.
Following Is a Hist Of the bodies wash
cd ashore on the outside coast Of Cape
Cod, up to midnight tonight:
1dentlfed-At Orleans, body Of 3.
Dudley Freeman, of Yarmouth, Ne,
imminent attorney and member Of me
governors council; Georgs W. Delaney,
twenty-elght years old. OF 60 shawmslt
avenue, Boston; Mrs. c. N. Mitchell, Of
North Easton;
At Wellaeet: George Graham. COLOR
ed) porter of the Portland.
4 Provincetown: william Mosher, OF
Gorham, Me.
On Nauset Beach: Body of a man be-
IIeyed to be John Walton, second en-
gIneer Of the Portland.
Upknown-At Provincetown: Body Of
a woman about 80 years Of age, with
large frame and features, iron gray hair
and dark eyes. No clothing Was on the
body except fragments OF undeclothing;
body Of an unknown colored man, about
80 years Of age. probably one Of the
s.ewards OF the steamer,
A.orleans: Body of a woman 45 or 80
years old. 5 feet 1nches high, with Hight
hair, slightly mixed with gray, blue
eyes. weight 100 pounds. The body was
devoid of clothing when picked up on
Nauset Beach by the Nauset life saving
crew 1t is judged the woman had false
teeth, as all the teeth are missing. On
a finger was a chased ring with the
words Forget Me Not" Body OF q girl
3years old, with blue eyes, dark brown
hair light complexion and q full set OF
tath. The body was clad in under
clothing with black corsets and a woolen
Body Of a mulatto girl, 20 years old,
evidently one Of the waitresses Of the
Portland.
B5dy Of woman about IS years old,
Zee. inches in height, weight about
900 pounds. She had on black petit.
coat and a dark dress. A gold watch
was found on this body, with the mono
gram: ~. G., L." engraved on the case.
The body may be that OF Mrs. Jennie
TSmunds of 2I Marion street. East
posion
B9dy Of woman 60 or 65 years old,
The face is very badly dt.sfigured and
the bnly was almost entirely nude. The
only means Of identification is a blood
Stone ring with the Initials IL. w. c."
followed by the figures 10"
Another white girl about twenty years
OF age iully dressed; also the body OF q
c,lored waiter about twenty-five years
q age: also the body OF a boy almost
naked
The descrlptions OF three bodies at
Eastman could not be obtained here to-
night.
Sun,bc, will Never he known.
rsn o.ao, .,,,to, =, rorsnrs who
'"S eN"'' "u'''s. " $3.50 ~
were carried away from 6ostoH Wy t4Ae
Portland. will probably never be known,
a, no list os passenuers was retained on
shore when the vessel left last sa4ur-
dar Many estimates az the number on
board haye been made. hut the esti-
mates have seldom agreed. C, +, VIII.
Jams, boston agent 81 the Portland
s,eamsbIn comnanv Who arrived here
On Tho t,Ir WUliam n Smith last night,
places tbe total nun1beT az persons on
tho stea,ner AZ 161 ar nosSibiv los. This
estimate. however, is generally regard
cd as rather small. 1t has been stated
I9s' taG number was as hlgn as loo, = D4s
ed d. on tbc r'S PortisnS % II III Il nrobsbie that
49, Including passengers ana crew. IS
near the correct number.
wneh tne wrecE was az Fs1 1H [epOifgv dso,i,,
struck on % the terrible Peaked Hin bars,
which are known among mariners as
me graveyard OF the New England
coast S This theory was quickly put %
.shl' however, by careful lnVesuSa.
uoh, IN the hrst place the patrol az
S'e Feakeo Hill pars lie saving statlOn
was on the alert throughout the great
s'otln and the men on duty there saw or
heaLu nothing to Indicate that q steam
y ssn9 nsd been dashed to pieces on the
,noas. .,. The herce gale caused sucn q
p.G ppetnendous tide that a vessel OF tne
roruands draught would have passed
o.er wv me bars IN safety ana run ashore
~ tne beach. In fact n large schooner
~ distress drawing more water than
a%s Forthnd, passed over the shallow
~ part OF the bars and brought up on
'ae peach.
Went to The bottom.
Another incident that tends 10 pIace
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