The Portland daily press., 1898-12-03
SAD DUTY.
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SENGERS.
Mrs. II. v. Dukeshire was not amons
the passengers or the III fatea fof IN Ii
: reporter of tue PRESS called AZ ~. =.
n. Dukeshires residence No. 31o Gon-
ersss street Mr. and mrs; d neaes aid
vVere haih st home. Mrs. Dukesnlfa saiu
She had net been away from home anu
oidn't see how her name got INTO prlnu.
Apotper reporter for the PRESS Wno
went to Cape Cod. met man III WY
ticket Office at Union station VINO saiu
his name was Dukeshire ana the repor.si
undersfond that he belonged in Portland.
M n ". Dukeshire told the reporter
that his family was the only one OF the
name in Portland He said that he naa
s brother named 2. E. Dukesnire IN
Aston, Mass, in the grocery business
and that this brother at one time CON-
handed the schooner Alice Macdonald.
Whether his wife was coming east on the
Portland he didn't know. He SAID ne pc
IizYe6 there was q clergyman OF hlssnaine
IN Maine, but net IN Portland.
In the list of those on the i'll fated Fort
land the name of Mr. Frank u Auen u
Saca appsarsd. This was an error. Mr.
Allen was not on the steamer. Mir. Aliens
adopted son, Frank A. Allen Is. however,
believed to have been on the steamer, ana
the rnistak ks occurred undoubtedly py
confounding the two
Miss Louisa Woodman, daughter Oh ..
c. Woodman, went to Boston WIZ neI
friznd. Miss Sophie Holmes, teacher IN
the North school Miss Holmes wanted
her to come home with her ON SATURDAY
nicss In the Inflated Portland, but sue
declined and came home Friday night,
thereby saving her life by not coming
with her.
MISS COLLINS BODY ARRIVES.
IT, f-s+ body n, roach the city from
the i'll fared Portland was that OF Miss
Eliza r. A. Collins, which Was sent mere
in care of Undertaken MeDonough ana
was met by him at the 4. SO O'Clock tram
yesterday afternoon and conveyed to the
family residence 40 Summer street. Inc
remains were sent by John Collins who
went on TO Orleans to identity them ana
were received in first class condition.
Their appearance was quite natural
WE'RE NOT ON PORTLAND.
IL is pow said that William Dennett
and Charles Hamilton another of the
crew of the Portland were not on board
the steamer when she went down, they
having lett the services Of the company
some time before.
BODY OF WILLARD E. MOSHER.
Provincesown, December 2.-One Of the
bodies from the steamer Portland has
been identified as that of William Il.
Mcsher OF Gorham, Me.
The funeral Of the late Willard Moshsr,
who was one of the victims OF the Port
land wreck, will be held at the residence
OF Mr.. Joseph Worden. on Water street
Gorh-.sn today at 30 p. m. The boly
viii aSsive tiis morning.
MoSHER'S BODY POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED.
Provincetown. December 2-The con-
fusion which has developed over the
Identification Of one of the bodies from
the steamer Portland which is here was
settled at midnight Thursday, when e.
p Hanson of Gorham, Maine, viewed the
body at Captain Taylor's undertaking
rooms and stated positively that the body
was that of Willard e. Mosher. Mosher
was foreman of Mr.. Hanson's livery
stable He had gone 20 Boston to spend
Thanksgiving and had been urged by a
friend to stay over until Sunday, but he
had promised to get back and he started
on the steamer Saturday night.
Mosher's mother and sister live in
Rockland, and two other sisters live in
Gorham. The receipts for freight on the
Portland were picked up yesterday morn.
ing nesr Peaked Hill life saving station.
The receipts ara legible and are held for
the agent Of the company.
Captain Isaiah Young visited the beach
The best authorities in Provincebown as
he was at the Peaked Hill life saving
station for years. He believes that the
Portland went ashore on Peaked Hill bars
and lost her upper wor ks and passengers
Then the hull driftad on TO Peruvian
Point about a quarter of a mile to the
eestwBrd. This theory is CONFORMATION
OF the report that Captain Michael Hogan
Of the schooner Ruth Marston sighted the
Portland off Highland Light Sunday
MOI ming. The belief Is gaining ground
that the Portland was making for
Provincetown.
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PORTLAND.
Orleans Decsmber 2.-Dr. Samuel
Davis, the medical examiner has received
a large number of photographs and writ
ten descriptions of persons who were on
the Portland.
MISS HOLMES A NATIVE OF
MERCER.
South Norridgewock, Decent Der 2. Miss
Sophie Holmes. who was a passenger on
tbs steamer Portland. and registered from
Portland, was native of Mercer, where
her stepfather lives She was for many
years school teacher in Portland and
was returning to her duties at school,
She was about 3s years of age.
ANSEb DYER AND JOHN DILLON
IDENTIFIED.
Mr.. AugustUs Fullsr received dispatch
from Dr. John T. Thompson last night
that the body of Quartermaster Ansel H.
Dyer came ashore at Harwich and was
promptly identified from the tattooing on
the boay and the acquaintance of those
who came from Portland, and that the
man VINO had j. D. and other tattoo
marks upon him and who came ashore at
Chatham was John Dillon, the oiler.
FRED WILL, A MONTAUK SAILOR.
Fred Will. the third cook of the steamer
Portland, will be well remen bered by the
men who served on the u. $. S. Mon
tauk as the ward room servant, who was
q universal favorite with boIa the OIL
GERS and the men. He was born in one of
the French islands of the West Indies and
was q magnificent swimmer. He could
swim faster, farther and stay in the
water longer than any other man on the
ship. II any man could have saved his
life by swimming Will could certainly
have done it. The men of the Montauk' S