The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-30

y ssSrked n Boston harbor, nor haf
1oSt3, marc craft which ars reported Msss-
{r6 iucYudInr the Boston, Portiaad, Nortn
Wilson inS frvighter Ohio, whlch - a ss.
on Spectacle island In this haroor Wn ,,..
these vessels are added the aggressive iis'
exceeds 40 vessels. ,.,a
K e known that about forty persons per-
isbed Ia and about Boston harpor' re-
n<srfs frt,n, other places n some cases state
4 that tho crew OF this or that vessel Is.
capped. Many, however, state that the rate
Of the crew 70 unknowD. Some Survivors
have turned up and life saving stations
and incoming vessels have brought few
sailors from wrecks
sprcial 10 the Herald from North Truro
saws the steamer Portland of the Boston
ana Portland Steamship company, pyins
between Boston and Portland. Was totally
wrecked at 10 o'clock Sunday morning OF
Highland Light, and the entire crew and
passengers persisted within a short dis
tarco OF land. large quantity OF wrecit-
age. Including trunks and other material,
has come ashore and nj dark last right |
thirty-fo four bodies had been recovered FROM
the surf by the life saving crew at High
Fcad station.
The news OF the disaster was brought to
the Herald through the agency OF a special
tIsin, as communication TO Boston By wire
from points on Cape Cod is impossible on
dctOuitL .Ol TIC udNuC NIOIef olSi i''
The following Is a partial list OF the pas
sengers said to be on the Portland when
she sailed from Boston Saturday.
ORION Hooper, III. Ture Roper, Isaac
Frye. Miss Ruth Frye, Miss Maudo Frye,
Miss sIaude Sykes. Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis. |
Mrs Theo. Ailen. Miss Allen. Miss Cola OF
Springfield. Mass; Miss Daniel Rouads.
Fred Sherwood. Miss Ross. Miss Edna Nc
Reilis. q. r. Wilson OF Bethel Me-. Hon.
r. Dudley Freeman. D.. q. Gtchei OF Bos~
- ~. ~, tfrfa 4 n NJ
thorne, Mss Emma Pluton OF Charles
River, G.. W. Cole, Miss Burns. Charles
Wiggin NJ. c. Hutchinson. Miss Hutchin-
son. Mrs. George Ch.ckcring and sister
Mrs, Wheeler OF South Weymouth. Mass
NJ L. Sewell OF Portland, Fred Sherwood
az Portland Charles VI. Thompson, Miss
Thompson and child, William y. Chase ana
son. Worcester; Mrs. Kate Coy East Bos-
ton: Arthur X. Heersoin and wife. Ca-Tes'
Mass; Miss Alice Swift of Portland. Harry
Smith, East Boston; Mrs. Cofneita Altchet,.
Miss Jennie Hoyt. North Boston; Mrs. j.
A. Carroll Of Lowell Miss Jennie Edmunds
q, Boston Miss Annie Rounds Portland
G. B. Kennison, Jr, Perry Jackson VIE
and child Southport; Fred stevens. Mrs.
Pierce. Portlandi child OF CnaIies
Thompson Woodford. Ne.
Fhe passenger list given above numbers
fiity-one and tie officers and crew NUMBER
forty eight, The crew, rs far as can os
ascegtained, Is as follows Captain II;
Blanchard; first pilot, Lewis Trout; second
pilot, Lewis Nelson: purser, f, y. inera-
ham: clerk, Herbert Moore; mete. Edward
Deerbng, second mate. John Mckay; quar-
terrnasters. Apsel Der. Peters: watchmen'
Blake, Swell, Written and Williams, hrs'
engineer, Thomas Merr1l; second enSinee,r.
.Ichn Walton: third engineer, VeFrili;
steward a. " Matthew'S, second stewart
Eben Holiston deck crew, paly George c.
Gavray. Arthur Sloan. James Davidson,
Peter Collins. Morris Graham c. 0'Brten'
D. Bruce. Matnaew Baron, Richard Hart
lev. Gearse Crcpley. r w. Leighton. elec-
tric,an J. a Dillon. y McNeal H. Morl-
nssn firam&n; 7. +. Fennell. fireman; n.
Carter. W j. Dougherty. II. Robson: IL
Matslv, ssremen- w Il. Rohichaw, bag
gaesrnaster: waters. Lewis Johnson. Ar
liar Jr,bsss,n. Lee Fornian. George Graham,
Calling George Smith head saloon
man C. Mater. stcwardess, Mrs. Carrie NJ.
Harris Mrs. Margaret Bcrgry ,ooo
Tho Portland was built In Bath In ls'o,
rs side wheel stasrner OF lsis tons ne1
bN,sen: length, $50 feet; beam, AZ feet and and
depth Is feet, She was valued at s25o-oOo
md Is fully insured
Boston. November 29.--Dr. Maurice Rich
ardson Of Beacon street. the city. Was at
his summer home at Wellheet during the
storm and corroborates tho carly accounts
Of The loss of trc Portland. for he saw twt
OF, the bodies washed ashore, and on then
were life preseryers marked with the yes
sells name. DR. Richardson was on tn
first train from Cape Cod which arrived In
this city late tonight.
II saw two Of tho bodies picked up,
said he. "Wreekage is coming ashore ioi
fifteen miles along the coast. | pickec
IN three piano keys and plano CANT
ashore but oil course do not know tnt''
Il ives from the Portland. Among the
wreckage was large quantity OF furniture
rpholsterei In red plusa. There were alsc
cases OF lard, directed to Portland"
Dr. Richardson also brought news tina
at ORLEANS the body OF girl Of about 2
was found dead. Her watch stopped a
a:I7 There are three. padles AZ N9Msei'
eight at Orleans ana twenty-eight q
Truro and Welheet, The double waee
OF the Portland came ashore at Orleans,