Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-29
Heroic Deeds Of the Life Saving Crews in Rescuing
Sailors Told on Every Hand.
Enormous Damage on Shore. Embargo on Steam
and Electric Cars Being Slowly Raised.

Boston, Nov. 2S.--If the subsequent
tales Of death and destruction from To-
calities on the New England coast as
yet unheard from, are commensurate
with the fearful record of Sunday S
storm in Massachusetts Bay and along
the southern coast, which came in. to-
day, the great blizzard of Nov. 81, 1898,
is likely to go down in history as one
of the appalling catastrophies that
up to this time have overtaken the
coastwise shipping of the United
States.
1T is known definitely, tonight. over
70 lives have been lost in the wrecks of
tugs, schoonerS and coal barges, and If
the steamer Portland has also gone
down as now seems possible the work
of the storm will carry the casualties
up to 100 odd, with over 100 vessels of
all description ashore. two score of
them total wrecks and an unknown
number probably beneath the waves of
Massachusetts Bay.
There is scarcely a bay, harbor or
inlet from the Penobscot TO New Lon
don that has not on its shores the
bones of some staunch craft, while
along Massachusetts Bay and especi-
ally Boston harbor, the beaches are
piled high with the wreckage of
schooners and coal barses. And yet.
the record, although hourly lengthen-
ing is incomplete, for that ocean
graveyard of Cape Cod is yet to be
heard from.
The. annoyance and inconvenience of
the railroad and street car embargo,
covering the whole Of southern New
England, sunk into insignificanceb before
the story of destruction wrought by
wind and wave. yet it will be many u
day before the whole import Of the dis
aster is known or even realized.
The islands of Boston hargor are
without exception strewn with wrecks
and wreckage. No less than 80 yes
sells are ashore at Gloucester, over 20
in q supposed safe harbor of Vineyard
Haven parted their anchor chains, yes
terday, and are high and dry on the
beach. Nantasket Beach saw two
schooners and a coal barge dashed TO
pieces on its ends, the rocks of Cohas-
set claimed Staunch fisherman,
Scituate q well known pilot boat;
Manchester, a Down East lumberman,
While one tug and three barSes known
to have been between Cape Cod and
Boston are unaccounted for and prob
ably lost. Even in the upper harbors
of Boston, Plymouth, Salem, Ports
mouth, Portland, and other places
where vessels were supposed to be
comparatively safe, were the scenes of
collisions between ships and
the wharves.
Every life saving crew performed
deeds OF heroism in rescuing frozen
seanen from the stranded vessels.
while tusboat captains risked life and
in their endeavor to save life.
Though the work of gathering UP the
details of the effects Of the storm on
sea is still unfinished the history Of
the blizzard on shore is about COM
plete for nearly all the railroads sue
ceeded in breaking the embargo. today
and the street car lines We're also
partially successful in getting their
systems again to operation.
It will be many long day before
he storm is forgotten. while its sad re-
suits Will llnger in the households Of
Of families throughout the
land.
Boston. NOV. 2S.--Not until this
when daylight offered a safe
for the Investigation and
,Spleiation did the awful h:aHc
s. Fought by the storm. of Saturday
liigEt ana Sunday in Boston Aai.bor
mi syisialty. become apparent. MOI
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