Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-12-02

| Boston, Dec. /. - The passing hours
do not bring an end to the reports of
wrecks and loss of life up and down
the New England coast as the outcome
OF Saturdays terrific storm. From
Cape Cod the most terrible accounts
of ruin and death are coming, and of
these the loss of the steamer Portland,
with all Oh board, nearly 100 souls,
overs hadows all The graveyard Of
the coast, the treacherous bars and
rips Oh the outside of Cape Cod, have
claimed victims without number.
Miles and miles Of coast line are piled
high with wreckage, most Of which is
ground so fine by the waves that
Identification Of helpless craft is i'm
possible. AS the fury of the wind was
as great on the bleak sand hills which
make up the cape it will be many
hours before all places are heard from
1'elegraphic wires are down and can.
Lot be brought out of the snow drifts,
and this fact is distressing, as much
suffering from cold and hunger must
ensue to the poor in the nearby ham,
lets. The only means of reaching
Cape Cod is by steamer across Massa-
chusetts bay, a disagreeable voyage as
the sea is yet boisterous. Word from
Provincetown tells Of nearly thirty to-
| tai wrecks with the number of lives
lost unknown. Matters are improving
slightly along Vineyard sound so far
as means OF communication Is con-
cerned. The best summing up of the
disasters in that section is made bv
| Capt Hard of the revenue cutter
| Dexter. who has cruised along shore
all day. He says that in Vineyard
haven hulls are piled upon shore and
| those vessels which are afloat seem
| mere shells. The Dexter reports pos
Sible additions to the wreck list in two
| schoOnerS sunk off Mennemsha Bright
and two big ones sunk abreast of
| Presique isle. The fate of their crews
| Is unknown. Three wrecking steamers
| are around the Fairfax ashore on Sow
and Pigs row.
Wreck of the Portland.
Highland Light Mass, Dec. 1.-The
steamer Portland, of the Boston and
Portland line, has been lost ON Cape
Cod with all on board. The life saw
| ing men, through binding storm
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock heard the
distress whistle OF a steamer and Mon
day at midnight the body of a man
| with life belt marked steamer Port
| land of Portland" A gold watch in
his pocket had stopped at 10 O'Clock.
The body of a large woman, without
| covering of any kind, washed ashore
at Pamlet river, but there were no
means of identifying it. 1t is believed
the steamer was disabled by the storm
and being unable longer to hold UP
against the gale. drifted onto Peaked
Hill bars and went to pieces. No part
of the ship has drfted ashore, and 1t
| is not known just where she struck.
Boxes of tobacco, clothing, cheese, oil,
etc, have been washed ashore, also
| life preservers marked with the words
| Steamer Portland"
! Terrible Experience.
Gloucester, Mass, Dec. l. - The
schooner Hiram Lowell, Capt. Henry
| Nelson. arrived from the shore fishing
grounds and brings the rescued crew
and passengers, numbering twenty
three persons. of the British schooner
Narcissus, Capt. William Mcintosh.
from Boston for Shelburne and Liver
pool. n. S.. with a general cargo Capt.
McIl.tosh brings a story Of terrible eX-
perience and Of great heroism on the
part of his rescuers. The Lowell
! launched four dories and rescued the
J Narcissus people at great risk.
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