The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-03
HUNDRED LIVES LUST.
STEAMER PORTLAND WRECKED.
DsAtss Of FAAseegsrs nsiag WasAsd
Ashore on Cape CsA-Coass stsswa
with Wssekage.

| delayed In .ran.fnission.,- The rtea IN
| er Portland Of the Boston aud Port
land line has len lost on Cape Cod
with all ON board. The life saving
men. through binding storin. yesier-
day morning at q o'clock. heard the dis
trssed whistle OF steamer. and last
night nj midnight the body Of man
was found on shore. ON the body of
the man was life belt marked
Steamer Portland Of Portland"
a gold watch in his pocket had
stopped AZ 10 o'clock. Thi. man was
well dressed. wore black clothes and
tan shoes and light hair and NOUS
/ tache. and piece OF card in his pocket
bore the words John w, Congress
street. Portland
The body II Il large woman. without
cOvcrin: Of any kind. washed ashore
Mt Pame' river. but there was no
means Of identifying II. II is believed
( that III. steamcr Portland WAS dis
abled by the storm at 10 O'Clock last
night. being una ble longer TO hold up
| against the gale aud drif,ed ON Peaked
\ Hin bars and went TO pieces. No part
Of the ship have drifred ashore. and Ii
is not known ju., where she struck.
Boxes Of tobacco. clothing. cheese. oil.
etc. have been washed ashore. also life
prcservers marked with the words
Steamer Portland
| Boston. Mass. Nov. 2s.-Dr. Maurice
Richardson OF Beacon street. this city.
| wa. at h. summer HON. AT Wellfi.-t
during the storm. and corrotorate- the
early accounts OF the loss of the Port
land. for he saw two Of the bodies
| washed nshor.. and on them We're life
| pr--erver. marked with the vessels
name DR.. Richardson was on the firsf
train from Cape Cod. which arrived In
this city late tonight.
Il saw two Of the bodies picked up.
said DIR. Richardson. One was prob
ably that Of deck hand. a man Of
about twenty. He had on life pre-
server marked Portland" The other
body was that OF n stout woman. She
too. wore a life belt with the steamer =
name on II. Wreckage Il coming ashore
for fifteen miles along the coast.
Among the wreckage were eases of
lard directed to Portland"
In addition TO two bodies. Dr. Rich
ardson brought news that at Orleans
the body Of n girl about twenty was
found. She had gold watch and a
ring marked y. q. f." Her watch
stopIsd at y:11. There are three bodies
at Nanset. eight N Orleans. and twen-
ty-elght al Truro and Weilneef. The
double wheel of the Portland came
ashore at Orleans.
The passin: hours do not bring an
end to the reports II wrecks and loss OF
| life up AMI down the New England
| coast as the outcome of Sundays ter
rife 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 on board.
nearly 100 souls. 0vershadows all. The
| graveyard OF the coast. the tr.acherou-
bars and rips on the outside Of Cape
] Cod. have claimed victim. without
number. Miles and miles of coast lin.
/ |. piled high with wr.ckagc. most Of
which IL ground - fine 10y III. waves
that Identification OF helpless craft i
impossible.
| As the fury Of the wind was n great
on the bleak sand hills which make
up the cape. II Will bc many hours
before all places ar. heard from. Trle-
/ graph wires are down and railroads
| cannot break out the snow drifts. and
this featur. Is distressing. as much
sufYcrin; from cold and hunger must
cnsue among the poorer people In the
nearby hamle'-.
Tonight the only means OF reaching
Cape Cod l. by steamer across Massa-
chu-.its bay. disacrrcabi. voyage. as
| the sea l. yet boistcrouS. Worl from
Proyincctown tells of nearly thirty To-
tai wrecks. with III. number OF lives
lost unknown.
Matters ar. improving slightly along
Vineyard Sound. 80 far rs means Of
communication are concerned. The bcr
summing up of the disnstcr In that sex.
ilon Is made 10y Captain Hard. Ir.. of
the revenue cutter Dexter. who has
crui-cd along the shor. sli day.
lie say. that In Vineyard Haven huli-
nrc piled upon the shore. and thos.
vessels which are nfioa' seem mere
shells. The Dexter report, possible
additions TO III. wreck list In two
schooner~ sunk IN M.naIn~lia Blight
and two hle ones sunk abreast Pc>Gu.
isle The fat" of their crews I. un-
known. Thr." wr.cklnr steamer. are
! around ih" Fairfax. ashore an Sow and
/ Pigs reef.
TIL. arrival In this city from Cape
Cod tonight u u party ~ hunters hn.
added Ia I'll. excitement attendant upon
III. report that III. steamer Portland
had been wrecked on Cape Cod.
through their report that II l. the lr'-
/ l"f uf ia" life savers On III. outer side
of I'll. cape. south Of Nau-.t lIght. that
n savannah line steamer has struck on
Peaked I'm hats.
TRAIN ROBBERS TRAPPED.