The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-04
CREW OF THE CHARLES A. BRIGGS

Lynn, Mass, February 3.-The bodies
of the crew of the Charles A. Briggs
which was wrecked in the blizzard at Lit
tie. Nahant, have all been identified, but
that Of Capt. Wentworth is missing.
t Agent Allen of the Seamen's union,
Boston and Mrs. Erickson, who keeps a
sailors boarding house in Boston, visit
ed the scene of the wreck this morning
and identified bodies recovered as those
of John Haley of East Boston, the stew
ard. whose body was recovered first;
John Charlesen, the Norwegian engin-
eer; Harry and Lewis Milliken, Maine
men, and Emanuel Cain, New Found
land man. The body of Mate j. J.
Young was identified during the night
by his widow. The fragments which
were also picked up and which were at
first thought to be those of Capt. Went
worth, are NJ W known to be all that re-
mains of Seaman Isaac Andrews.
Engineer Wentworth of the Charles
town navy yard, who came here this af-
ternoon, settled the question by stating
that they were not those of his brother.
There is little hope of recovering the
body of Capt. Wentworth. The bodies
are at the town hall, Nahant, awaiting
orders from friends of the dead. If
none come the Seamen's union will take
charge of them.
have disappeared the wreckers having
carried away everything, even the frag-
ments of timber cast us.
BLIZZARD A RECORD BREAKER.
Highland Light, Mass, February g.
The fearful blizzard which has just
swept the coast was a record-breaker
and exceeded in duration and energy the
March storm of 1885,
About o'clock Tuesday afternoon a
large four masted schooner. either in
ballast OF with some light cargo, was
She had lost her jibboom and martingale
and the wreckage of sails and tangled
rigging hung under her bows, her fore
topmast was gone and hung thrashing
against her lower mast; her fore and
mizzen sails were torn and useless on her
deck; her main and spanker sails were
double reefed and she appeared to be
helpless and drifting shoreward. After
dark a strong breeze sprung up from the
westward and she was probably blown
far out to sea. Today the cutter Man
ming and tugs have been looking for her
off the coast The four-master is be-
lieved to be the vessel which was in col
lision with the fishing schooner in the
bay on Monday night, and it is thought
that the crew of the fisherman are now
on the four-master, as they abandoned
their own craft.
MARCELLUS CARRIED HAY.
Searsport, February 3.-The schooner
Marcellus of Bucksport. Captain LARA
bee of this town, reported wrecked at
Gloucester was carrying hay from Bel
fast to Boston She was last reported at
Gloucester. George Richards of Belfast
sailed with CAPTAIN Larrabee.
DAMAGE BY ICE FLOEs.
st. John, N F., February 3.-Reports
from all along the coast tell OF great
damags done by ice foes.
Eight of the l6 men who went adrift
Yesterday on an ice foe in Trinity bay
reached land tonight, badly FROST
bitten. 1t is believed that the others are
saved.
The schooner Fanny is ashore near
brlgus, on Conception bay, and Will be
a total wreck
VINEYARD GOT OFF EASY.
Edgartown, Mass, February 3.-There
mas been no serious damage to shipping
aoout MRrtha's Vineyard as the result OF
monday nights storm. This is considered
remarkable from the fact that the storm
center was reported to be off the island.