The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-12-07
A STEAMER LOST.
All of Her Crew and Passengers
Drowned.
A TERRIBLE DISASTER.

Watery Graves Not Far
from Land and
Help.
A special to the Boston Herald from
North Truro says the steamer Portland,
of the Boston and Portland Steamship
company, plying between Boston and
Portland, was totally wrecked at 10
o'clock Sunday morning, 9th ult., of
Highland light, and the entire crew
and passengers perished within short
distance Of land. A large quantity of
wreckage, including trunks and other
material, have come ashore, and at dark
last night 81 bodies had been recovered
from the surf by the life saving crew at
High Head station. One body was that
of woman.
The life saving men, through blind
Ing storm :?D'Hay lnurnlng at o'clock,
heard the dis.ress whistle Of steamer
and Sunday night at midnight the body
of man was found on shore. Ga the
body was life belt marked Steamer
Portland, of Portland" A gold watch
in his pocket had stopped at 10 o'clock.
This man was well dressed, wore black
clothes and tan shoes, had light hair
and moustache and a piece of card in
his pocket bore the words "John W.
-, Congress street, Portland"
The body Of a large woman, without
covering of any kind, washed ashore,
but there was no means Of identifying
it. 1t is believed that the steamer
Portland was disabled by the storm at
10 o'clock Sunday night, being unable
longer to hold up against the gale and
drifted on to Peaked Hill bars and
went to pieces.
The news Of the disaster was brought
to The Herald through the agency Of
special train, as communication to Bos-
ton, by wire from points on Cape Cod
is impossible on account Of the havoc
wrought by the storm. Following is a
partial list of the passengers said te be
on board the Portland when she sailed
from Boston Saturday night:
Ordon Hooper.
81. True Hooper.
Isah Frye.
Miss Ruth Frye.
Miss Maud Frye.
Miss Maud Sykes.
Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis.
Mrs. Theodore Allen.
Miss Allen.
Miss Cole, Of Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Daniel Rounds.
Miss Ross.
Miss Edna McCrillis.
c. F. Willis. Of Bethel, Me.
Hon. F. Dudley, Freeman.
D. O. Getchell, Boston.
Miss Sophie Hines.
Miss Helen Langthorne.
Miss Emma L. Plimpton, Of Charles
River.
G.. W. Cole.
Miss Burns.
Charles Wiggin.
NJ. c. Hutchinson.
Miss Hutchinson.
Mrs. George 0. Chickering, Wey-
mouth, Mass, and sister, Mrs. Wheel
er, Of South Weymouth, Mass.
NJ. L. Sewell, of Portland.
Fred Sherwood, Of Portland.
Charles II. Thompson.
Mrs. Thompson and child, Wood
fords, Me.
VIM. NJ. Chase and Master Philip
Chase, Worcester.
Mrs. Kate Coy, East Boston.
Arthur F. Heersom and Mrs. Heer-
som, Of Chelsea, Mass.
Mrs. Alice Swift, of Portland, Me.
Harry Smith, 81 Marion street, Eas-
ton Boston.
Mrs. Cornelia N. Mitchell and Miss
Jennie Hoyt, North Easton.
Mrs J. A. Carroll, Of Lowell.
Miss Jennie Edmunds, Marion stree :,
Easton Boston.
Mrs. Anna Rounds, Portland.
George B. Kennison, Jr., Beeth Bay,
Me.
Perry Jackson, wife and child, Of
South Portland, Me.
Fred Stevens, Portland.
Mr.. Pierce, Portland.
Child Of Charles H. Thompson, Of
Woodsfords, Me.
The passenger list given above num-
bers 81 and the officers and crew num-
Der As.
The Portland was built in Bath in
1890 and was side wheel steamer Of
1917 tons net burden. Her length is
23O feet; beam 42 and depth Is feet
She was valued at $3.50, 900.