The Portland daily press., 1900-02-26
LOSS OF B0HEMI AN.
Terrible Disaster I'm Portia nd Harboi
the winter Of '64.

| Terrible Disaster I'm Portla nd iarbor
the winter Of ga
Two other English steamers have met
with serious disasters In the vicinity OF
this port. They wsre the Bohemian and
Brooklyn.
The Bohemian, Captain Boland, struck
on Aiden's rock, about thres miles out
side of Cape ELIZABETH, about i've min
| utes past eight O'Clock on the evening of
Monday. February y, 1864. She was
immed lately. turned to the shore and
sunk In about one hour and a half,
| quarter OF 0 mile IRON the shore. There
| we're nineteen oatin and l09 stesrage
passengers aboard.
The Bohemian WAS one OF tbs Montreal
Ocean line, running between Liverpool
and Portland. bbe hnd laft Liver pool
| February 4th and was several days over
due. She was one of the iron Clyde built
crew stesmsrs. about 200 tons burden.
| and about dive years old She was not
ACCOUNTS a fast vessel but her power
had been often tested by adverse winds
| and rough weather.
| At the time she struck the weather was
mild and calm but theHe was thick FOG
which occasionally lifted up The steer
age passengers were in their hunks at
| the time Of the accident and the greatest
CONSERVATION prevailed. The boats were
cleared away, and No. mad 9 two trips,
landing at Cape Elizabeth about 100 pas
sengers The second boat was wsmped.
The ship was running slowly when she
struck, carefully feeling her way into
the harbor, or less OF life might have
| been much greater, as she would probably
have sunk INN cd lately after strih Inc.
| She had six boat eaoh capable OF hold
| Ing sixty five ps, zenaers. II was stated
| by the second Off Ger that oil the officers
were on deck at the time tho steamer
struck. 1t was i've minutes past eight
and tho watch Was being changed. The
vessel struck the rock and passed over it.
Orders were imm iiately given to dear
away the boats and coon the ship was
headed for the bore hut saDk 10 four
fathoms of water
| Boat No. I, under the boatswain's
mate, mnde two trips to the shore, savin
| on che first trip about eighty passengers
and on the second abOus seventy. Boat
No. 0, under the charge OF Mr.. SCOTT, sec
| ond officer, landed about AZ In Broad
Cove. Boat No. 4, under charge OF the
first and third officers, landed 20 on the
the fourth officer. brought 20 into Port
land bRrbor. These number included
officers and crew. This number OF The
| crew was supposed to be 80. 1t Is estl-
mated that 1876 persona were saved in oil
of the boats, leaving 10 to be accounted
The following lie a list of the cabin
passen gers. all OF whom wsrs saved; Mr..
Woodruff, MI Gordon and wife, Messrs
Employ, johnson, Balford, Hingston,
j, S. Miller, Richardson, Almott. Smith.
| Welob, Soatcherd, Stewart, Gil more and
Robertson, all Of Canada; and Captains
| Wells and Stone OF the United States.
The names OF the officers were az fol-
lowsi Robert Borlnnd, master; Maxwell
Frocks, frat officer; James Scott second
I'D .f1tR
John 5. Sargent, fourth officer; William
jenkins, purser; William McMaster,
chief engineer; Thomas MoAaster, second
engineer; Nj. Barber, third engineer;
Georee May, fourth engineer. The lamp
trimmer, Peter Hart. and the engineers
store keeper, name unknown, are sup
posed to have drowned. All OF the re-
naming officers and crew were saved.
A meeting was held at the Merchants
Exchange on the day after the disaster TO
raise q COMMITTEES to lind ont what as
sistsncs TO unfortunate passengers was
needed, and to recon- mend such action as
the case demanded. Messrs. w. 3. Dams,
William Willis and Theodore Spring COM
posed the com mittee which reported that
"a subscription be opened i'm medtately and
that persons be invited to contribute In
aid of the sufferers either money or
clothing. Ths call for aid was prompt
ly met By citizens and the sum of $3.50 was
raised before six o'clock that afternoon.
1t was learned from gentleman who
had left the wreck at about tive O'Clock
in the afternoon, that the steamer Was
in what was called Staples cove, short OF
a quarter of q mile north Of the Two
Lights, on the pitch OF the Cape. She
was, when he had left, upright, the water
even with her msin deck, AMI persons
vera walking on her quarter deck.
The personal baggage OF the passengers
WIS nearly all lost as II had been
brought on deck ready to land. Nearly
all who were lost were on board the boat
No. 2 that was swamped. The malls
, were, some Of them, saved, among which
were the Glasgow, California and Men
treal, also one tag OF papers for Boston.
Boat No. 3, on Its way up, Eel! In WIN
q fishing Schooner com manded by Cap
tain Henry Willard. 9hs persons In the
boat were taken aboard and trentsu IN
the kindest manner.
!, The schooner Utica was taken down
, alongside of the steamer on the day foi-
lowing the wreck. tn reosive tins aItioiss
that were taken from the vessel. Nearly
: and all the glass. orookery ware and all
the siIysrwArs was secured besides oon-
siderable of the furniture.
Captain Boyland did not leave the
steamer on Monday night as had been
stated but remained on board until ten
O'Clock Tuesday and then left only for a
short time.
Thirty three mails on board we're re-
J covered twenty belonging to Canada and
thirteen to the United States. The
sufferers were furnished with GOOD
quarters and were conveyed TO their
places Of destination.
The British consul expressed dispo
, sitiop to do all In his power to aid in
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