“Many Life’s are Lost in the Wrecks” LONDON, Dec. 3.— Storms are continuing with great violence on the coasts of the United Kingdom. Many wrecks are reported and bodies of men lost in these disasters already are being washed ashore. Navigation around the northeast coast is almost paralyzed. The Norwegian bark George Ville has been …
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MYSTERY OF THE STEAMER PORTLAND “IS ONE OF THE SECRETS WELL KEPT BY THE SEA” “THREE WRECKS OFF GAYHEAD” “Life Savers Bring Half Dead Sailors Ashore While the Ships Are Ground to Pieces” Associated Press Special Wire PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Dec 2, 1898 — Another day has passed and the mystery of the steamer Portland …
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SINKING OF THE STEAMER PORTLAND. “Every Soul on Board Has Undoubtedly Been Lost, The Exact Number Not Known, but is Estimated at Over One Hundred.” “Not a Fragment of a Lifeboat or Life craft among the Debris From the ill-Fated Vessel Which Has Been Washed Ashore — The Theory Prevails That They Were Carried Out …
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New York Lumber Ship Strikes Cape Ann Rocks November 30, 1918 Gloucester, MA – The three-masted schooner Harold B. Cousens was wrecked today at Brace’s Cove, Cape Ann. Captain Carey and his crew and his crew of eight men were rescued. The schooner probably will be a total loss. She was bound from St. N. …
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Portland Maine Nov 29, 1902 – The captain of a steamer that arrived here this afternoon reported that the famous old schooner Polly was ashore at Owls Head near Rockland. As the craft was light it is believed that she will be floated. The Polly is the oldest sailing vessel in commission. She was built …
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