8298. Bachelder, Peter Dow and Mason Philip Smith. FOUR SHORT BLASTS – The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland . 1998.
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8298. Bachelder, Peter Dow and Mason Philip Smith. FOUR SHORT BLASTS – The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland . 1998.
8298. Bachelder, Peter Dow and Mason Philip Smith. FOUR SHORT BLASTS – The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland . 1998. 138p. Soft wraps. Cleanly written, this interesting account details the mysterious disappearance of the state of the art steamer, S.S. Portland, in November of 1898. Since there were no survivors, sources are newspaper articles of the day and interviews with survivors of the gale in other craft. The authors provide details of the storm itself, the tragic foundering of the Portland , the storm’s effect ashore, the official investigation of the sinking and ongoing legends which exist to this day. Illustrations and photographs are plentiful and poignant. In addition to a helpful index and bibliography, the authors have provided appendices—lists of victims as well as vessels lost or damaged in the gale, an amazing 3000 or more schooners, yachts, steamers and barges between New Jersey and Nova Scotia. Although the loss of the steamer and 140 passengers and crew is the primary subject, Four Short Blasts contains fascinating tangential stories, about the U. S. Life-Saving Service, which at the time of the storm had 13 stations along the shore of Cape Cod . $17.95.