STEAMER PORTLAND
Site — Boston, Massachusetts
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/steamer-portland-boston-massachusetts/

November 26, 1898—the gale that took them all.

Steamer Portland is a site in Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1898—the gale that took them all. The presence its accounts keep returning to is the one they call the 190. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.

Portland is the '98 — the 'Nov 27' that's the gale, the '192' that's the all lost. The 'no list' is the unknown — the 'manifest' that's the aboard, the 'estimated' that's the 190. The 'Blanchard' is the captain — the 'outrun' that's the tried, the 'two lows' that's the collided.
The 'paddle' is the shallow — the 'Cape Ann' that's the last, the 'stopped watches' that's the found. The '400 vessels' is the storm — the '450 dead' that's the named, the 'Portland Gale' that's the after. Portland is the Titanic — the 'New England' that's the called, the 'best preserved' that's the wreck.
The file keeps Portland: the 1898 gale, the 192 all lost, the no manifest, and the two lows.
Steamer Portland is the archive's Boston file — the gale's namesake.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Steamer Portland is the archive's Boston file — the unknown count.
A ship keeps its storm — the file's suggestion being that Portland's hold is the listless: the '192' that's the estimated, the 'manifest' that's the drowned, and the 'stopped watches' that's the time.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: The dead are reportedly seen. The 190 is the name the reports keep returning to. The site in Boston, Massachusetts gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. 'Steamer Portland' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.
  source: Steamer Portland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_(steamship))
· [Anecdotal] apparition: Reported a presence at the wreck. The reports at Steamer Portland are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The file holds testimony rather than proof; the claim remains anecdotal. The report is preserved in sources like 'Steamer Portland'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.
  source: Steamer Portland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_(steamship))

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· The November 26, 1898 sinking is documented. Steamer Portland's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Steamer Portland'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Steamer Portland — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_(steamship)

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