Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-14
SCENES IN SAMOA.
Details Of The Work Of the
Hurricane.
AT THE GALES MERCY.
The Men of War Driven
Helplessly on the Reef.
METAAFA'S MANLY BEHAVIOR
The CalliOpe's Gallons and Unhand'
some Treatment of the Wrecked
Seamen-Other Incidents.
IT THE GALES MERCY.
METAAFA'S MANLY BEHAVIOR,
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
SAN Francisco, April 13.-The steam
ship Alameda arrived at her wharf at
9 o'clock this morning, from Australia.
She touched at the Samoan Islands and
has on board a mum Der of officers and
sailors from the men-of-war wrecked in
Apia harbor.
The Alameda had one of the toughest
trips in her experience, encountering
gales and heavy seas until reaching Hon.
olulu. She stopped at Tutuilla Island,
of the Samoan group, at 10 O'Clock on
the morning of March Goth, where she
found the American schooner Equator,
with the American mails and ten cadets
from the American war ships wrecked at
Apia.
Commander Morse, upon learning of
the disaster to American ships, at once
sailed for Apia. On the way she met q
mail cutter and received the German
mails at Apia. She took on board thirty
wounded seamen, also Lieutenant Ripley
and Surgeon Cordera, making in all
forty-two men from the wrecked vNseels.
The steamship reached Honolulu, April
9th, leaving there Lieutenant Ripley AID
twenty-nine wounded seamen to como
up on Honolulu steamer.
The Alameda brought the following
naval cadets from the man.of-war Tren-
ton: R. Stocker, F. w. Hebbs, B. @.
Decker, B. w. Wells, w. S. Cloke, q.
w. Logan and r. Jackson and naval
cadets ID. A. Wiley, L. A. Stafford and
J. A. Legeune of the Vandalia.
THE OLGA AT SYDNEY.
SYDNEY, N. S. W., April 13.-The Ger
man warship Olga, stranded during the
recent hurricane at Samoa, arrived here
for repairs. She brought from Apia the
commander, two officers and thirty-two
of the crew of the Adler, wrecked in the
srme hurricane. The steamer Rockton
will proceed from here to Samoa. where
she will take on board the crews of the
wrecked American warships and convey
then to San Francisco.
THE NIPsIC NO GOOD.
The steamer Lubbock, from Samoa
April I'd, has arrived, and reports the
Nipsic so badly injured that it is doubt
full whether she will be able to return to
the United States.
MANY BODIES RECOVERED.
A large number of bodies of officers
and men of the various ships drowned
during the storm have been recovered
and buried.
The officers OF the wrecked German
war-ship Eber are also on board of the
Lubbock. They will proceed TO Germany
on the steamer Hapsburg, which sails
April oath. One hundred men belonging
to the German fleet, including three
officers, remain at Apia to guard foreign
interests.
ssThe Olga also reports that the Nipsic lost
her rudder and propeller, and the Tren-
ton is full of water. The Adler lies in
the position in which the storm left her.
The hull of the Olga is sound with the
exception of hole in the stern. Two
plates were riveted over this hole and
the ship made no water during her voy-
age here.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
APIA, Samoa, March 30.-The little
group of Samoa or Navigator's Islands,
which, few months ago, attracted the
attention of the civilized world by the
fierce civil combat between two native
factions, AID the consequent possibility
of serious complications between the
great powers of the United States and
Germany, have been visited by dis
aster more appalling than all the wars
ever waged here.
In attempting to effect solution OF
the Samoan difficulty and to protect
their respective interests on the islands,
two Of the greatest nations of the world
have sacrafced nearly $50 lives and
S., 900, 600 of property.
The most violent and destructive hur-
ricane ever known in the South Pacific
passed over the islands on the 10th and
18th of March, and, as a result, fleet OF
six war-ships and ten other vessels were
ground to atoms on the coral reefs in
the harbor, or thrown on the beach in
front of the little city of Apia, and one
hundred and forty-two officers and men
of the American and German navies
sleep forever under the reefs or lie buried
in unmarked graves, thousands of miles
from their native lands. The United
States ship Trenton, flagship of the
Pacific Squadron, which arrived here
from Panama March 18th, lies within a
stones throw of the American consul
ate, total wreck. The great hull of
the magnificent ship which steamed into
the harbor few weeks ago, rests on the
bottom, going to pieces.
The United States steamship Vandalia,
which arrived from San Francisco Feb
ruary 23d, is buried out of sight between
the Trenton and the shore. Her shat
tered foremast and smokestack rise from
the water to mark the spot where the
gallant vessel struck and lay for twelve
hours before the awful torrent of water
swept four officers and thilty-nine men
from her decks and rigging. Her COM
mander, Captain 9. M. Schoonmaker,
was among the first who perished in the
waves. Captain Schoonmaker, although
badly huit by being thrown across the
cabin, bravely faced the storm until the
sea swept him off to his death. The
other officers who met their death were
Paymaster Frank II. Arms, Lieutenant
Frank Sutton, of the Marine Corps, and
Pay Clerk John Roach. The United
states steamer Nipsic lay several days
alongside the Vandalia with her bow
high on the beach and within a few feet
of the same point. The stars and stripes
and flag of Rear Admiral L. A. Kimberly
still float above the scene of destruction
from the mizzen-top mast of the Trenton.
1t was on the little German gunboat
Eber that the greatest loss of life occurred.
She had complement of six officers and
eeventy-six men. Five men were ashore
during the storm. When the vessel
atruck the reef she sank complatelv ont