Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-31

WHICH bOuCueb ~ AuCkiduu Ou tiiO ACbuAl
trip from Sydney in the latter part OF
April, for 800 of the wrecked sailors at
Samoa, to be taken to San Francisco.
The Msriposa Is entitled to carry only
250 passengers. The Department OF
State has been requested by telegraph to
grant permission for the steamer to take
the extra passengers.
The steamship Alameda left Auckland
three days ago, and it is estimated that
she touched at Samoa to-day. 1t is
thought that she will bring large num-
Der of shipwrecked sailors to this port,
without waiting for the Mariposa to re-
ceive orders. The Alameda is due here
April 18th.
THE GERMAN DEAD.
BERLIN, March 30.-It is officially an
nounced that five officers and seventy
men from the Adler, and twenty men
from the Eber, were drowned.
THE NEWS IN FRISCO.
SAN FRANcIsco, March 30.-The news
from Samoa of the wrecking OF the Amer
ican and German men-of-war in the har'
Dor of Apia caused much excitement on
the streets. Every bulletin board was
surrounded by an anxious throng eager
for particulars. Business men whose in
terests extend to the South Pacific
islands, when questioned regarding the
disaster, expressed their belief that nc
American merchant vessels were in the
harbor of Apia at the time of the disas'
ter, though a number of coasters were
reported wrecked, unless some inter
island trader, carrying the American
flag, had run in there for projection
Some surprise was expressed that SC
much damage should have been done in
a harbor, but it is to be remembered thai
the harbor of Apia is merely an oper
roadstead surrounded by coral reefs.
THE cALLIoPE's ESCAPE.
The escape of the English man-of-wai
Calliope is accounted for in shipping
circles in two ways, either that she was
living in the outer berth, and conse-
ouently had more time to get up steam
and leave the harbor; or, that having
more experience with these storms, the
British commander got up steam as soon
as he saw the storm gathering, and put
to sea before the storm reached the har
Dor. From accounts received of vessels
arriving during the past two weeks, il
would seem as if wind and transforms il
the South Pacific Ocean had been excep
tionally severe, and had been accom-
panied by electrical disturbances. The
log Of the Oceanic Company's steamship
Zelandia, which arrived here from sgd
ney on March 10th, shows that the yes
sci experienced heavy seas during the
voyage, and, on March 14th, she passed
the Mariposa, bound for Australia, which
was heavily laboring.
AN UNPRECEDENTED DISASTER.
Commodore John Irwin said, concern
ing the disaster, that it was wholly un
precedented in the history of the Navy
''Not through the war PERIOD" he said
''even, along the Atlantic coast, wa:
there any disaster comparable to this
Those hurricanes are local distur Dances
of great violence"
Said one gentleman 81 spent many
years in that region and know how some
times the hurricanes will come almos
without warning and in less than four ol
five hours all will be calm"
VERY BAD HARBoR.
"There is hardly any anchorage il
Apia harbor," said Captain Leary, o.
the United States steamer Adams, which
recently returned from Samoa, land it il
a very difficult matter to keep vesse
off the shore in ordinary weather. The
anchors keep dragging, and when wai
there with my vessel found it necessary
to carry my anchors cut every morning
to keep the vessel from going ashore"
From reports received, it would appear
that the commanders were warned O.
the approaching storm four days prior te
its arrival, and it is strange they woult
remain anchored in the harbor sur
rounded by reefs and wholly unprotected
when, by going out and around to the
lee side of the island, a distance of abou
forty miles, they would be safe from any
gale or hurricane.
The loss of the paymaster and clerl
with Captain Schoonmaker OF the Van
dalia is considered due to the observance
of the Naval rule that the captain shoult
always be the last to lease his ship, ant
the paymaster and clerk should not leave
until just before the captain.
The officers and crew of the Vandalif
we're well known in San Francisco anl
there were many touching scenes at the
United States pay Office when the list o
the names of the dead was displayed.
RELATIVES OF THE DROWNED.
Many persons living in this city hat
friends or relatives on board the wrecked
vessels. One of the lost, Ben Davis, il
understood to be relative of wealthy
family somewhere in the East, but wai
disowned for marrying a girl his inferior
in social position. When his wife dice
Davis came on to San Francisco, and only
few weeks ago signed as a seamar
on board the Vandalia.
George German, one of the crew OF tht
Vandalia, was well known among Pacific
Coast seafaring men. He has a family
living, it is thought, either in Vallejo o.
Benicia.
John Manchett was recently EN-
ployed on one of the ferryboats running
across San Francisco bay, and signed al
a recruit of the Vandalia.
John and Thomas Kelly were employed
in the navy some time before going tC
Samoa. 1t is believed that their rela
tives reside in this city.
Charles Kranz WAS also known here
and previous to entering the navy it il
believed that he worked as deck hanC
on one OF the steamers plying between
San Francisco and Yaquina.
Lieutenant of Marines Francis E. SGt
ton (whose name was enormously given
as Hilton) was appointed to the Nava
Academy from New York in 1877. Hi
graduated sixth in the class of 1879, and
after his course, returned to the academy
for examination for promotion and passed
second. On his application he was ap
pointed Second Lieutenant of Marines
being the first graduate Of Annapolis
to enter the marine force. He was pro
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