Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-18
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Everything Possible Was Dome 80
SnSe the Vessels, bat the Fury oil
Lho waves and WAND y as too
RkGch-Ehe hurricanes Terrible
work.
ARA, SAMOA, March 80, VIA FAN FaAa.
CISCO, April 14.-ktter the aiorm OF
March 10th had subeided and after the
oficers and crews Of the wrecked vessels
had come Ashore the evidence OF the
AvEul destruction was presented on every
aldo. Tho German survivors remained
10 that part ct the town where the prop
sEty Of the German Trading Company 10
located. but ths Americana were 10 bs
seen everywhere. The officers had lost
their uniforms aud were dressed ss COM
mon sailors. Admiral Kimberly wss the
last to leave the American flagship Tren.
ton. He went OF once TO some rooms
which had been provided for him in the
house of an American resident.
The Associated Press correspondent
found the admiral few hours later sit
ting alone on the porch of small house
facing the barbor. There was an express
sion of great anxiety on his face as he
sat watching The wrecks of the American
men-of war. SIS il not awful n no re-
marked to tho correspondent. .In all
my experience on sea l have never seen
storm to equal this one, / can hardly
realize yet the full extent Of damage which
has been done. lily chief anxiety now Is
to get these 500 or 500 sailors back to
America. II would be Of no use for them
TO remain here, and / must get them home
as quickly as possible. Ishall either tel
egrRph to Washington for steamer TO be
sent from San Francisco TO take the men
back, or | viii charter q steamer ct Auck.
land. The men must get back soon In
some way
The admiral was asked in regard to bis
own experience during the stoEm, but
had little 60 say Of personal nature.
He continued: Tho firss OF the Trenten
went out az 10 O'Clock in the morning,
and our rudder and propeller were car
ried away ut Tho same Tins. No one can
rsalize the force with which tho rudder
was struck. suppose piecs Of wrecE-
age fouled il. The pilot wheel gbiTltd
around with tesrible velocity, every sp0ls
in il was broken, and one of the men ut
tho wheel had a leg broken. The grent
volume of water poured in upon the
berth deck through the hawsa. pipes. the
fire room was socn flooded and TIE
fires wero put out. The hawse-pioes
should never have been placed
where they were. II ives a pieeo Of
faulty construction, which the govern.
ment officials hnd been asked TO remedy
several times. II they had been located
on the deck above the water could not
have come 10. l consider this as indi-
rectly the cause OF the loss OF tho
Trenton. After our steam gave out we
used the storm sail and sent the men into
the rigging and nsed them as sails The
ship was handled skilfully. il would
have been impossible for ua to steam out
Of The hsTbur, as the Calliope did, as our
engines were not powerful enough. Wa
bad on every pound Ct steam that we
could carry, aud, with three anchors ont,
we were not able to bold up against the
storm. We fought against il as long ss
We could do 40 but were finally driven
back upon the shcIs.
The admiral spoke faelingIy Of the
death Of Captain SchocnmakeT and other
officers and men who persisted. The con
fusion which was present everywhere in
e.pia during the first few da5B aFsar The
storm had disappeared at tina end OF the
week. The quarters Of the shipwreGkad
sailors had been made moIs comfortable
and the daily routine duty YVES properly
attended to- Consul BlGrEl0cs's oroeri
gEcaillting .hs ALE OK i ua III l1s
had good ssact and very lew l.aeFa.
iaen were To BE ssen. TGA -n7E j gtIl
under marine guard in charge OF Captain
Huntington, and MataafA's police hay
also assisted in maintaining order. Th
nien from the Trenton aud Yapdalia hay
separate barracks and have erected tam
porary tents for shelter
Tbs EipsiC men are still living aboart
their vessel, and the German survivor
are quaJtered in q warehouse belonging t
German firm. Working parties are KEEP
busy all the time on The wrecks OF to
Trenton and Vaadalia, End articles c
eysry description Ire washed ashore froI
she vessels and piled together In larg
yerd. Divers have been set TO WORT an
many articles were saved in this way
The safes OF both VESSELS containing lsrg
amounts Of money, syere recovered. III
SmoAestack q tile NgndRlia has been r.
moved. end il viii be placed on the Hip4
as the latter snip lost heE sMokastacE
collision With the Olga. The divers hay
also been mailing an examination OF d
hipsio and haTe discovered that her lie
had oeen cGrripd away. II has not ;
hben as9ertaInad whether the Nipsio vi
be able to leaTe the harbor or nc
Admiral Kimberly IL most Atxicug 10 q
herAway ana ssnd Ter 10 Auckland d s
ErenciGGo I'm repairs, II to is saiis fl
she can stpn8 tie strip. She ia no ligs
20 leave however, until the errival
some ether men ofwa Tn5 Mna0ug
bella and Mchican are expected to arri'
heyn soon.
Matasfa GENE down from his camp
few days ago. A light rain had fall,