, 1889-04-04

Master Carson OF the Nipsic states that
tue vessel was blown ashore during the
late gale, but has suffered little damage |.
that the vessel be hostsd to morrow and
that her crew are all safe.
FROM AUCKLAND.
AUCKLAND, March 3O.-Later adyices
received here regarding the hurricane
which devasted Samoa and wrecked 4.
number of Ger uan and American war
ships say the storm swept the islands ON
the 18th inst The war ships ATTEMPTED
to put to sea, but, only the English steamer
Ca'liope succeeded in getting out. Mer.
chant vessels suffered severe y, The bark
Peter Godfrey, one other bark and seven
coasters were wrecked and four persons
drowned The Calliope sailed for Sydney.
The Peter Godfrey was a German bark,
she arriv d at Samoa from Sydney.
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED.
BERLIN, March 30 1T ,s officially an
nounctd that five officers and seventy men
from the Adler and twenty men from the
Eber are drowned
THE WRECKED SAILORS.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 30.-The Auck.
land agent of the Oceanica steamship line
whose steamships ply between here and
Austraila has cabed John d. Spreckles,
president OF the company, that Lieutenant
Wilson desires to secure accomm mo- tations
on the steamship Mariposa, which touches
at Auck land on the return trip from Syd-
ney in the latter part of April, for 800 of
the wrecked sailors at Samoa 10 be taken
to San Francisco. The Mariposa is enti.
tied to carry only $50 passengers. The de.
partment 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 IL is estimated that she ar.
rived ut Samoa to-day, and 1t is thought
she viii bring a large number of the ship.
wrecked sailors to this port without wait.
Ing for the NJ ,riposa to receive orders.
The Alameda is due here April 13,
NOTES OF THE WRECK.
WAsHiNGToN March 30.--lt is said at
tie navy department that Admiral Kim
berly's cablegram containing the news
cost between 800 and 5000.
kilograms OF inquiry were received by
Commodore Walker from the mother Of
Lieutenant sutton and the wives OF Cap
tain Schoonmaker and Paymsster Arms.
Suitable replies we're made and tele.
gram was also sent to Editor J.. Roche Of
the Boston Pilot, informing him Of the
death Of his brother.
Lieutenant Edward T. HAYDEN (retired)
is in charge of the meteorological division
of the photographic Office and is regarded
quite an authority on the subject OF ma.
rine storms. He SAYS that cyclonic
storms are feature Of OF the South Pa.
chic regions. They have motion exactly
the reverse of those occurring in the nor.
thern hemisphere. out otherwise have
about the same characteristics. They oc.
cur several times in q year in some
years. 1t again happens that two or three
seasons go by without storms. Exper.
fenced seamen detect the approach of such
storms in the West lndias, but the same
rule might not hold good 10 the Pacific
waters.
ALBANY. March 3O.-The wife Of Cap.
tom c. Schoon maker, the ill-fated COM
mander Of the Vandalia. lost in Asia, re.
sided in this city several months caring
for her three daughters, who attend st.
AHnew school here.
ANOTHER DISASTER.
OsTEND, Belgium. March 30-The
steamer Countess of Flanders was run into
of Dunkirk at2 o'clock yesterday after.
noon by the Belgain mail boat Princess
Henrietta during dense fog. 1t was at
FIRST reported that the Countess of Flanders
immediately sunk, but it Is later reported
that she is safe but her captain first lieu.
tenant. nine OF the crew aud three passen.
gers are drowned, Prince Jerome Bona
parte was among tue rescued.
Advices received this afternoon say the
Countess of Flanders was cut ia two and
the fore part at once sank. The Princess
Henrietta took the after part ia tow and
started for the port but had proceeded
only short distance when that portion Of
the wreck capsized aud went down. The
Countess Of Flanders mails we're lost after
the collision. In the collision boiler
burst blowing the center of the ship to
pieces. killing all engineers, the captain
AMI Others on the bridge and passengers
in the vicinity. Prince Leopold of Bel
gium, one of the passengers, escaped in
Jury.
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