The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-21

c1eayes es the recs. Hal we ssrack il
fear Of the 40 souls on heard tAs
Eventon aone would be alive to-day.
Cspsain Farqnharss last paragraph
Is as follows. | respersfnlly demand
$ court of inquiry. !"
CugEAKrEE MrLIANss xrrogr.
Commander MILAN, az tae Nipslc.
begins bis osficiai report 10 Admiral
Kimberly ity expressing regret that
be Was coulpellea 20 beach the vessel
20 save her from total destruction ard
10 save THE lives OF his command. He
SAYS the vessel had three anchors
down and veeresi TO their fail scope as
far as possible. i'm order NOT 20 collide
With either the Olga or Eher during
the height OF the hurricane. At about
; a- m. March Ii. the Olga fouled the
Nipssc carrying swav the whole boat.
cingy, and port railing Of the poop
deck. bending the daviss. etc. About
7 n IA The Olga sgain foaled. carving
away the hammock rail. part Of the
sfsoEestacks ttir sssrans launch and
second cutter. Having lost the smoke
stack and there hsing no draft
1 Commander MILAN says be found it
necessary 70 use pork il the furnaces
when an effort vas heiag made 20 get
the forecastie gun ovsrboarsi, a an
additional anchor. the sfarboarsl
hAwser chain parted. and the ship con-
onCed 10 drag toward the reel. Find
ing IL impossible 20 keep up efeasr. the
commander decided 10 beach The
Nipssc. IN orGer 70 save life So the
chains were slipped ansl the shin
neached in front OF the United States
consulate The gig cap>ixesi when be-
Ing lowered. and seven men we're
lost. Lines were then rot ashore, and
ali hands escaped. The commander
then gives In detail a most formidable
and technical list of the injuries sus~
tanned by the Nipsic. In conclusion,
the commander says everything
was done that could Be to save the
vessel from total wreck, and to save
the lives OF those attached to the ship.
tgEuT. csRLxs's STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON. April M.-Lieut. Car
lin, commanding the survivors of the
tanssalia, In his report TO Admiral
Kimberly says: The Vandalia WAS
prepared for heavy weather in obei;-
ence 10 the signals from tle fiagsh hip.
When the strength Of the gale reached
the NanGalia the shir was directly in
the hawse OF the Caliiope. which rem
dered IL injndieious TO veer. About
midnight OF the 18Th the yandalla be-
gan TO drag, and we commenced 90
Steam up, with but few intermissiona
until she struck speed varying from
eighteen 20 forty-two revolutions. The
engines worked well with the excep-
tion OF short time when the steam
ran down 10 twenty-five pounds. This
was caused by an accident 10 one of
the boilers. Afterward the boilers
furnished all the steam the engines
could use. At daylight, Lieut.. Carlin
says, the vessels were seen in the
inner harbor TO be in trouble. The
Eber soon disappeared entirely and
the Adler struck rect After the Cal
hope put TO sea, Lieutenant Carlin
says, one of the obstacles was re-
moved from our path, and feeling that
the vessel must go on the reef II e re-
manned where il was, every effort was
made 70 get into the inner harbor.
The engines we're kept going until we
were convinced that the vessel was
hard and fast. The ships head swung
slowly TO the starboard. She began to
fall and settle and the rail was soon in
the water, the seas sweeping over her
at a height of fifteen feet. Many at
tempted to swim ashore, but so many
were drowned that the remainder
were deferred from making the trial.
The commanding officer was washed
overheard about half an hour after
striking. All of the crew took refuge
in the top OF the rigging. where they
remained eight hours, when nearly ali
Of them We're taken off by the Trenton
The Vandaiia Is a total loss. Her rail
is awash and she is filing with sand.
There is nothing standing except the
foremsst. The safe has been brought
ashore. but aside frona that the arti-
cles recovered will be insignificant In
conclusion. Lieutenant carlin SAYS
the loss OF the Vandaiia was due to
the extreme violence of the gale, the
great height of the seas, the extraordi
nary strength of the current. poor
holding ground and the unprotected
condition of the small harbor, fringed
with coral reefs and crowded with YES
sells.