The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-04-06
SWept into Eternity.

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Ihe fol.
lowing cable despatch, confirming
the reported loss of United States and
German war vessels in Samoan
waters, was received at the navy de.
partment this morning:
AUCKLAND, March 80. 1889.
To Secretary Macy. Washington, d. C.
Hurricane at Apia on March Is.
Every vessel in the harbor on shore
except the English man-of-war CAL
Hope, which got to sea.
The Trenton and Vandalia are a
total loss.
The Nipsic is beached, rudder gone
and may be saved, but chance is
against it. Will send her to Auck-
land if possible.
The Vandalia lost four officers and
thirty-nine men, namely:
Capt. Schoonmaker, Paymaster
Arms, Lieutenant of Marines Sutton,
Pay CLERK John Roche, Henry
Baker. Warren Brisbane, William
Brown. Quartermaster Michael Ca
shen, Michael Craigen, Benz. F. Da-
Wis, Thomas c. Downey, Magnus
Erickson. S. G. Ghring. Adolph
GOldner, George German, Fathan B.
Green, Joseph Griffin, E. M. Ham,
mar. G. Hawkins, w. Howat, Frank
Jones, George Jordan, w. HI. Joseph,
John Kelly, Thomas Kelley, N.
Kinsella, G. p. Kratzer, Charles
Kraus, Frank Lessman, George Mer-
rage, Aylmer Montgomery. Thomas
Riley. III. p. Stalman. G. E. G. Stan
ford. John Sims, G.. III. Wells. John
milford, Henry Winted, All Kow,
All Peck, Pending, Techor. The
Nipsic lost seven men, namely:-
George w. Callan, John Gill, Joshua
Heap. Thomas Johnson, David Kel.
leher. Henry Pontsell, William Wat
son.
All were saved from the Trenton.
The Trenton's and Vandalia's crews
are on shore the Nipsic's on board.
All stores possible were saved. The
German ships Adler and Eber are
total losses. The Olga is beached,
and may be saved.
German losses are ninety-six.
The dispatch from Auckland, New
Zealand, to the effect that three
American and four German naval
vessels were wrecked by hurricane
at Samoa on March 16, caused a great
sensation among the officers stationed
at the Brooklyn navy yard. Several
of them were interviewed this morD-
ing by reporter, and the general
impression among them was that the
story was untrue or greatly exagger-
ated.
Commodore Ramsay, Commodore
Green, Lieut.. Lille and other of the
officers could not credit the dispatch
published in the morning papers, as
they considered it remarkable that
the number of the lost was given
without the names.
They thought it strange that the
same vessel which brought the news
to Auckland had not also brought
dispatches from the surviving off.
GERS to the navy department.
When they learned, however, that
the report of the disaster had been
fully confirmed by additional de-
spatches there was CONSERVATION.
The loss of Captain Schoonmaker,
of the VandalIa. was much deplored
as ne was well known and we'll liked
by all. He comes from Kingston, on
the Hudson river, and his father is
Judge Schoonmaker, of the inter-
state railroad commission.
The Trenton, Vandalia and Nipsic
were under command of Rear Admi.
raj Kimberly. of the Pacific squad.
ron. The Trenton and Vandalia were
sent a month ago to Apia to re-
inforce the Nipsic after receipt of
news that hostilities between Ger
many and the United States were
likely to occur.
The Vandalia was a third rate
wooden chip. built in 1873. Her dis
placement was 2,O8O tons. She had
one eight-inch rifle and six nine-inch
smoOth-bore guns. She was ship
rugged. Her speed was twelve knots.