New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-14
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THE ADLER BRoApsfDE on TO THE REEF.
Ii was about o'clock IN the morning when
the Eber foundered. During the excitement at
tending that calamity the other vessels had been
for the moment forgotten, but it was soon noticed
that the positions Of several Of them had become
more alarming The Adler had been swept across
the bay, being for moment in collision with the
Olga; she was now close 10 the reef, about
goo yards west Of the point where the Eber struck
Like the Eber she was approaching her doom
broadside on; in half an hour she was lifted on
top of the reef and turned completely over on her
side, Nearly every man was thrown into the
water. Fortunately, however, the Adler was,
thrown so far up on the reef that when she turned
over on her side nearly the entire huh was out
Of water. Her deck was at right. angles with the
the water and was facing the shore. Consequent
II, that portion of the vessel was well
protected from the storm Most OF the
men who were struggling in the
water had but q few feet to swim to reach the
deck, where they chung to the guns and mssts
I'm safety. OF the 80 officers and men aboard,
twenty were drowned or killed when the STEAMER
capsjzed. All Of the officers including Captain
Fritz. who was in command Of the German
sauairon. were saved Many on the Adler were
badly injured, among them being Captain Fritz,
who received a severe shock and number of
cats and bruises. The natives stretched rope
from the shore to the deck of the Adler during
the day and number Of sailors escaped in that
way But the rope parted before all had left
the vessel, and the Others were not taken Of till
the next day They clung to the wreck during
the long weary hours Of the day and night, and
were greatly exhausted when the storm slbsded
and boats could be sent out to take them eh
The bottom Of the Adler. however, formed such q
a., hot "a mi anAQrn
were comparatively safe. adj s'oi
THE NIPsIc's BATTLR WITH THE wAVEs!'s'
Jns. after the Adler struck, the attention. OF
every one was directed toward the Nipsic. She
was standing of the reef with her head to the
wind but the three anchors which she had out at
the time were not holding, The steamer was beat
ing back toward the point where the Eber went
down. 1t was only by the most sldiful manage
me Mt that her officers and crew were saved from
the same fate that befell the Eber's. The Nipsic
also narrowly escaped destruction by being run
into by the Olga, and it was the blow which she
received from that vessel that finally sent her
ashore.
The Nipsic had on all the steam it was possible
for her to carry and had just succeeded in getting
clear of the reef when the little schooner Lilly
got in her track and was cut down. The Olga was
bearing down on the Nipsic at the time, and the
latter vessel was trying TO avoid collision with the
German when she struck the Lilly. The schooner
sank out of sight in a moment. There were three
men aboard of her-Captain Douglass, pilot hv-
ing in Apia Anthony ormsby, trader; and
Hawaiian native All three struck out for the
Olga, but only one was saved. Douglass sank
underneath the Olga twice, but finally succeeded
in grasping one of the anchor chains and drew
himself up on the ste amer Ormsby almost reached
the chain, but was washed away and drowned
The Hawaiian was swept out 20 sea. Life buoyS
were thrown to him from the Calliope and Van
daBa, but he was not able to save himself.
The Nipsic got well away from the reef after
she struck the Lilly and her men had attached
hawser to a heavy s-inch rife on the forward
deck, and were preparing to hoist the gun over
board u assist her anchors when the Olga again
bore down upon her. The Olga struck the Npsic
smidships; her bowsprit passed over the port side
of the Nipsic. and. after carrying away boat
and splntering the rail- came in contact with the
| nn ol<estaek The smoloestaek WIS struck fairly
| In the centre and fell to the deck with crash
| like thunder. IL was difficult 20 realize for
moment what had happened. Great confusion oc-
CURED; the crew believed that the
steamer was going down. and men
ran up the rigging for safety. The Officers
sllayed their fears as well as they were able.
The IRON smolSestack rolled from side to side with
every movement Of the vessel and men ran to
keep clear of its track. Heavy blocks were finally
placed under it, but by that time it was found
| that tho Nipsic had swung around and was again
! approaching the reef. It was an anxious moment
for al on board. They had the Eber
strike on the spot and it seemed certain that
| they would go down in the same way. Having
| lost her smoluestack, the Nipsie was unable 20
keep her steam power up, and it useless 70 at
tempt to steam out from the reef In the
| face of the wind Captain Mullan was upon
the bridge at the time, and remained cool and col
lected during the dangerous moment. Excitement
on the Nipsic had reached the highest pitch Sew
| eral men stood by their posts nobly, but many
wen demoralized and refused to listen to orders,
RUNNING HIS SHIP ON THE BEACH.
II was Plain that in another moment the Nipdc
would be upon the reef, and probably every man on
| board would be lost Captain Mullan saw that any
further attempt 70 save his ship would be useless
! so he gave the order to beach her. One anchor
was slipped, and the few pounds of steam which
could still be used kept the vessel in deep water
until she had cleared the end Of the reef. Boxes
| Of salt pork and other infammabe material were
| thrown into the furnaces to keep UP the fires
Her head was put around to the Shore and she had
straight course Of hundred yards to the sandy
beach in front Of the American Consulate. Her
engines worked hard as the limited amount Of
steam would permit. When the Nipsic struck her
engineers did not take time to stop her engines,
and her propeller continued TO revolve for on hour
while her bow stuck fast in the sand about fifteen
yards from the waters edge, and the vessel sWpng
| around forming an acute angle with the line sef
| the shore. 4.r a
| Orders were given to lower two boats Sellers
| jumped into one boat, but the falls did not work
properly, and before the boat was lowered ,. one
| end dropped. The men were thrown into the
| water and drowned. The other boat, containing
| DR.. E. z. Derr, the ships surgeon, and half a
| dozen Sick men was lowered in safety, but it
| capsized before it reached the shore. All Of the
men half-swam, haf-Aoated, until they came within
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