St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
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Valuable Services to England
at Many Critical Pc
RODS.

LONDON, March 30.-Adyices have
been received from Samoa to the effect
that in terrific hurricane there three
American and three German men-of-
war were wrecked, and many were
drowned.
CONFIRMED.
AUCKLAND, March 29.-Dispatches
from Samoa state that the American
men-Of-war Trenton, Vandalia and Nip
sic, and the German men-of-war Adler,
Olga and Eber were driven on a reef
during a violent storm and totally
wrecked. Of the American crews, four
officers and f0rty-siX men were
drowned, and of the German crews
nine officers and eighty-seven men lost
their lives.
THE VESSELS AND THEIR OFFICERS.
New YORK. March 29.-Commander
Dennis w. Mullan, the commander of
Oct. l, 1887. He entered the service
Sept. 20, 1860; was promoted to
ensign in October, 1863; to
master in October, 1866; to
lieutenant in February, 1867:
lieutenant commander in March, 1868,
and to his present grade in July, 1882.
This was his first command in the new
grade, as, owing to some trouble
with the navy department officials,
he was kept off duty for over four
years. Commander Mullan, while not
regarded as one of the brilliant men of
the navy. was a good fighting officer.
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Sas of Irish parentage. The executive
of Lieut.. Hawley, was Richard G.
Davenport, or, as he is better known in
the service, "Dick" Davenport. His
reputation as frst-class officer in every
respect was vouched for by all the
navy people here. He was a son
of the late Capt. Davenport, of the
navy, who was one of the most dlStin-
guiShed naval officers of the late war,
and who commanded the Congress dur
ing the battle of Mobile Bay.
THE OTHER OFFICERS
attached to the Nipsic We're Lieut.. John
S: Shearman, of New York; Ensigns
Harry A. Field and Harry p.
Jones, Passed Assistant Surgeon E.
Il. Derr, Passed Assistant Paymaster
indications ten knots. Her battery con-
sisted of one eight-inch muZzle-loading
rife, four nine-inch smooth-bores. one
siXty-pOund breech-loading rifle con-
Verted parrot, which was located on the
forecaStle. In the secondary battery
John Corwine; chief engineer, George
w. Hall; rassed assistant engineer,
Horace T. Frick: and first lieutenant of
marines. 7. Glover Fillette. The COM
plement of the NipSic was ia marines
and blue-jackets, although some of her
short time men were sent home from
Samoa when the Adams left for San
Francisco in January last.
THE NIPsIC
was wooden vessel and was built In
1873. After two cruises she was rebuilt
at the navy yard, Washington. in
1879. She was bark-rigged, 1S5 feet
long and 81 feet beam. Her dis
placement was 1875 tons and
one three-inch rifled howit!er, one
twelve-pounder, and one short gatling
gun. In addition to these We're sixty
HotchllisS rifles of the latest improved
pattern in her armOry, besides the usual
number of pistols and side-arms allowed
by regulation for vessels of the Nipsic
class.
THE TRENTON AND vANDALIA
were larger than the Nipsic. The Tren-
ton was ship-rigged wooden cruiser of
ten guns and of $500 tons displace.
ment. The Vandalia was also a bark
Figged wooden cruiser of 2, 100 tons, with
q battery of eight guns, mostly smooth
bOreS. AS far as known, the Olga was
the most formidable of the German yes.
sells at Apia. She was unarmed and un-
protected single-decked cruiser of &, Zoo
fOnc disbursement