The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-04-04

~ ~N " of the German yes-
| " .ME1S8& sells are q total loss
| MJkPWSX Admiral K1mberley's
| fV$MM ~ dispatch is as fol-
| UELM lows:
| AzzZNWM4A v/!HJghh AUCKLAND March 30
| W//IyNZw W -Sseretary Of TIE Rapv.
| tMW\@ ~ Warrington: Hurricane
| " 1T Apla, March Is.
ADMIRAL KIMBERLEY. Every vessel In harbor
on shore except English man.of-war Calltope,
! which got TO sea. Trenton and Vandalia
total losses. Nipsio besched; rudder gone.
May be saved Chances against II. VIII send
| her to Auckland il possible.
"Vandalia lost four officers and thirty-nfne
| men, namely: Captain Schoonmaker, Paymas-
ter Arms, Lieutenant Of Marines Sutton, Pay
Clerk John Roach, Henry Baker, Frank Jones,
| George Jordan, N. II. Joseph. John Kelly.
Thomas Kelly, NJ Kinsella, w. Brisbane, Will
| lam Brown, Quarteru1aster Michael Cashen, M
Cragin, B. F. Davis, T.G. Downey, M. Ericsson,
| s. @. Ghring, Adolph Goldner. George German,
o. B. Green, Joseph Or mn, E. M. Ham
incur, John Hanchett, G. H. Hawkins W.
Howatt, c. p. Krutzer, Charles Grams, FIR.
| Lessman, George Merrage. Aylmer Montgom-
cry. Thomas Riley. Fl. p. Stallman. c. G. Stan
ford, John ms, G. H. Wells John Milford.
Henry Wixter, All Kow, All Peck, Pendang,
Trechor.
'The Nipsic lost seven men, namely: George
w. Callan. John Gill; Josiah Heah, Thomas
johnson, David Kelleher, Henry POutsell, Will
| lam Watson.
"All saved from the Trenton. Trenton and
Vandalia crews are here. Nipsic's on board.
All stores possible saved"
German ships Adler and Olga total losses.
Olga be ached: may be saved. German losses,
| n:nety-s.x.
Important to send 500 men home at once.
Shall charter steamer? Can charter in Auck.
land. Lieutenant Wilson will remain in Auck-
land to obey your orders. Fuller accounts by
mall kIMBRRLEY.''
KIMBERLEY AUTHORIZED TO ACT.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The following
| dispatch has been sent to Lieutenant Wilson
for Admiral Kimberly, care American Con-
sui, Auckland:
'Take such steps with regard to Nipsic
and wrecks and sending men homo as you
may deem prorer. Full power given you.
Monongahela sailed for Apia February21.
TRACY"
The Secretary also sent kilograms to the
relatives Of the dead officers OF the VAN
dalia informing them OF the sad affair. The
| dispatch concerning Captain Schoonmaker
was sent to his wife at Kingston N Y,
where his brother, John schoonmaker, of
the Interstate Commerce Commission, also
resides
The immediate relatives Of those who lost
their lives in tho wreck will be entitled to
pensions under tho general law: The PEN
sion is SC month for sea,nan's widow and
81 month for each child under l8 years
OF age. In the case of widows of
officers it is proportionately larger. Pa
that they were dependent upon their
sons for support to entitle them to pensions.
Congress will also probably pass a special
act making reimbursement for the effects
and baggage of officers and men lost in tho
wreck. This was done in the case of the
Huron, which went down on the Hatteras
coast about fifteen years ago.
Sunday afternoon Minister Peudleton
cabled from Berlin to Secretary Blaine a
confirmation OF the news of the disaster at
Apia as follows:
1.-The foreign Office has been of1cially in
formed OF the typhoon at Apia. The Eber and
the Adler were totally lost. Ninety dead.
The O:ga stranded. No losses. Three Ameri-
can and all mercantile vessels in the port lost.
| ST xty Americans dead. The English war ship
Calliope damaged and gone to Sydney.
PENDLErON."
QUEEN v1CToR1A's SYMPATHY.
Queen. Victoria cabled through Lord
Salisbury to the British legation in this
city Sunday directing that her earnest
sympathy be expressed to the President OF
the United States for the terrible naval
misfortune at Samoa and the deplorable
loss of life. Mr.. Edwardes, the British
Charge, accompanied by the Secretary
of State, waited upon the President Sunday
afternoon and read to him the Queens mes
sage. President Harrison expressed his
warm appreciation and that of the whole
people Of this country for the Queens con-
siderate sympathy in the calamity that had
overwhelmed our naval crews at Samoa.
An informal reply to the Queens message
would be made, the President said, through
the Department of State
LONDON ACCOUNT.
LONDON, April 1.-Particulars of the dis
aster to the German and American war
vessels at Samoa have been received as fol-
lows: The Eber was blown ashore and
struck the reef first, at an early hour in the
morning. She sank almost Immediately in
deep water: Nearly all Of the men who
were below were drowned When the Adler
struck her masts were shivered and her
rigging parted. Several Of her crew swan
through the surf and were saved, among
them the Captain and a few officers After
the Nipsic grounded her crew succeeded in
lowering boats, but six men were
drowned by the capsizing of a
boat in the surf. The Captain OF
the Vandalia was stunned by being
thrown against a gun and was washed over
board before he became conscious. Several
others were washed overheard by the
waves, while others were drowned in their
| endeavor to swim ashore. Many of the Van
dallas crew chung to the rigging, and the
Samoans and others on shore tried in vain
to rescue them. The bottom of the
Vandalia was completely stove In, and
the Trenton was thrown upon the
Vandalia's wreck. The olga withstood the
fury Of the gale for day and q night, but
| at the dawn of the following day she went
ashore. Three officers of the Eber were
lost and with them seventy-six men. The
N1psic lost seven men. The Vandal1a lost
her Captain, four officers and forty men.
grounded on sand bank.
Still another account says: The hurri-
cane burst upon the harbor suddenly.
The German man. of-war Eber was the first
vessel to drag her anchor. She became un-
manageable, and was driven helplessly on
the reef which runs around the harbor. She
struck, broadside on, at o'clock in the
morning. The shock caused her to lurch
and to stagger back, and she sunk in mo-
ment in deep water: Most of her men were
| under matches and scarcely a soul of them
escaped The German war-ship Adler was
the next to succumb. She was lifted bodily
by gigantic wave and cast on he1
beam ends In the reef. A terrible
struggle for life ensued among the officers
and sailors aboard. Many plunged into the
raging surf and struck out, some reaching
the shore in safety. Others chung to the
rigging until the masts fell OF those in
the rigging only two gained the shore. The
Captain of the Adler and several Other
officers were saved.
Meanwhile the United States ship Nipsit
had been dragging her anchors and drift;
ing toward the shore. The Captain, how.
ever, managed to keep control, and ran he1
on sand-bank. Boats were immediately
lowered, and the whole company was saved
with the exception Of six men. These were
drowned by the capsizing of a boat
The United States steamer Vandalia wa.
carried before the gale right upon the reef
She struck with terrible shock, hurting
the Captain against gatling gun and he fel