, 1889-04-18
DETAILS OF THE LATE STORM AT
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She brought from Aoia the, cvmmodrr
two officers and thirty OF the crew of th
Alder, wrecked IL the Samoan hurr:caat
The steamer. RUckton will procee
from here TO Samoa where she Will tax
on beard the crews Of the wrecke,
American war ships and convey them t.
San Franciscn. / he steamer Lubecl
from Apia reported that the NiPsic is s,
badly injured Ii at it is doubtful whethe
she will he able to return to the Unltet
States. Large numbers OF the bodies o
the officers nd men who were drowned
| during tho storm have been recovered
and hurried. The & i!icers OF the wrecked
German ar ship Eber are also on board
the Lubeck, and they will proceed tC
Germany On tie steamer Hapsburg
which sails April d One hundred
men belonging to the German fleet In
Guiding three officers, remain at Apia &c
guard tOreIeu Interests.
Olga reports that tie Nepsic lost LEI
rudder and propeller; that the Trenton
is full of water. Tie adler lies in the
same position which tie storm left her
The hull of the Olga is found to be
sound with the exception of u hole in
her stern. Two plates FiVited oyeE this
hole and the ship made no water during
her voyage Lere.
SAN Francisco, April 13.-The steam
ship Alameda, OF the Oceanic line, com
mander, H. J. Morse, arrived here at 8
a. NJ, having sailed from Sydney, March
10Th. She had one OF the toughest trips
in her experience, elcountering gales
and heavy seas until she reached Tutuilla
Island, off the Samoan group, at 10 o'clock
on March 29th, where she found the
American schooner Equator, with Amer
lean mails. and ten cadets from the
American war ships wrecked at Apia.
Commander Morse, upon learning OF the
disaster to American Ships, at once sailed
for Apia, and on the way she met the
mail cutter and received the mail. At
Apia she took on board thirty-six found
cred seamen, also Lieut.. Ripley and
Surgeon Cordeera, making in all forty
two men from the wrecked vessels, The
steamer reached Honolulu, April 9Th,
leaving there Lieut.. Ripley and twenty
nine twenty-nine wounded seamen.
ARIA, SAMOA, March 30.-The little
groupe of Samoa or Navigators Islands,
which few months ago attarcted the al
tentiou Of the civilized world by the
fierce civil combat between two native
factions and the consequent possibility
of serious complications between the
great powers OF theUnitedStates and Ger
many have been visited by disaster more
appalling then all the wars they ever en-
gagged in here. In attempting to effect
the solution OF Samoan difficulty aud TO
protect their respective inteTest on the
islands, two of the great nations of the
world have sacrificed nearly l50 Ives and
three million dollars worth OF property
The most VIOLENT and destructive hurri-
cane ever known in III the South Pacific,
passed over the islands on the 10th and
18th of March, and as q Tesul heet OF
six war ships and ten other vessels were
ground TO atoms on the corral reefs in
the harbor, or thrown on the beach ia
front of-the little city of Apia and 14l
officers and men of American and Ger
man naVies sleep forever under the reefs
or lie buried in unmarked gr6ves, thou
sands ~ miles from their native lands
The United States trigete Trenton, the
nag ship of,tte Pacific squadron, which
arrived here from Panama, March llth
lies within stones throw OF the Ameri
can Consulate, total wreck; the great
hull of the magnificent vessel which
steamed in the harbor few weeks ago
rests on the bottom fast going to pieces
The United States steamer, Vanda'ia
which arrived from San Francisco, Feb
| &c, is buried ont of sight between tEt
Trenton aud the shore, her shattered
foremast and smpkestack rise from thu
Iant vessel struck and lay for twelV,
| hours before the awful torrent of water
swept feur officers and ihirty-Dine mel
rom her decks aud rigging; hor com
marder, Cept. g. NJ Schoopmaker, wa
amang the first who persisted in th
waves, other officers who met their dealt
! were Paymaster Frank q. Arms, Lieut.
Frank Esstou, of the marine corps aut
pay oIeik John Royce, OF the Unite
States steamer Nepsic, lay for severa
days alongside of the V.ndalia with he
bow high on the beach and within fe'
feet of the waters edge, the vessel thoug
badly damaged was hauled off q few day
after the storm AID is The only war sbi
afioat in the harbor. Her officers an
crew are living aboard All the NipsiC
officers are SAFE, bu, she i st FIVE men /
the swamping Of a boat and two otheI
who jumped overheard. The thrt
American meL-of-war, were swept almo
shore.
The natives waded out far into Il
; surf where q white man could u
live and many n life was saved ihroup
ttheir efforts. Americans and German
were treated alike; 10 thought vas 81
en- to the state of war existing betwe'
Germany and themselves. Ehe stor
ragged furiously for nearly two days az
when the wind finally abated the scei
of destruction was awful. On the sho
houses were unroofed, blown down al
Il | trees and fences were thrown across &
> streets SO that the passage was ailno
), blocked. A; fleet of war ships, which
u few days before bad fioated quietly
the bay and almost Glied the little ha
hor, lays along the beach wrecked al
ont OF seventaan vassals Whi"H " "