The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-04-06
SAMOA +!
Six VarSllpS Ashore!
VANDALIA, TRENTON, ADLER,
AND EBER.
TOTAL WR ECK 81
Narrow Escape Of the CalliOpe.
$50 Men Killed and
Drowned.
OVER 100 MEN INJURED !
| ADMIRAL KIMBERLY SAVED !
OVER 100 MEN INJURED |!
ADMIRAL KIMBERLY SAVED !

The Alameda, Capt. Morse, ar
rived in the harbor this morning at 6
O'Clock, bringing intelligence of a
terrific hurricane which passed over
the island of Upolu, Samoa, on the
18th and 10th March, resulting in
the destruction of ii vessels, in
Guiding the U. S. S. Vandalia,
Trenton and Nipsic, and II. NJ. G.
NJ. 5. Eber, Adler, and Olga.
The only vessel which succeeded
in weathering the storm was the
Calliope; all the others were drawn
on to the inner reef or thrown up on
the beach opposite Apia, which is
now strewn with wreckage for miles.
The Vandaia lost 43 officers and
men, including Capt. G. N. Schoon-
maker, favorably known in Homo
lulu. The Nipsic lost seven men,
and the Trenton, one, colored
man, named Joseph Hewett, who
was killed early in the morning of
the gale. The German ship Adler
lost 30 men and the Eber rs, only
one officer and three men succeed
ing in reaching the shore from the
latter vessel.
The English warship Calliope,
| which at one time was within twenty
| yards of the reef, succeeded in slip
ping her anchors and steaming out
to sea, with the loss of boats, and
bowsprit only.
The following is list of the off,
GERS and men, lost from the ships :
Nandalia--Capt. c. N. Schoon,
maker, Paymaster F. II. Arms, f.
f. Sutton, Lieut.. of Marines; John
Roche, Pay Clerk; George Merrage,
boatswain's mate; George German,
carpenters mate; M. Craigan, c.
A. G.; VIM. Brown, quarter-mas.
ter; I. G. Downey, pay yeoman
B. f. Davis, engineers yeoman
NJ. II. Joseph, engineers yeoman
N. B. Green, bayman; c. III. Haw.
kins, steward; c. E. G. Stamford
landsman; w. Brisbane, captains
steward; Thomas Kelly and JOSEPH
Griffin, tiremen; w. Howat, e. III.
+. M. Hammer, M. Erickson, e. p
Kratzer, Thomas Reilly, John Kelly
and Henry Baker, seamen; JohI
Hanchett and Frank Leesman, frs
sergeants; M. Cashcn and n. Kin
sella. corporals; Fl. +. Gehring. f
Jones, G.. Jordan, F. Wilford, II
Visited, f. Montgomery, John Sims
G. III. Wells, {. Krans, +. Goldner
marines and four Cinnamon.
NIpsIc.
Henry Ponsell and John Gill sea
men; G. w. Callan and Joshu
Heap, apprentices William Watson
oiler; d. p. Keller, coal-bearer
Thos. johnson, cabin steward.
:. Joseph Hewlett, colored man.
' ADLER.
Haschke, petty officer Yungmar
fireman; Fisher, Remus, Avisn:
. Meisinger, Loser, Wahrenbere
Peters, Fischer, Rusch, Wenct
Wilhelm, Schnegotzky, Yanosl
Markus, Lenke, Keller, Beaen'
. Lawssen, seamen.
9 The names of those lost from tn
| ship are not forthcoming. Onl
5 four, out of seventy-nine on boart
. were saved. Their names were
Lieut.. Goedecker; Jaczawitz, Tier
man, Stern, Piel and Ehlern, SCI
men, the following were on shore o
) guard: Bossendowski, carpente
Henkets, Boldan, and Thiele, fir
e men; Brost seamen. lOnly Z
: bodies had been recovered when IL
: Alameda left Apia.
, MERCHANT SHIPPING.
, The total wrecks under this heat
: ing were the barque Godeffroy, 4G
, tons, barquentine Agur, 300 ton
r schooner Lily, belonging to McA
: thur & Co Auckland; schoon'
: Upola, 6S tons, cutter Fituau,
tons; schooner Tafua Ketch Nukl
: mono; cutter Yaitelle. Several sma
!, vessels lying up the creeks wei
II more or less injured.
+ The Nipsic and Olga we're sui
/ sequcntly floated, bat it is believe
:, they are too much damaged to he {
!. any further service. If possible I'll
}, Nipsic will be patched up and SCI
!. on TO Auckland.
a The Alameda. at the request
n Admiral Kimberley, brings on
+. cadets, and 80 of the men njure
n from the wreck of the Yandalia,
4 charge of Lieut.. Ripley, who III
: been selected to convey dispatch'
!. to Washington.