New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-20
SR1u4SSHIP At SAMOA.
DEEDS OF AMERICANS AND ENGL1sHMEN COM
PARED,

PARED,
From Tho Panama Star and Herald
That 10 right and proper to lender d unto Sat
tho things that Are Caesars NOBODY ave us OF the
payment OF other tributes 20 others than the 40
& this %Srd The By Ss' the Ss'
on the naurnance Of Ensands nau, Al sup pre- a.
as Mld'' 6S c.ptan i'm Kane. Of H. H. > Calopc at
saoa 10 saving HI, ship Wh!st 'T a",e 0 BroSn
in xjrhdrawiug tho Trenton hOm the reefs at inc
las, moment. This we consider very unjust, ~, ~
ma Tor moment look htD The clrCliIns aces Oh ooun
liars ana We arc SURF that readers Will concur
The Cailiope and vandaa lay together In the storm
n, ono arcc and powerful the other small and weah
Implied Is the eeI'tIe;. storm The iSrTe. do
hssurodiy the one hand In hall an hour or -
the yand.a WOULD hay" bee. smstSnSi 10 on s me
S,or land he had such powerful engines that th"Eo
Was bare possibility OF hts being enabled TO sim
,s s,.d Sof lie A OF Course eSced to fare possible in
pr ference inevitable fate AMI sppthS hG
t5e ratio Of hesn sKten Knots tho ship mS r
storm a, shout ,n ns s sT% Sr she sos
dear This great feat OF sramsnchlp' inc .n
praise II indeed any IS SSrs.se T in RpHr Rr
Mighty engines uniformly up to Their maximum power ,
that yTg ' .sS,N ws to 6NS e Hsi'
irretricv ably, >.-.,-..,... o..o.
Brown was vastly different. lie commanded ship
divcstrd Of steering apparatus or motive power ana
that was on the very point OF being dashed on IN"
leo shore Now II Is all very well for the nautical
noyeIISt IN sit comfortably and imagine desperate
situations anil then imagine a brilliant escape. But
What Dcfoe or stevenson. or Clark Russell. ever yer
dared place thrir visionary ships In the position 81
the Trenton a. she plunged toward that sam, an r'>rf
ard asked an Intelligent reader Ia believe that the
hero skipper saved hts craft There are limits 10
evcn the license Of the novelist. and rue public would
have drawn the line there. Talk Of nerves TalK
NJ r,aIy Wit and invention !ut think Of Lieutenant
Urown commanding Salless. TrlCl"rlc~S and proper
er,css shin in tho height OF the most fearful tempS'
history has recorded hts only hope gain III" >sndN
beach beyond and finding the cruel coral and raging
brakcrs under his very forrfoot! Yet, In that III
nrrnc moment he did not lose hi nerve. ror did
iIo Characteristic Nahy invention 81 the American
desert him OFFERING his crow ~ 400 men INTO hN
digging he thus presented 10 tho storm Just the nrC'N
sary sailor It's Npuivacnt-to drive his ship clear
and back into the more open water. simple enough,
truly 10 c"nremplarr but whore I'm the annals nt
rho nnvIeS has similar feat Cf sramanShlp nc"n re
corded Indeed. this IS something beyond seaman
ship, 49,, ,,,,,..,
certainly, Of all the heroic efforts and brilliant
arht>vrmcnts that serve 10 rGhtcn here ana There
the darkness NJ that awful samoan dlSa>r non" shine
| With morn reSplCndcucc than those ~ Lieutenan,
Brown by which 40 human being wcr" save
from the fate that few hours PREVIOUSLY
they had witnessed 0vcrtakr tho crew OF the htlc
Ebcr And above all. II certainly Is not the triumph
of sixteen knOr steam pressure over the storm force
| that appears to have not exceeded fifteen Knots