The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-19
THE SAMOAN DISASTER.
Arrival of'h- AiAs,eis gins D~ssiis os
the Fearful " orb OF tn. Nurrse sss.

the Fearful Wosk OF tho Hurrse sse-
San Francisco April 10 -Tar steam
ship Alameda. Commando II j. Nesse.
arris"! here yesterday havins
sailed from 50 In-y March - soc topped
at Iuiu n. An islam! .. The Sarno.a sroun
March - where she :oGnd the American
>c1oon-r Equator. with the Amertcaa
mails AMI tea ca iets from TIA Auerican
~ar>hips wrecked at ApsA Commander
Morse. Epon i~arnsag us the iisaste 70
the Amer can ships. A. oacs saa.ei for
Apia- On the way he me- the anal cutter
and received ia. German mail, at apN
The Alameda icok q n board thirry-sx
IA led ~seauen; Lieutenant Ripley aud
~ en'y-niEe scamrn ase 10 come upon ths
Honolulu sicameg.
The Alameda brou- n, from the man-.-
war Trenton the naval cadets. l. Ssurk-r.
+. W. H-tbs. L. e. p.ck-r. b u. Wei.
w y Ciot-. e. w. l. gan and X jackson.
and nava. captains H. \ Wiley. l.. \
Stafford and J. A l. jcuae. y: the Van
dalia.
The Alam-dA also q, the following
account OF he disaster from he Western
Associated Press deut at Apis.
Samoa:
The li'tls GROUP o: samoan OF Nav sstors
islands wt:Cb . to months ago attracted he
attention % the civilized sofIi By . asrc- e.,il
comta, oeiScrn too NATIVE factions AMI TIE
consequent possibility q: sersou, cotupllc .,,oas
oetsccn The gieAi power, OF the Unlp-d Stst~s
Aa3 has been visited % . disaster
more appalling than all 90 the war ever sa.~i
here. In attempting 10 eject . solution 90 the
samoan cisfcnlty. AID 10 protect their respect
i've interest On the islands. the Uni;-d STATE,
and Germany have los; nearly - lives aua
10000 worth ~ property
Tho most siolcn, and destructive hurricane
ever known IN the south Fac nc oc-an Passed
over ih->e islands on March J. and {; an a. a
result a fleet %! III war ID - an ten other sr>
sells were ground Ia atom, "a the coral reefs IN
the harhnr or thrown on the beach IA ;ront g..
the lii!e city o. Apia. and leg officers ard mra
OF the American and German navir. sleep To-
ever IN Ter he reefs ar lie buried Ira unmarked
graves thousands Of mile, from ;h.ir native
lands.
Thc Uni,ea States s-isa,c Trenton. r,s,hlp
OF the rarIrc squadron. Skch arrived here
from Panama March II. Acs st.ia . stones
throw o:the American cousu ale q total ar.cS
The great hull u! thc msgnitc-ut vessel phtch
steamed into the har,,or . few week. ago rests
on IN" bottom. fast eolrg 10 piece.
Tn" tHit.t states ,team-r Na114,a. which
arrived from San Franci-co February - -
buried CUT Of sight between the Trenton .n4
.H' ~1'tf- hs : I'f'l2sR-s anu -s.ra
Use frun The water 10 mark thu sp"t shcrr tie
gallant vessel sirlck and !ay fvr tav,sc hours
tc'orr The Ew' ~ torrent ~ water whlch swept
four officers AMI thirty uiar m-u from her Gcck.
and r..ing>. ic= commander. ..p;.iR e. II
SchooanaSr:, IA anon. The rrst Who
persisted in tho waves. TIA" other orrccr. Who
met their death wcr- Payma,,cr Prank ~
Arms. Lieutenant: Frank Sutton - tn marine
corps l1i Paw Clerk 10 n k,lrh
The IngrI Stair. ..,.rp.r Ntn.r =, In.
several DAYS alongside ths Nan-aii. with her
bow high vn thc beach a1d within nvc feet 81.
u" water edge. The vessel though bad
damaged, Vas hauled OF a few Say, .t-r the
storm and - the only war ship ar,ai Ia thr
harbor. Several 81 tn. officers aud cr~e A.,
livirs aboard. Al II the Nip,ic's Officer, ar
SAFE. but she lost i've m.n hy the xampius 81:
4 boat and Two Others who .ug ped overheard
were ,i.o ruwnei-
The tGr"c American men - war were 80 op;
ashore almost al IN. same point
IL IA, on the little German gunbla, Et-r
that IL" greatest los OF !fc occar.-i The
Eher had a complement ~ six Officers ard
sr men. Five men were a>ho-- iurius !
The storm. when the vessel StTucH tn rect 4
she sanS completely on; 81 sight and a Minute
later there was 10, a vcstiFr of he 81 b. seen
and all on oosri were lost excrp; one officer
Lieutenant Gi"L.Ac-a1l four sailors The
other I'VE Officers aud sixty six m~u were either I
instantly killed when The vessel crashed Ia
pieces. or wcrr drowned Ia the ro,rins ;ofr-n,
Of water tina, broke upon the r-of 4 small
part 90 n" Er"r prov vas s'trrWArt wa.hr.!
ashore hear an American vessel Tts auf
= " pieces o. broken wrccka.r near "a. point
Sh:rc She : ruck are the only portions az L.r
hat ha;" even bcca seen since the moment sh-
vent down
just on the edg. Of the reef afo1: So wards
vest o! The Tr-uton. = al that r,m.lus 81 The
>dle-. tbs flagship Of "a" German squadron "a
waters The Adler was washed ora Top
i the reef ani turned completely over on her
ice She has remained IN that position since
md Is almost entirely out @! water. Snar.y
very man aboard was thruwH ia the water
then IN. Adler struck. but only twenty salon
YER" dreamed and all her Ulcers W.-. saved
The German c~pry.i'. ''lsa '.st uron wind
lat about a quarter OF a mile east 90 The Amor.
an vessels Will" -. storm va. raging sni
he vessels ngh;ng 'nr their lives. the Ola
me into collision with nearly every man -
'ar in IN. hsrbor and "a. badly damaged
bovc her water line. II {. thought that she :
an be- tpw-j OF. No lives srr- los; on The
lgA
The only other man-pf-war 10 The ha-t-,- ~. :
20 British corvette Csiliop-, which arrive,
ere in February and relieved Tho RoyAst
Ter machioery was very powerful sni abe ~As
spabic OF stesming AZ The ratc - sixteen sao,s !
70 s'tfH ,AN VIZ 80 ~ - H. ARt1 ~ l&.R~E
%. same place with the Adler. bgs Ia.s a. !
H. ~as about - strike IN. rect che lc. 20 her =
scsors and In the fare 90 . terrible 1iri >
on, of the hsrtor and put - So =
The b~.c5 10 sircun with ~r~ckase FROM one a
~ of %" town 10 the other. over o. Arasr =
N ard German sailor. are CHARTERED in apiA :
81 for . Few dsys a't|r The storm sub.ited the q
ea'es; eoGfnsior srisi~i eNerysh~r~ suxc a
INTER OF men on she vands,is aaa several on u
her vess~.s ~crr badly Injured by falling ,rura !.
= rigging and being thrown atou, Geek. b, y
r terrible seas. ard 10 was uece..ary 20 pr, y
O.. a temporary hospital to- their q
IN. o
Persons on shorr we're rpse-lsss 70 --rs~r !
,istancs - the skifa. Haotr~ts r.a IN tss y
lters "f-c and stool IN Tie blirafia~ s.a--- %
stchlus ta~ great vessel. yiics about 90 ,hr "
or drr 10 tots3 distraction arsns. To- .
"a. The go crDk" ggca :he ret a.tH >
arinR sc.af ard mashed fsr % % tire t~.ca :.
rug wa - E-ts, quantities. - wrcEs-~ =
y vairte-s % sbo-e ser" sssn~-rpa tine =
@r tirsc an many ssrs ir!4re4 ~ tho ga. "
vrrcSS-c- Graf cisEE. 70. szni s.gri .ts ~
a.d cgi face sad bpsy Ike a Esir~ rrS-v -
? Sss drcneh-d .,h the 1'E. ~, s1<-a
Ecra- "a the storm r-~Ps-ri &c r~rasr- -
A.evor assistance rrzst - ro..sss.
he natives ss'%d FAR CT i-to ne .z-s zs~-~
'hs'< nsa oozss not live An3 ru.uy a Iss r.s
re-. :hroS-a thsir ssr-.. A..
TEARS ser" treated AXE. - faazxai 80 60
sr u he s;a;c % oar srf.tf.E t~-<~~- 80 h.
rrEss ..i ttsrsslyes. 2nf - -~a .No 81
n; t5f A.~rus5s a. vsss~ . sss ra~r-h. ~
~. nos .ssS.i v'-s ,s- s.srs at -.s-s 3
~ 0ua lives 70 sArs Iaesr sbezsr. .-oz .,
teri sr1s~
be s;o~r 49,; ~'1rSassy .es ~sr.y i.s eass n
~a>n iAe sIsS eeAlv ass.~; he s~e,. = n'
vzs Aws1l 20
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