New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21
A CADET DESCRIBES THE DISASTER
THE BAROMETER GAVE NO INDICATION OF AN
rvusu.1, sToRM-AMERICAE CHEERS
SAVED THE BRITISH.

SAVED THE BRITISH.
Cincinnati, April 2o-Naval Cadet George Logan,
son Of Thomas a. Logan wehKho"h la"'''
of this city, reached home last night
"You know,5 said he q that there VIII surely 10
corrt NJ inquiry for the regulations call for ono
o,or yvben n shin only touches bottom, and as We
mnst all every man who survived appear to teshty'
7 must be- careful what 1 say. The Samoan Isianus
arc in west longitude, but We Kept cast iohs'uuO
time so the dates OF tho storm as give then 10 YOU
the 18TH 10th and 18th, are nearly ono uAy peh'H"
,,,o nurInp the afternoon OF the l4th the barcner
t N fau randy and by Q o'clock the next AFTER
noon had fallen TO 1920. An hour later the STORM
hurst upon u.s. and Il began to blow most Woehuy 'no
wind being fully forty miles an hour. IL CAME hoi'
nortb.northwest, and shifted gradually AROUND
All the ships In the harpor sent uo"h
their upper spars and either sent their anchors uo"h
or pot them ready for letting go. VIC all had steaH
nm Let me say right here that tho hurricane SeaSoh
,hoo s from December March, and the indications
,r scb that there reason to believe that the
hIoyv would be Of unusual Violence III continued u
bIo very heavy and at daybreak OF the ION inc ucr
man shin Fber was about 10 90 ashore III IL" minutes
che was lifted by an enormous wave ana carIo' Dro@
,do an the inner reef where she went all TO pieces
in few minutes The largest pieco LETT Oh her was
or,to, NJ her how and that so small that ten
natrycs pIcked IL up OF tho seventy-fom souls on
hoari only one officer and three men were saVeu.
ropr Of her men were on guard duty on shore anu
they also escaped Another German SNIP inc Adior,
ras the next 10 co. She struck on the same reef ana
was hog-backed. to, h,- ,,otes,v,s shin Cal
H., rr,e aeon driving on tho reef, and II was
L,ort TO all that she, too' was
doomcd. She was within stones uro" Z"
Tho reef and had only anchor left Her ohiy pos
sible chance TO escape was to sip INC Ton'as caTo
az ScspSrate resort and was only successful Trough
the skli OF her commander ana inc IL ia, snat 80
ic" snccd that I'm smooth water woul have driven
bcr fouItetn knots hour rs IL wa sue VA %
against those terrible seas or pnGr an hy c.Sd
eoS goa In bat hour she was only lOr'cd
ahead ono knot httiSS w m,,h1 iwo "S SaTs
have caused her destruea9n' , sne sSe wa% washed
t nd again lost all her boats, part OF her sparS
and upprr works As the speed OF no 9'her Nessri
IN The 6.rbor exceeded ten EnOts; IL Woulu nave ~
u. ,, "a. a. have attempted tn drive them out lhS
eTnains away the slurs cast on the bravery ana sA'
Of our commanding officers. - . A., ,., In
Going ont stcerod direct for the name on the stern
s11'"h nv ship the Trenton, shecring on
only m. last mq%ont terrible e. 'sa. .peh hss
~ We sav the huge ram Of tho DrHshcr towering over
onr decks and making direct for ne; IL looked As u
she was soHg to GMt nave been drowned for Ger
lainty As she twunc OF, almost Mlihh H ~, o
distance an involuntary cheer was gwen hT uN uur
aalimcc,hSr Anerwah the captain OF The Caliope
said that those cheers saved his Voss,'I a. In, ny
mt new hearts into his men, who Tcsr a'm0 o
ssny Kimberly signalled have no hrr,, as tho
easnr he made no attempt 10 get out OF the way.
After the storm our admiral ent oVa1 40 'G rni1PFn
do British commander presented Admiral kimDeily
with complete diving apparatus ana ,hs 80 OLLIE T -,
,hf,,ccn sberi5 And welcome they were, as WS were
T,ing on canned meats and cocoanub''