The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-06

been saved. Admiral Kimberly also Et poItcu
that the German war vessels AdleE and Eoer
were totally wrecked in the hurricane that had
proved so disastrous to the American heet,
that the Olga, like the Nipsie, had been
beached, aud that ninety-six of the German
officers and sailors had been lost Instrnc-
tons we're at once cabled Admiral Kimberly
10 take such measures as he might deem
proper for sending home the officers and men,
and from a dispatch received from San Fran
cisco. il is possible that some of them may
already have taken ship.for this country. The
four officers lost from the Eandalia we're Capt
c. NJ. Sehoonmaker, Lieut. Francis T. sutton
PaymaSter Frank II. Arms and Paymasier 5
Clerk John Roche. Among the others lost
were Thomas c. Dswney, Of the NandsllA,
son of Mr.. john DOwney, Of Baltimore; Ma
than h. Green. Thomas johnson, Of the Mp
sic. from Annapolis, Nd, and Geo. W. Calian'
of Washington.
The destruction wrought NJ Apia on the
18th Of March by the hurricane Of ihat date
was sieRAlly thorough and complete. when
the siSru struck the island Of UpOla there
were Soven war ships IN the harbOr Of Ap's,
besides a number Of merchant vessels When
IL vas over all were wrecks, with the single
exception Of the English war ship Caliopc'
{ the commander Of which put 10 sea iS time
I TO prevent his vessel from being driven sshore.
Z
I Al AHA Two, the Trenton and NAndalta- we're
I total losses, and the third, toe Nips'c, vas
beaehed, and in such plight that, according
/ 10 Admiral Kimberly, the chances Were All
arains, her being saved. Besides this de-
I giruction OF ships. there was an extraordinary
{ loss oflife, City Of the SEQ men under Admiral
Z Kimberlv's command having been drowned
( The Germans Jared even worse Two OF
their wAr.ships, the Eber aud Adler, Sere
totally destroyed. with loss Of ninety SIX
men drowned, while third. the Olga, Was
stranded and ia badly damaged cOaaiuou-
A. most Of The merchant vessels ia hArbor
~ere German, the haeoc wrought BY the bar
rieane tells wiih exceptional severity upon
the fathegiani. The Calhopes eSeApe may
have been doe to She fact that, being tue last
tp ARRIVE AZ Aria, she occupied an ontsIde
r.osition near she entrance 20 the harbor, and
vas lying With banked tTcs IN the expectation
Of moving. According 10 the hrSs dispatches
she got 10 sea aniujarsd. bat the telegram sent
by Mr. Peudicton, oar minister ~ beFhu'
states that the Cail'ops was damaged 10 some
sxteni and bad gone 70 Sydnsy ips repairs
The cause Of The disaster At Apls IS not far %
ssrk. The harbor Is formed By coral reef
eucfrcling The island al = shoFt distance troFa
thc shore. The entrance, break - The reel
aboag $50 yards side, Is open 10 the noste,
and within the spaee available for ships y
small The reefs on each SIDE Of the eniEAnes
arr zuaxh al hlEh Watsg aaa arr surrounded BY
shoals. As Tor the incioscd spsec, u has q
aanay bottom. aiFording slight bold los a.
anehag. The depth ranges from four to eight
fsfhDns. deep water being found eloSe 70
shore. The hagrcAne q March Is came o.
suddenls and. blowing VITA rrsssiiess tosce'
drove the vess~ls aside The reef aPon n.
gursed shore. These near The entrance had
a chance 70 escape, bus the resi wsrc uceessa
yilv broken 70 pieces Il mnst be sas3 10
dcteuss az the repasAsioa q the Paethe -
sniidrr OCEAN thAR the Atlanile that Hurricanes
81 exceptional severity arr not frequent "a tbs
Samcaa Islands. They occur, hoNeSeE, oe
eassonally ia The months from Decetabsr Il
Aprii. 10 Apnl, 1850, sud again in January
is-o, tbs Islands Eeru VISITED b. terrific bur
Firsnes. Which destroyed the eoceanai. banaal
and brad -fruit crops and re3uced ths natives
TO the verge Of ssarvAiion, AgAia. IA March
isss, therc was a terrible storm. accompanied
by a tidal wave, 9hich destroyed = anmhrs o
vessels. Upon the whols, kowescr, IN
weather Al ApiA IS favorable compared w.it
has of our Atlantic coast, ADD bat iog the
nataFe OF the hArbor there would b. llitae g
fear when the weather j. al rs uorsi. Ihs
value Of shc ships and stores destroyed for "a
on the 18th aii ~as Aboai SS,oO0,0oo' for
Germany about 81 5oo,O
roRNER NAVAL DISASTERS.
WAsH,xGTox. March s0.-NavAi ofseeri
generally concur in the belief that the dIsas.
Ter AZ Apia was the most severe that has eve
oversakcn the American navy IN time OF peace
Commodore Walker, ehief Of The navigaiieI
bureau, an officer Of long experience IN nava
affairs, makes this statement emphaiieAlly
HIS recollection Of previous naval losses iron
storm and stress, running back thirty nv
years, Is A. follows;
The Albany sloop Of war was los; 10 IVES
Indian waters IN 1853. She Is supposed Il
have gone dcwn in a cyclone with every sou
Of her crew Of 2le officers and men a. sh'
was never heard from after she sailed on be
last cruise. 10 the same year the brig OF va
Porpoise. vita 100 persons aboard, vent doEs
in the China seas without leaving trace o
her end. Again ia 1858 another sloOp Of wa
the acknowledgement in the Pacific
taking some 200 men TO "Davy Jones's lock
es In 1855 the brig OF war "BainbFidge
met a cyclone OF Cape Hatteras- A eoloTet
cook, picked up day or two afterwards on 1
BIZ OF Wreckage, told the story Of the loss o
every one Of his shipmaies.
The old Yorktown was blown ashore neal
the Cape de Verde Islands on the African
coast some years later, bar the crew escaped
la 1865 q great tidal wave picked up the ship
Peru, and carried her seven or eight miles
inland depositing her in a tropical fores
where she ended her days as hotel. The
same tidal wave caught the store ship fredo
MIA at anchor, rolled her over and sunk heI
I instantly, with every soul on board.
The Monongahela, now in active service
had a peculiar experience in the year 1867
She was caught up by a tidal wave, carried
over number of large buildings on the Island
Of Santa Cruz, West Indies, knocking down
one Of them, aud deposited in the streets Of q
city. Subsequently, Workmen were sent there,
who blocked her up aud launched her again.
The Saginaw was cast away in the night
upon one Of the islands Of the Pacific about
fifteen years ago. The wreck Of the Huron,
although il occurred thirteen years ago. is
still fresh in the minds of the people on the
coast. The ship was wrecked upon Currituck
Beach. North Carolina, and few of her crew
escaped to tell the story Of heavy weather and
false beacon lights.
Commodore Walker thinks that the Eng
hsh man of. war ''Calhope" escaped at Apia
because she had steam up. The American
vessels were very short of cOal and not keep
ing up steam we're probably compelled to try