The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-04-18
OUR LOST MEN-OF- WAR
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION or THf
WRECK IN THE PORT or APlA

How the yandalia Trenton ana Nipsi'
We're Wreoked--suryiyor speak IL
High Praise Of tho Discipline Of ou'
Railou--auryiying sailors 10 be Takes
to san Franoiseo- nuriai Of the ned
ias Of tho Unfortunate seameH on ui'
Island,
BAN FRANCISCO, April ib,- -fheateameI
Alameda arrived here Saturday morn
ing, having left Apia ON March NO.
She had On board some of the ship
wrecked officers and men Of the Van
dalia, including Chief Cadet Robert
Alocker and Cadets llibba, Decker, Wells
Cloke, HuGkland, LeIure, Wiley ana
Logan, and Dr. C0rdero, whose thigh Il
injured,
Lleut, Ripley, Of the Yandalia, and
thirty men also left Apia ON the Ala
media, but they stopped oil NJ Honolulu
The story Of tho great tragedy NJ sa
mOa, Rs related by tho Olilcrdl h thihI
The hurricane broke out about O'Clock
on the morning OF Saturday, March ~
and lasted till 0 bO'clook the next morning,
The first OF the men'oi-war to break
away from her chains was the German
vessel the lther, She struck the reef
lIeolod over, aud In u few moments VIA
broken up Ia pieces, Only one ollieel
and four hoamon were saved out OF her
Ontire crew Of eighty,
Soon after the wreck Of tho ltbcr tht
Adler dunud on % the same reef The
terrible force Of the hurricane ~ shown
by the WAY fo heavy q ship us tho Adler
was lifted high upon the rect Iwcnly
officers and men were lost from the
AdluG
The United States steamer Nip6Ic wa
the next 90 Hullcr 10 was evident "a
thuso who watched her from Che shore
that she could not long hold out Ngulnhl
the terrible hurricane, She headed iol
the shore at about o la the morning, aud
lust touched the point Of the reef with
her ruddcr, which waa carried away, TO-
gother with her Hton'pOat liy the skill
ful management Of the captain aud olli'
Gers they succeeded In beaching her on
the sand
Great credit Ia due for the manner In
which the Nipaio was handled for II she
had gone ON the reef q largo number OF
lives would undoubtedly have been Lost,
Az II was seven men were drowned, but
all would have been saved II they had
stuck 10 the ship,
Before the Nlpsio went ashore she
came into collision with the Olga and
had her gmokeataok and part Of h0r bul'
warka carried away, On account OF the
smokeslnck being broken of the fur,
naces would not draw 20 keep full head
Of steam on, Excepting for this acci'
dent the Nipgio, which Mas powerful en-
ginos, might have rode out the gale In
safety,
The yandalia was the most unfortu-
nate Of the United States feet Just ~
the Nipsic went ashore the Vandali0
driftcd near 10 the CalliOpc and the Olga,
and came into collision with both, The
Calliopc struck her with great force on
the port bow, doing considerable damage,
The Vnndnlia gtill continued drifting
almost In company with the Calliopo, but
the latter vessel, having lost nearly all
her anchors, put full steam on aud went
steadily out 20 sea,
The captain Of the Vpudalia, seeing no
hope Of saving his ship, headed her for
the shore and In ondoavoring 10 reach
the beach unfortunately struck the reef,
The vessel filled and sank before ahe
could beach, within about fifty yards
from the stern Of the Nipalc,
The loss OF life on the Nandalia was
the commander, three officers and thirty
nine seamen and marines,
After the vessels cleared each other the
Trenton driltod still further toward the
reef, and one time hold fairly well 20 hen
anchors, but latw she dropped down just
clear OF the reef and on 10 the Vandalia,
Tho Trcnton'a storm was aground. She
was br0adsido on 10 the Bunken vessel,
and the poor fellows who had been on
the Vandalias yards about twelve hours
got on 70 the Trenton, being INSISTED 10y
the admirala crew with lines and other
contriyances,
The Trenton, which is q total wreck,
lost one man, Joseph Hewlett (oOlorcd),
who was crushed 10 death by falling
timber after the collision,
Meanwhile the British Calliopo had got
away She wtN watched from the shore
as far rs could bo seen through the mist
with gtCat interest, and many surmisoa
were expressed as 10 whether she would
get out In safety. Tho Calliope returned
10 port on Tuesday, the 10Th, and had
suffered very little damage except the
loss of her bowsprit and somo boata,
Among the escapes the most wonderful
was that Of Capt, Douglas Of the pilot
schooner Lily.
The Lily came into collision with a
m0n-of-w war and went down. Two Of her
crew were lost, Capt, Douglas foot got
entanglcd in somo of the gear Of the
Lily and he was taken down with her,
On coming 10 the surface no was
struck on the head by something and he
again sank lie then swan 10 tho Olga,
and just az he reached her bow 10 catch
some lines he saw the Olga rise TO a
heavy sea and Capt, Douglas was sent
right under the vessel.
llo came 10 the surface again in a
dazed condition, but had Just enough
strength 10 catch line and was dragged
aboard the Olga.
Nearly every day since the hurricane
bodies Of the poor American and German
soamen are washod ashore. They are as
rule 30 decompoeed as 10 be unrecog-
nizable.
Tho Olga Reaches sydney.
SYDNEY, NJ s. W., April 16.--The
German war-ship Olga has arrived here