The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-04-05
DISASTER AT SAMOA.
AMERICAN AND GERMAN WAR sulps
WRECKED By A HURRrcANE
Appalling Death List-Ths particaiars-A
Disastrous Collision O6theH elgian Coast
Federal Notwithstanding News.
worsc Than Wars Aiarum..

Dispatches Of the Goth ult. from
Samoa state that the American
m%en-of-war Trenton, vandalia and
Nipsic, and the German men-of-war
Adler, Olga and Eber we're driven on a
reef during a violent storm ON March 10th
and totally wrecked. OF the American
crews four officers and forty-six men were
drowned, and of the German crews nine
officers and eighty-seven men lost their
lives. AdviceS have also been received
from London to the effect that in a terri
bic hurricane at Samoa three American
AMI four German men of war were wrecked
nHd That many persons were drowned.
LATER ~atlvices received regarding the hur-
ricanc which devastated Slmoa and wrecked
n number of German and American war
ships, say the storm swept the island OH
the 10th ult. All the warships attempted
to p.t out to sea, but only the English
steamer Calliopc succeeded in getting out.
Me.chant vessels suffered terribly. Tho
bark Peter Godeif.ey, one other bark and
seven coasters We're wrecked and four
lensons drowned. The Calliope sailed
fog Sydney. The Peter Godetfrey was n
German bark which had arrived from Sgd
ncy.
Tho Ollie nj information to the navy dc.
partment came in a dispatch dated Auck-
land, Mach Both, as follows:
To the secretary of the navy. Washington:
\ hurricane at .tDin March Is. Every vessel in
TIL linihor on shore except the English man.
of-%ar Calliorc. which got to soa. The Trenton
md Nnndalia arc IL total loss. The Nipsic il
llcnchesl. her ruddrr gone and may be saved.
The chances are against it.. Will send her to
Auckland if possible. Tho Vandnlia lost four
officers and tllirty-iiine mon. namely: Capt.
SchocnMaker. FnyMGstcr AIMS, Y isutenant of
Marines Sutton, lay tl.ri. John Roehes. Henry
l'nkcr, W. Hrisimio. William l:rown. Quarter
=,,isstsr Cashsw, n; crasin II; !. Davis. Thomas
(~oldney. Gro. NJ. German. u. II. Green, Joseph
Griffin. n. NJ. Mnmmyer, John lianc,,ott, q. II.
liswls!ns.. w. lIowntt, iicor;o Jorinn. NJ. H.
Joseph. john Kelly. Frank Jones. Thomas
IErais Frank I.essaa. G.eysc MerTage,. Ayimer
Mont gomcry, Thomas Riley, II p. s%talinan, G.
q. Stanford, John Sims. Il. ii. Wells, john
Mill, John Milford, Henry Wixtcd, A. II. Now,
\. u. Peck. ii. Tecnor.
Callnl. John Gill. Joshua Heath, Tl.os. johnson,
l,nvil kellehcr. Henry Poutscy, William Nut
Gon. All saved from the Trenton. Tn Tren-
ton and Nailnlin crows are here. The Nipsic's
on board, All stores possible were saved.
losses. The Olga is beac.icd mt may DO saved.
German losses ninety-six 1t ia important to
srnl .hN men homo at once. Shall l charter a
steatncr? Can charter in Auckland to obey
Your oslers. Fuller accounts by mail.
The following dispatch has lcen sent to
Lieut.. Wilson for Admiral Kimberly, care
American consul, Auckland:
Take snch steps with regard to the Nipsic and
the wrecks and sending men home Us you may
doom proper. Full power given you. Tho Mo-
nongalicla sailed for Apia February II.