The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-26

q the shore. whici was acc~mpli-h he.
Without acciieat. All were removed be-
fore night. Ga Monday twenty 1--we Sa.
: means from Mafaafa's camp and the men,
S-var sailors were working hard all IA,
saving property from the Trenton. ana
several Samoans and sailors were alsc
engaged working on tho other ships
ashore No lives were lost.
The Trenfon j. . total wreck. One .!
the men was killed early on the morain,
" Saturday By being crushed among the
timber after tie collision His name Wa
Joseph S~atietf. . colored man
The Olga, after slipping her cables and
getting clear % the Trenton. managed 10
make headway against the sea FOR some
time. and hopes were entertained that
this vessel. the last left afioat ia the har-
Dor. would be saved. but within half an
hour she was run into one OF the best
positions for BE- aching in the harbor.
Captain Douglass % the schooner Lily.
the lately appointed pilot, was on board
the Lilly when she sunk. and. after great
struggling. managed % get on board the
Olga. and was mainly instrumental. by
III knowledge % the harbar aud yaiu-
able suggestions. which were fol- owed BY
Captain Erhardf. IN Bleaching the Olga ia
= position where no lives would likely DO
lost. Captain Douglass has spoken In very
complimentary terms of the manner in
which he WAS treated by the Captain.
officers and men after he struggled on to
the Olga in an exha istei condition.
The losses in the merchant shipping
were: The Goiesroi. bark. ~ tons; a
total wreck The Lilly. schooner. from
Which Two Seamer were losf. total
wreck The CpOla. schec 1er. sixty-eignt
tons: very likely 10 become 4 total wreck.
The Fisueu. csttRr. nineteen tons: total
wreck The Ta.ua. schooner. total wreck.
The Nu<unono. sketch, ashore.
The Waiieile. cutter. sixteen IONS. had
her mast cut away. The rtnmapu.
schooner. suffered some small drnara.
Put j. Row n paired and going with ths
mails t. Tutulla- little schooner. be-
longing % Mr.. Meriliih. about five tons,
went ashore but j. not much injured.
Never before, il j. believed in the history
q wrecks In any harbor has such a clean
sweep been made- The miraculous e.
cape ~ some poor fellows who were
washed oTer5)ari fron. the different
wrecks and terrible time they mr-t have
nai- some - them being hours in the
SURF l. fearful % contemplate.
The Eber. the first vessel 10 ~ ashore
lost seventy-nve lives. The Adler lost
twenty men.
Following are the names OHea-s
Raschke and Petty: Fireman Youn--
mann. aud seamen Fischer. Remrs- Avl-
'us. Messenger. Loser. wahrenberr. P--
~rs- Fischer. Eusch. wenrk. Wilhelm.
scheedsky. Yanosh. Markus. Lenke. Kaif-
Y. Blauel. Lawis-en. Among those VII,
'anee upon the AiameIa were CHEZ
'tocSer and Cadets Hibbs. Decker. Wells.
,loke- Slckland. LeiIre. WILEY and IL
an q the Nanlalia. AM Dr.. C0rferr,.
Z the NarlalIa. whose thigh is iujlref.
lieutenant Ripley came upon the Ala
aeda xiih thirty men. but they stopped
Z az Honolulu.
The officers 81 the V1niaIia were d0in1
heir utmost ~ save son= cherished me-
lenfoes and hired native divers. A. =
enerai thing The natives were honest. bnt
re case stands ont in marked contrast
hir< Engineer Gre-n - the vauialia
~ - his sfate-ro0m between SD AMI
~ 70 gold. Green bred diver WIN
"a N could not save the m ,ney. a. the
ate-r0oEn door could not be opened.
reen hired another diver. who asserted
AZ tn tloor was open TINS first diver
n,e-~ei ~ having stolen all the money
ne Sipsic : fitted up Win the wanda I I
- furniture
The Treaton l. hard aud at On the reef. 4
n bottom J. full o. holes and filed with y,
ter u q her gun deck The crews :,
y been working ten hours daily trying !,
save some = the rigging and personal u
ects and stores.
lhe Nardalia j. totally lost. yo-hin, 4.
. y savei from her. Nearly every dav 4.
ICE the wreck % the vessels bodies ~ -
drowned are being washe ~. greatly y.
composed and unrecognizable. y,
rumor j. current in Apia that the All. =.
rails and Co1suls are -nieavoring Ia ~
ange matters between Mataafa ara II
20 a. q induce them 10 return
their homes until after tha samoan =.
lference. "a
he Admiral commanding the Amer "a
! neet was the last to leave the Tren- =.
: hi flagship The Americans. OH. -
: and sailors were alike clad ia ..blns m
kets' uniferrn- that being the only u.
o. Clothing accessible after their rrv.
experience Admiral Kimberly said =
considered faulty construction ~ the =.
nton' hawse-pipes a. indirectly the u.
- ~ her wreck Within few iays -.
y me STORM condition ~ things re- ~.
lullng rider had been brought about. IA
marines anu MAfa1-1'- police has a..
y actively AZ work IN Thu direction. Il,
safes - the Trenton ani vandalia =.
been recovered. together with con- m
srabse quantity ~ other properly ~.
u the wrecked vessels. M,
The Eseaps - the CsIliope. tir
A. FnA~cTsc0. April lJ-The Chr0n. a
; commenting on the details ~ the shs
* p. the war-ships AZ Apia. SAYS: TAI
~ account settles all doubts IA regard sit.
he responsibility for tie disaster. Il me
RS that the American a,i German IN
imaniers dill every thing that good sr'
could do 20 save their ves. an
!. and that the escape Of the British m
? Calliope was owing 70 the great mi
myth ~ her engines. American on. -
proved their claim to superior sea. -
lship. and the saving % the crews 81
Trenton and Nipsic was due the skill.
handling * the vessels.
suieide nj Captain Head.
LArrsBrRG. ~ ~. April j.-About