The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-09
THE SAMOAN DISASTER.
Graphic Account of the Wreck of the
American Vessels by Lieut.. Ritten-

American Vessels by Lieut.. Ritten-
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The following extracts are from a
letter 10 MIR. John II. Patv from Lieut..
T,s4+a,.bC,,7sa If the Trenton who # will
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De remembered was the eloquent orator
oi last Decoration Day IN Honolulu,
when ATTACHED to the Vandalia. It is the
....... It -.,,,r,,+ - tho Disaster r.
'ii'7' -" '''iO ''oOOO -''' - VIZ
the American vessels thaJ we move seen
The letter Is dated Apia, Samoa, March
ooh
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me 9'0'il91 VIII oil'i@ y'r
our disaster mere. II Is Iefrlole an'''r'
The Trenton arrived from Panama
March 10th and found the Nandalia and
.-,.. s..u..,. +r,o AJIar OIca and
NlP7'I VI o'i oiOe''
Eper oil the TermdhS, ana Ihe OaHIOpe
OF the English. \ few merchantmen
and small craft were in port. Politically,
IN ,. .,,..,,,, Il sao,,ad ~
mere al
though everybody was "alIlhg IurUher
Instructions from the nome governments;
ON the 10Th, IN the morning, oad
weather began, ana the Auihlfdi pre-
pared the ships Tor gale, housed, top
masts, sent down lower yards, got up
steam, etc. Olher shlps d!d the same.
The anchorage you khO" Is no I1i OOI
whatever, no protection iTo'H HGI lIleIIg
winds. heeI DounQ Oh Tue SUES anu
nearly around. hugeS VI IceI "liIo 1,'
perpenu-cuIar. ny . CicoN p IL IN y"
fIlday, lhe I0Lh \2u9JIa'i@h lliI!0l' C il'
gale mad developer. II pie" HeIc 3 u
the HheeI amChOI9 "eI9 vi olP0N Niiu az
went We'll me Ouly lhiliS 'Ii'O NONU' !Ou
OF notlce was al Gtoch III 'llG oYoilt'lS
we IoSJ u C@Oie' We NlCPIou ''i0O4Oi
anchor and started the engines;
DuflhS Iile hisnC II ol0" q llu I.;tt iCtello
and the seas were IeiTiic. PuI WIN f' en-
gines going we he!d on hoping Ior
change IN Ihe morning. NloIHILS C"il0
but the expected change was n0I III our
favor. The fury increased Inc YES
seis, however, were al! IN place out were
riding uneasLy. AT about q. m, oaI-
urday, our wheel went WIN d crash anu
we found the fuGuef oiCheh' ""o
soon entirely useless AitSL IHaC we
began to make water, started Tue pumps
on deck, put on all pumps III ei6lho
room, etc. W atef came III ViliouSll INC
naWse pipes VIC" Ie1u III On No ~, VI
deck. we checked IT as hlucH "9 PO0
sIbie. by noon our nrGo were ouC anu
engine stopped: AZ haIius pun pun p tLss
and bailIng. Could nor feduc? 4 iie
water. The other SnlPs were also III 5 us
tress by this time. EPGF haa gone I I-.Ni
In moment Adler ilaq OeeIl lilr 31:l iisl
on the Teei on her SIGei ",io"ii'' IL Ia
dragged C3liope I.au !o9I C" t1 ~ ~
PED ana starIeu Ior sea III Ilio l,ICo VI eiio
hurricane, heaIIF cuI'liS 10 ~" - % 9,.o
passed out. one was Ji5t 1oI1 ~ Lrioe9
"head against me seas W. tn dfto,.
relying on our IIllee 1ii t.,,,
noon Two Oh IheIii PaIteC az VIC 80 SAL
TO DRIFT Inc gaze was IeI' d+o "lIU r we
We're SET over loM"lu siie fan+ frorl
ana our stern was iIoC nI.oS,, i1To ,i i0,
IL. 3oFI oI uiIueLIo" ~ b,,+ IS
Ihe feeI Ntpt US tior" - M oo"b
expected Vs. uoIioli G " wv +o,~aId 10
momen': we sa95eu W" II Wv WI Sho
Olg& when vessel was uoiIs NolI'
mad a good oerJh' { IleLu loI " Vi lie
but hue" we "oul4 Sool NI 81 = IT, .
FRED 10 get over an II gun, p'U ~ wa. was
too late, we packed mo LeT, anu were
cut teanully ABOUT our 4uaLIeIsi Hf9l one
SIDE thGu the otuer' We .,lCii u .i 800, ~
Her ana louI,' d""Sei "gdlL oii 80 Iii0 c"t11
trn feel. Inns was aOouC uu sh 31tlId
day. Hefe again We eA teC. .,d ~ ,Il,2
anu Iof IohS S'lHG my "a tttO' Wv,