The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-04-11

4ruerican and three German War Yes
se.e
WASHINGTON. March 3O.-lhe Navy De
,r:rtnrut has received dispatch from
'.imiraI Kimberly confirming the report
Of the disaster at Apia. The Trenton ana
Yaudalia are q total loss. The NlpS!c j.
on the beach and may Ice saved. NV" OF
the German vessels are total loss"
ADMIRAL KIMBERLY FULL REPORT.
W,sBIsGTox. March 3o.-The follow
juu cable message was received III the
Navy Department this morning -. c,..o
AUCKLAND, March 80, 1S89;-I" S'cre-
tarv of Navy, Washington: Hurricane at
Apia, March 10. Every vessel Ill haIE1f
on shore. except English man-of-war tai-
lone. which got to sea. Trenton ana van
dalia total losses. Nipsic beached, rudder
gone. NAV be saved. Chances against IL.
Will send to Aucklan II pos>lDle. van.
da liza lost four officers and 30 men, namely;
Captain Schoonmaker, Paymastcr Arms,
Lirnfnnant Of Marines Sutton, Pay Clerk
John H. Roche, Quartcrmaster M'ctiaGi
Cashrn. Henry Baker, w. Brisnine "
liam Brown. NJ. Craiggin' b. +, DGVt =
Ching. Adoiph GoldnOck, George Cor
man, L. r. Green, Joseph Griffin, T.. NJ.
Mannheim. John Hanchett, C.; II. Haw-
kins. W Howat, Frank Jones, Ge"Ige Jof-
dan. NJ. II. Joseph, John Kelly, Thomas
Kelly. n Kinoila, &. kratZer, Charles
Krans, FIR. Lessman; George M MerraG e
Stalman, &. q. Stanford, john Sims, u. IL.
Wells. John Milford, Henry Wixtcd. All
Kow, All Peck, Pen Dang, TIE Chro
Nipsic lost seven men, namely: George
". Callan John Gill, Joshua Heap. lhos,
Johnson, David kclleger, Henry Ioutleli,
William Watson.
All saved from Trenton.
Trenton and VandaIia crews ashore.
Nipsic's Oh board. All stores possibly
saved German ships ADLER and Eber
total losses Olga bcached ; may be saved
German losses, 81. Important to send
300 men home at once; shall charter
steamer? Can charter in Auckland. Lieu
tenant Wilson will remain i'll Auckland to
obey Your orders. Fuller accounts by
mail. klMEERl-f.
SECRETARY TRACYs INSTRUCTIONS.
WAsHISGToS. March 80. The following
dispatch has been sent to Lieutenant vii
son for Admiral Kimberly, care American
consul, Auckland
and wrecks and sending men home as you
may deem proper. Full power given YOU
Monongahcla sailed for Apia February IL
[SgIed lRACl.
SAMOA DEVASTATED EY THE STORM.
AUCKLAND, March 3O.-Later advices
received here regarding the hurricane
which devastated Samoa and wrecked a
number OF German and American war
ships, saws the storm swept the island ON
the 10Th instant All the war ships at
tempted to put to sea, bat only the English
steamer Calliope succeeded i'll getting out.
Merchant vessels suffered severely: The
bark Peter Godcffrey, one other bark, ana
seven coasters were wrecked and tour per-
SONS were drowned. The CalliOpe sailed
for sydney. The Peter Godeffrey was a
German bark She had arrived at Samoa
from Sydney.
ALL THE MERCHANT SHIPS FOuNDERED.
BERLIN, March 29.--Adviccs received by
naval authorities here report that the storm
ragged during the 18th and 18th Instant.
Seventy persons from the Ebcr and 20 from
the Adler were drowned. The Olga was
stranded but her crew were saved. All
the merchant vessels anchored at Samoa
foundered.
A SENSATION AT WASHINGTON.
The news Of the disaster created pro
found sensation at the Navy Department,
and everybody, from the Secretary down,
freely expressed his regret. Secretary
Tracy could not see cause to condemn any
one The officers in command OF the YES
sells were competent men, and had doubt
less adopted all proper precautions against
disaster, but these hurricanes, which as
sumed cyclonic proportions, were simply
irresistible as was proved by the extent OF
the loss of vessels.
Lieutenant Lucien Young, who is him
self almost the sole survivor of the wreck
of the Inflated Huron off Cape Hatteras
looked sadly over the list of the drowned
and marked down poor Roach, the pay
masters clerk, as an old shipmate gone.
The Department of State was without of
fetal notice Of the wrecks until copy OF
Admiral Kimberly's dispatch was sen
over from the Navy Department.
In the Navy Department it was notice
able that, while the line officers mournet
for the men lost, the Bureau officers hat
an equal regret for the ships.
THE ILL-FATED VESSELS.
Naval Constructor Hichborn who is act
ing as Chief Of the Construction Bureau
during the illness of Commodore Wilson
said
.rhe Trenton, which was Admiral Kim
berly's flagship, was the best wooden YES
sci in the American Navy. and the hes
ship of the old Navy. She was launche.!
I'm New York in 1877 at the Navy Yard
She was ship-rigged, 253 feet long, 40 fee
beam, drew 20.6 ami was $500 tons dis
placement or about 800 tons more than Thu
Boston and Atlanta. She had 400 officer
and men aboard when she sailed from
home
1.-The Vandalia was built at the Boston
Navy Yard, and launched in 1876 She wa
ZIG feet long. IA feet beam. 17.3 draft, AM
400 tons displacement. She was rated a
twelve-knot ship and carried POO officer
and men.
THE Nipsic was a vessel of the old wa
Navy, but after six years repairing at tn
Washington Navy Yard, she emerged il
1879 as practically new vessel, little brl
the old keel remaining. She was bark
rugged. 1S5 feet long, 81 feet broad, DIRE,
145 feet, displaced ,375 tons, and was
slow vessel, as things now 60 being sc
down as little over ten-knotS in speed.