Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-11
THE SAMOAN plsAsrsp.


Destructlo. Escaped
rba vanaalia ma cs,,l
,n aangarn,a naalts iope werc also
tovards ma ro.,s 49, I, eoaring back
Law the wreck ~ -, sa point where
,,,,,,,ao u,aro ,a.s,. ~ nuier Great
ahont and thay ,,.,ro TWO vessels
gether every Minute . ~, closer To-
temnted 10 steam avon ~ sandalia at
q collision occnrrad ~ ~ N doing 50
the Enrlisl,man was ,,ttos IRON prov Of
air and came down WIZ. 80, niEh In the
40 Mort on,rtoe - IL, ~ force upon
gh.boo,p IF ~ ra.,. "nuana- The
away. and the beavv ~, "as carried
yandalia were sbiva.os s''"purs q the
Who stood upon tba dao,, nsery man
liza near the no;nt - ,s ,.'o wanda
ehrown from bia foot ~. .oiiislon was
hole was torn ha1o, 'n1 SHOCK
water rushed into 49, sue ran and
impossible to ascertain ~ y was
the damage at tba extent Of
seemed as il the Vandalia NY out 1t
her deatb-blow Man , Tau received
matches in the baliaf 49, UP the
was sinking, but thew aftas oeamer
turned to their posts. inas re-
this collision, CAPTAIN Kons ai.er
Calliope determined 10 mala - me
steam out of the barbor no H.
70 remain in his present nos,t,s a" 'nat
lead to another collision with a. "vuia
dalia or throw his vessel mon AZ van
He accordingly gave ordera h -. 'eel,
anchors. The Cal!iope's hooa svN
around to the wind and her enai,as
worked to their utmost no.,a. WI" ~
steamer seemed to stand sill, a. ny
mont, and then the ran;dlv - NV
propeller had its effect for ~ .e
moved up slowly AGAINST III ,,,... ''''ol
which broke over her bows and a aa'es
DER decks from stem to storn CT,
of black smoke poured from hon f,vsl ,
as more coal was thrown into ~ 4.
naccs. Every tension was strained :.
her heroic struggle against tho CO. -
She seemed to make her beadway :.
first inch by inch, but her snoad -. ~
ually increased until it becama oviaas.
that she could clear the harbor
This maneuyer of the ga,,an. p...,,
sblp is regarded as ono of Tho 49, ..i'sn
ing in naval annals II was ~ ~. var
desperate chance Offered hon oa ~ ou'
er to save his vessel and a. n1
hundred lives aboard An ooo,a. seo
the machinery at tbia cr;tioa, '"
would have meant CERTAIN doa,t' . .,,
Every noupd of staam With a. s
liope could possibly carry was e ~, a.,
on. and down in the fira.roon,s ~
worked as thew never worLad Nv In, ,aeA
To clear the barhor tho C.1,iosa -
pass between the Trenton ana tbo 49,
and it required the most sk;llfnl a..
manship to avoid collision with tha
Trenton, on the one hand. or total do.
struction upon the reef. ON tho otho.
The Trenton's fires had gone ont bv
that time, and she Law belpless almost
in the path of the Calliope. The doom
of the American flagship seemed buta
question OF q few hours. Nearly every
man aboard felt that his vessel must
soon be dashed to pieces and that he
would find a grave under the coral reef
The decks of the flagship were SWARM
ing with men, but, facing death as tbey
were, they recognized the heroic strqg.
gle of the British ship. and as the lat.
, ter passed within few yards Of thema
:, great shout went up from over four
, hundred men aboard the Trenton.
''Three cheers for the Calliope!" was the
:, sound that reached the ears Of the
Rritieh tars "a thav noesad ont NJ tho