The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-12-10
HAUNTED BY MEMORY.
One Man Who VIII Never Forget the
Samoan Disaster.

Il suppose that all OF US who felt the
living. frenzied force Of that awful on
shore hurricane will dream about il oc-
casionally as long as We live" said an
ex-blue jacket OF the United States
navy, now living in Washirg-o n, who
was among the Nandalia's ships COM
pany at the time of the great naval dis
aster in Apia harbor, Samoa, in revert
Ing to that experience, says the Wash
ingto7 Star. Fer three or fCu- years
after l got Gu. o. that mess ali safe and
sound. the memory of it used to get
tangled up in my head when | was
asleep. and l would wake in treM be
and be unable to sleep for the remain
der Of the night. But time has sof en-
ed the craggier edges of the remem-
brance Of that horrifying black wind,
and once in a spell nowadays | forget
all about il for two or three days al a
time. 1t all came back to ne with
heavy force when the Maine went up
IN the air with lot of my shipmates.
though. There was enc mal in my
mess on the Napdalia who was never
quite right ifter we went on the reef.
| was shipmate with him for two years
afterward and his occasional wildness
was plain to all hands and men whove
been shlpmates with him since-fcr
he's still IN the cutft-tell NE that he's
Just as badly haunted by the memory
OF the disaster as he was when last
saw him. This man was a sh pwright
and his name was Turley. Be.oe we
had that bad blow Turley was as cheer
full and as clipper a man around decks
- | ever swap-ed yarns with; but
when he got well Of his broken arms
down in Apia he was a changed man
| never saw him crack a grin after the
blow. and from a stout, HUSKY fellow
he became thin and haggard loohirg
He recovered all right phys'c .liy ON
the thing, you see, but It sort o. twis ed
his head and preyed upon him He
swung his hammock alongside Of me
on the Alert for two years after We
were sent up to duty on the west coas:
again and it was a common thing for
Iurley to hop out OF his hammock in
a frenzy In the middle CT the night, IL
port or at sea. yelling like a mailman
All hands abandon ship-she's going
to strike He created a lot OF excite
ment up forward by doing tails. tu,
after awhile the men got used to It and
only turned over when they heard Tur-
ley bowling. 1t was the regular thing
for the corporal OF the marine guard at
the gangway TO prod the pocr chap
awake when he had these crazy SOM
nambul's site spells and put him back
in his hammock, for he'd come out Of
them as weak as a kitten and trem-
bling all over. There were number
CT Us on the Alert who were washed u
n the Samoan disaster, and naturally,
once In while, we'd get TO talking
a6ut it. But it didn't take US long 10
find out that We coulin' talk about il
while Turley was around. The men
ton OF the thing in his hearing would
bring an insane CLEAN into his eyes
and he would suddenly begin to talk
incoherently and at the top of his voice
about reefs and dragging anchors AMI
all that, so that We learned to knock Of
Samoan hurricane talk when he wa
around. | don't wonder. much. either
1t was an evil enough blow to nigh turn
any mans headgear toDsv-turvv"