The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06
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one thing VIII remain undls-
.0Eed. that when ia k
goes 70 sleep at night. even IN
times az peace hs DIES 80 with
no certainty that nc viii not De-
blown into fragments BY tho explosion II
the terrible u1iBa that il stored IL the Entp.
and which the Elefest accident would
spring 10 send perhaps every soul on
board into eternity. IL the comfortable
lan1smeG Will put themselves In the SAIL
ors position for j moment they viii ae-
knowiadgf. especially in view of recsnt
events. that The Tie Of the blue jacket on
one or our modern fighiing machines Is
by Ho means an enyiaDle one. Here are a
few OF the marine disasters that have sent
brave sailors suddenly 10 the bottom Of
the sea and caused nations 10 mourn:
Tho Trenton, yandaiIa ami Nipsic OF the
United States Pacific coast squadron were
anchored In the harbor of Apia In Samoa.
on March Is fss9 No one had a thought
Of danger. Who could have when the YES
sels. together with those OF Great Britain
ard Germany. were riding at anchor Ia a
supposedly zafe harhor. AZ peace with the
world and each other They were pre-
pared for most dangers. but the unexpect-
ed happened In the shape of mighty tidal
wase. that came sweeping ap In the night.
ard made chaos where peace and order
had been a short time before.
All the vessels wTeslIed for life with
the angry waves. The fnncled security
proved to be the very worst peril OF the
night, for In the harbor the vessels had
not room To maneuger. and much damage
was done by the vessels running into
each other. In the blind struggle for an
anchorage that would hold.
Where the sun had gone down on a
peaceful hafnoT. with the vessels OF the
various nations riding calmly az anchor.
morning dawned on a scene OF wreck and
Gesoiatien that made the hearts of the
survivors sink within them The Trenton
and taudalla were wrecks and the Nipsic
had been driven ashore. -Four officers and
fosiy-seven mea of the United Sgaes ships
lad persisted during the terribie strug-
gle OF the night
The German sh.ps Adler. Olga and Eber
had beer swsps upon a reef, and the whole
reet looked az though the ships had been
engaged IN combat with each other during
the night, a. indeed they had for the ell
ments made them piaythings. impossible
OF guidance. The British ship Caili0ue
managed 10 escape the geaerai ruin She
passed tho struggling vessels headed out
70 sea. ana the captain called cut a. he
psstcd one Of the Inlted States ships that
he Preferred 20 fight IL cut on tbs broad
ocssH. to trusting ais vessel To the Doubt
fut protection Of the harbar After the
narrewess escapes he reached the opan
sea..nnd rode out the storm until morning
Another disaster that WAS even ~ a lar
ser magnitude than thst OF the Maine
was the loss Of the Victoria. through be-
Ing ramined by "A companion ship OF the
British aagy. the camperd0wn. Sir
George Tryen. commando Of the Nieto-
ria. WAS responsible for the accident In
causing the vessels u turn inward he al