The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-30
TRA|jK OE A IyPB|I)N
FURIOUS STORM WROUGHT DE-
STRUCTION ON THE ISLAND
OF GUAM
HIYT LIVES sEP0eTzD LOST
TOWNS DEMOLISHED AND PRAC-
TICALLY ALL CROPS ARE
DESTROYED
SINKING OF THE YOSEMITE
Is Confirmed by Later Advices,
With the Loss of Five
Members of Her
Crew.

MANILA, Nov. 29.-Rear Admiral Re
mey has as yet received no official re-
port Of the loss of the United States aux
illary cruiser Yosemite, which parted her
cables and struck on a reef off San Lu-
zon dAprai, island of Guam. during q
typhoon, Nov 13, and was afterwards
driven to sea by the gale where she sank
Nov. Is. The United States cruiser New
ark will sail for Guam tomorrow to in
Vesugate the circumstances of the disas-
ter.
According to adyices received here from
unohcial sources, the wind was blowing
from the southeast In the early morning
of Nov. 13, at the rate of 100 miles an
hour. The Yosemite had two anchors
down, but both were dragged a mile
across the harbor entrance At IL a. M.
she struck the reef and stove forward
She drifted for an hour and struck the
rock near Samai, carrying away her rud-
der and damaging her propeller
A launch had been sent to find shelter.
but it capsized, and the occupants were
drowned. They were Coxswain Swanson,
Seaman George Urbel, Engineer Macbini
and Firemen G. L. Davis and Joseph
Anderson. The storm abated somewhat
at 1 p. M, but was then renewed with
violence from the southwest. A dozen Of
the crew attempted to carry a line
ashore, but the boat capsized The occu-
pants managed to reach the land.
Meanwhile the Yosemite was being
blown to sea, her head low, her forward
compartment being filed. The boiler and
engine rooms were full Of water, the
pumps kept going. The cruiser was kept
af1oat until the afternoon of Nov. Is.
when the United States collier Justin,
which had also sustained damage to her
anchors during the storm, was sighted.
RESCUED BY THE JUSTIN.
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two chains and two cables but these
parted. Finally 15S of the Yosemite's
crew, &c marines and officers were
transferred to the Justin, together with
$68040 Mexican.
The Yosemite soon plunged head fore
most and sank.
The members of the crew were provided
with temporary quarters at Agana, which
suffered badly from the hurricane.
The typhoon was of unprecedented vio-
lence. Many are reported to have been
killed or injured. At Egana three were
killed and ten died of exposure.
The town of Moranjan was destroyed,
thirty of the towns people being killed
and many others injured. 1t Is believed
that there was considerable loss of life,
and practically all the crops were de-
stroyed. Many dwellings, in Agana were
demolished.
Mrs. White, wife of Maj. White of the
Marine corps, the only white woman In
Agana, took refuge with her husband and
Commander Seton Schroeder naval gov
ernCr of Guam, in the cellar Of the gov
ernor's mansion which was already partly
filled with water.
The United States ship Solance Capt
Herbert WinSloW, which left San Fran
cisco Nov. for Manila was expected
to arrive at Guam Nov. "a with supplies
for the family of Gov. Schroeder and
the other officers.
CABLE FROM REMEY.
WASHINGTON, Nov 29.-The navy de-
partment today received a cable from
Admiral Remey, confirming the report
of the disaster to the auxiliary cruiser
Yosemite al Guam.
The cablegram does not go into details,
but states that bGSt's crew. We're lost
in the typhoon and that Admiral I<empff
will be sent to Guam to ascertain the
extent of the damage.
Following is the text of Admiral
Remey's cablegram:
'Cavite, Nov. 29.-Bureau of navigation.
Washington: Captain of transport Sher-
man reports total loss of Yosemite Nov
IL. Chains parted in typhoon, drifted to
sea and sank fifty miles off. Justin ca
/ colIler) went to the rescue. Steam launch
| crew of five lost Shall send Kempff to
I Guam tomorrow to ascertain extent Of
! disaster and transport Yosemite crew to
! CaVite.' -"Rnnev
Admiral Remey's dispatch came af an
| carly hour ard gave the first official data
of the total loss of the Yosemite. The
dispatch was communicated to Secretary
Long who came to the department. and
spent part Of the morning there Tie
| secretary expressed profound regret at
| the loss of the ship and men but there
| was some consolation in the fact that
| the loss Of life was comparatively small
! considering the large complement of off
! GERS and men carried by the Yosemite
1 under ordinary circumstances.
The fact that Admiral Kempff probably
had left Cavite by this time for Guam
! gave assurance that everything possible
would be done. The secretary said the
! department would make every effort to
! ascertain the extent of the disaster and
the names of those who were lost and
would keep the public informed.
Admiral Remey's reference to the
Justin, which went to the rescue of the
! Yosemite, applies to the collier Justin
which recently had arrived at Guam
! The plans concerning the Yosemite were
in a transit state and within a few days
from the time of her loss she was eX-
| pected to leave Guam for Cavite AT
! the same time the collier Brutus had been
ordered from the Philippines to Guam
where she was to take the place of the
! Yosemite as a station ship. In the alb
sence of all cable connection with Guam
it is impossible for the department. to
know whether the Brutus had reached
| there at the time of the disaster The
| Brutus took out a crew and marines who
will act as the garrison at Guam re-
placing the forces which have been there
for about a Year
The General Alva which is reported
| from Manila to have passed the track
of the same typhoon which overwhelmed
the Yosemite, is a little gunboat of $50
tons displacement. Nevertheless, she is
said to have been perfectly staunch and
seaworthy and providing she met the
storm in the open sea she would in all
! probability have come safely through
The Alva was Spanish gunboat captur-
ed by the United States army in the
| Philippines where she had been used by
the insurgents and was turned over to
the United States navy year ago.
Ashanti Campaign Ended.
| LONDON, Nov 29.-The following dis