The Recent Hurricane at Samoa
By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. LPSB UNITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Hydnev, March 30. The information of the severe hurricane at Samoa attended with the sud loss of life hud the destruction of property has caused a great sensation throughout Australia. This Day. The survivors from the German war ships will be forwarded Home on April 24th. They are expected to arrive in ; Sydney next week, it has been suggested that a demonstration should be .held to mark the appreciation of the skill of the officers of the Calliope in saving their ship from the wreck; also that steps should be taken to acknowledge the bravery of the Samoans who assisted in rescuing the men from the warships. Received April 2, noon. Washington, April 1. Admiral Kimberley has been instructed by the authorities here to send home 800 of the sailors belonging to the wrecked American war vessels at Samoa. Beulin, April 1. Emperor William was profoundly moved upon receipt of the intelligence of the dis- ! aster to the German war vessels at Samoa, and at once consulted Prince Bismarck as to the means to be adopted for the relief of the shipwrecked crews. ■The Nationalist party affirm that the disaster must not be allowed to cool the colonization policy.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 114, 2 April 1889, Page 2
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