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Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 22, 16 March 1889, Page 2

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TOTAL WBEOkSoFH. 10. M. BmP6AMJS» AND EBEB, aih> the n;a^TANi>AfaA.. ■ • i: '' ■>'*■ ■'■ iJl >l ' ; ' r '" "■'''' ' ' tr. s. SHIPS ABHOEE; - - : '; .; , Apia wm Visited by one of the severest rales experienced here for years oil Saturday On Friday the barometer fell-to29,lo,iand on Saturday morning about 2 o'clock the gale set in from the* aorth-east and blew with great force. About 5 o'clock nearly all the vessels in the harbor were drmmng, and at Eberdrifted ashore on to the inside reef. Her side was immediately stove in, and she heeled over into deep and a number of her men jumped on the reef and made for tbeishore. With Boggling In fee" surT we heUeye 10 or 12>ityed their, lives. All who remained by the i went down, .with the vessel, Weibelieve about'7s men, inolnd- ' ing the Captain and officers- were lost '■ ' • ,• , • AbOTthalf-paetitx o'clock, H. I G. M. S. Adlei-also went ashore a few hupdred yards further to the westward. "She 'wjss lifted completely: on to Wfnk'ty' % »«>*, and fort unately heeded over towards I the shore. Many of Jier men man-' aged to reach land during the day, and all, we believe, with the excep- i tion of about 15, were saved. No doabttoeny were lost in the attempt to reach the shore. We have not 1 heard what aiwdeflta took place when the vessel was thrown on her beam ends. No. doubt there were very many* '■?•*,■<*-* Shortly aftor&erds the XT. a S. Niptic, which vessel met with some misfortune at her xneaerige,by collision with one of the 1 other Vessels, was seen to be drffHngfnßhore. She would unquestionably Have gone oh i to the reef near to where the Eber ' was wreckedß* H had not been for the excellent nmnne/ ialwbkh she' was managed, Capt. Mullen and hia officer*'seeing the imposwbiHty id!; saving; itliribiji managed j to head her off, so that she would 6 w tsXs*- *"** ' folly Nipsio grounded ,aW flowered. f ° Id i* I* i2^Hi*fii^y^^*'2^MM^y^i^'i .<*_-.» a« \." cieareju •neMsfy

2^^^^j rending to look on the Vandelis, seeing all her people shivering in the rigging, almost within a stone's throw of theehore during the whofei d»y and no Issistance jbeing ava^-; able. Some SO men were saved by' swimming to the Nipric, and then dropping by & line atteched to the shore, held by the natives and some of the men-of-war sailors. We believe that fully 42 lives have been lost from the ship including Capt Schoonmaker and some four officers and many accidentally Injured on M. S. CalUope7%. && 'Trenton Olga were then seen drawing towards the beech. The Calliope took everybody by surprise by steaming well out in the face of the gale, sod as far ae we could see, through the thick haze went safely but of the harbor.. The, Trenton and Olga. were the. only men-of-war left that had not yet come ashore, The Trenton unfortunately shipped' a sea which got down to the furnaces; She was then unable to keep upsufficientsteam;to make headway against the wind and sea she drifted down, and came stern on to the Olga receiving considerable damage. The rodder was carried away and the propeller rendered useless. She held on fairly well to her anchors till 8 pan..when she dropped along, ride of the Vandalia, ner stern bumping on the ground within 50 feet of the reef. A number of the Vandalia's men who were on the* rigging of that vessel managed to get on board thcTrenton. The Olga was splendidly 'managed by really good seamanship. Sha was beached, in one of the best positions, and is now lying without amove near the Vaisigano River, We do not know what damage she has sustained, excepting the Toes of her bowsprit, but we believe her officers and crew were saved. All the men-of-war with the exception of H. M. S. Calliope which went out to sea, are now either wrecked or on shore. As far as we can find out at present the following is about the number of lives lost from the vessels named :—Vandalia, 38 men and 4 officers; Eber, 75 men, Captain, and all officersexcept one; Nipsic, 6 men; . Adler, 14, including officersand men; in all about 150 perished. All the merchant vessels in harbor were also wrecked or driven ashore, but only one life was lost, Mr. Ortnsby who was a visitor on board the schooner lily. The following is a liat of casualties. Total wrecks: — Peter,Godeffroi, barque, 462 tons; lily, schooner, 44 tons; Agur, barquentine. 299 tons; Fituau, cutter, 19 tons. Ashore 68 tons; TJtumapri.schooner, 12 toes; Vaitele, eutter, 13 tons,; Nukununo, ketch, 29 tons. The only vessel in harbor which escaped was a little schooner of about 5 tons owned by Mr. Meredith. A %„ About 800 or 400 Samoans were i sent by Mataafa and Seunianatafe to render assistance and did immense ' service. We are pleased to find that no distinction, was made. The, Samoans gave willing help to Germans and Americans alike.