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Hurricane Wrecks Warships at Apia

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 8, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 14.

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Hurricane Wrecks Warships at Apia

MARCH 16 a hurricane swept over the Samoan Islands, doing untold damage and wrecking the American and German men-of-war in Apia harbor. Four vessels, two American and two German, are total wrecks, while one American and one German vessel it was thought might be saved. The total loss of life in the two fleets was 142; of those 96 were Germans and 46 Americans. The one British man-of-war at Apia, the Calliope, having a supply of fuel, which it seems the other vessels did not have, escaped by putting to sea.