The Escape of the Calliope.

an old story. But the

This is now Re following graphic description of the affair, from the pen of Captain Kane himself,

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1. Her Majesty's ship Calliope, at Apia, Samoa, VUth March, 1889 Sir,—Since the ‘th inst.. the date of my last letter of pro eedings, t has been nothing to remark on in the political state of affairs here, but I deeply regret to have to reportya terrible hurricane, which has caused a disaster un prece dented since the introduction of steam ; the total loss of four men-of-war out of seven,

with a loss of 150 lives, and the stranding of

two others

“s Che ¢ illiope, l thank God, is le ft afloat. and sound ia hull, though with loss of three anchors, three boats, foreyard sprung,

all fastenings of bowsprit cart ied away We lost no lives, and had only one. serious accident—a carpenter's mate, who has a fractured skull, but he is doing well

“2 The Trenton, which arrived on the Lith, the Vandalia, the Adler, and the Eber are total wrecks ; and the Olga and the Nipsic are on a sandy beach, with but ‘small chance of getting them off. “4 Onthe 7th and 8th we hada gale, to lower yards and topmasts not much

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w hich we and got up steam, but it did damage, and all the men-of-war without dragging.

5. OneThursday, 4th, the barometer began to fall with heavy rain but no wind, and fell until 2 p. m. on the 15th, when it reached 29.11. We, in common with all the other ships, struck lower yards and topmasts, and got up steam, so as to be ready for any thing, but we were assured by experienced people on shore that the fall was for rain, and that there was nothingto be afraid In addition to that we were lulled into compara tive security by our having already had experience of three and had ridden them out all right.

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By midnight it was blowing a gale, and it increased all through the middle and morning watches. By day light, when it was blowgng a hurricane, we found we had dragged quite close to the reef.

by that time the Eber had gone down with | tive,

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7. The harbor was crowded with shipping sll dragging together. I got steam up in all boilers and succeeded in keeping clear of the reef for some time, but soon found that that

ld not last for long. The seas were pet

ectly fearful, breaking over our top-gallant forecastle and all but burying the poor Adler, which soon went on the reef. By very good management they slipped their cables at the right moment, and were lifted right on to the reef, where they lay on their broadside. Had they not slipped the cable, she would have gone down in deep water. Twenty men were drowned in her. The others found shelter in the ship till Sunday morning.

**8. The seas were now (8 a. m. on the 16th) breaking from ont beyond the reefs. The Vandalia was dragging down on top of us, the Olga was on our starboard quarter and the shore on the port quarter. I managed for sometime to keep clear of all three, but our port cable parted and we came against the Vandalia’s stern, and carried away the jibboom and all the fastenings of the bowsprit. The spar itself was saved by lift- ing right up when the bobstay bands, etc., went. Then the Olga came up on our star- board side, and very nearly rammed us. I just managed to sheer clear, but she caught our foreyard and damaged it severely. Luckily it boomed her off.

“*9. Seeing that every time we tautened aur cable we were getting nearer the reef—in fact, it had become a question of feet—I made up my mind to slip and try to go out, reserv- ing, asa last resource, the hope of beaching the ship ona sandy patch, which the Olga afterwards succeeded in reaching.

**10. 1 called on the staff engineer for every pound of steam he could give us, and slip- ped the one remaining cable. I had slipped the sheet some time before, finding it did no good and hampered my movements. The en- gines worked admirably, and little by little we gathered weigh and went out, flooding the upper deck with green seas, which came in ever the bows, and which would have sunk many aship, My fear was that she would not steer, and would go on the reef injthe pas- sage out, especially as the Trenton was right

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in the fairway. But we went under her stern putting our foreyard over her quarter boat, and came up head to wind most beautisully.

Once outside her, it was nothing but hard steaming; if the engines held out we were safe, if anything went wrong withthem we were done for. Thanks to the admirable order in which the engines and boilers have been kept, all went well.

‘- We steamed from 9.30 a. m., when we slipped, until 8 p. m., with the extreme power ‘ the engines, developing as much power as we have ever done on atrial, without a hitch, snd that with the engines racing every plunge in a heavy sea. The wind increased in the afternoon still more. The best idea of its strength may be got from the fact that we made only a knot or so against it and the sea, just enough to give steerage way. I did not dare to go slower, because the ship would have fallen offinto the trough, and also it became as thick as pea soup, and I could not tell if 1 was ten miles or ten yards off the reef which skirts the whole shore.

**11 After 8 p.m., finding/the sea going down somewhat, though it was blowiag as hard as ever, | was able toreduce speed. By noon on the 17th it had blown itself out down to an ordinary gale. A passing glimpse of the sun showed us that we were well off the land.

“12, [returned to Apia on the 19th (yes- terday), and found the harbor perfectly clear: not a craft, from the Trenton to a schooner, float in it. The Vandalia is under water to her nettings. She lost her captain and 30 men. The Trenton is under water to her main deck. The Olga and the Nipsic are above water all right, but some feet in the sand.

“13. The whole of the anchor buoys have heen washed away, and the anchors and cables of all ships have been mixed up by dragging one over the other to such an extent, that there can be no hope of picking them up. In view of the possibility of another hurri- cane, the great probability of, at least, an- other gale, and our condition with only one anchor and damaged spars, I have made up my mind that the safety of the {ship requires that I should not stop an hour longer than necessary in Apia; indeed, that I should get out of hurricane latitudes as soon as possible. I have, therefore, ordered 150 tons of coal from the German firm, who are alone able to supply us, and propose that as soon as that is in (to-morrow probably) to leave for Sydney. I have so informed the consul, who sees the necessity of that course and who does not think that a man-of-war is now wanted, though he

expressed his hope of seeing one when the fine season comes round.

‘14. I cannot speak too highly of the con- duct of every officer and man on board the ship. During the hours we passed, when any moment might have been our last, order was obeyed with alacrity, and without confusion, and the way in which the engineer, officers and stokers kept to their work is beyond all — itis a matter on which I fee) very

senly, aud I propose to submit a special re-

wort on the subject when I have more time. am obliged to close this immediately for the mail. | “I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, “H.C. Kane, Captain. ‘To Rear Admiral Henry Fairfax, ©. ms , Commander in Chief, Australia. Rocky Point, West River and South- port Ferry Table.

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