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Photo #: NH 42286 German Gunboat Adler Overturned on the reef, on the western side of Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, soon after the storm. Note her battered hull, well for hoisting propeller, rescue bouy mounted on her stern, and decorative windows painted on her quarters. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 590 pixels
Photo #: NH 42287 German Gunboat Adler Overturned on the reef, on the western side of Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, as crewmen began salvage work soon after the storm. Note men on her hull and upperworks, and canvas covered gun on her poop deck. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 535 pixels
Photo #: NH 42288 German Gunboat Adler Overturned on the reef, on the western side of Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, during salvage work after the storm. Note the gun mounted on her poop deck, and bent propeller shaft visible at her stern. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 144KB; 740 x 585 pixels
Photo #: NH 42132 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "India Ink copy of Photograph of H.I.M. Adler, bow view on reef. Bridge over River Mulvai" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German gunboat Adler as she lay on the western side of Apia Harbor after the storm, with the Mulivai River bridge in the left background. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 595 pixels
Photo #: NH 42131 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "Pencil sketch from Photograph of The wreck of the German, 'Adler', thrown on the reef on her beam ends" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German gunboat Adler as she lay on the western side of Apia Harbor, following the storm. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 530 pixels
Photo #: NH 42138 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "The Adler thrown on her beam ends on the reefs." Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the German gunboat Adler as she was after the storm. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 545 pixels
Photo #: NH 42140 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "The bow of the Eber washed ashore" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the bow of the sunken German gunboat Eber as it lay on the beach following the storm. The German gunboat Adler is on her side in the distance. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 570 pixels
Photo #: NH 42139 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "The bow of the Eber on the beach in front of the Consulate. The only visible part of the vessel. This part of the wreck was landed about 1/8 of a mile from where she struck the reef. 76 souls lost. ... Pencil sketch from Photograph." Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the bow of the sunken German gunboat Eber as it lay on the beach following the storm. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 107KB; 610 x 765 pixels
Photo #: NH 42130 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "The Olga beached" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German corvette Olga beached on the eastern side of Apia Harbor, following the storm. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 555 pixels

For even more views of damage resulting from the March 1889 Apia hurricane, see:

Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 -- More Damage Views (Part II);

For other images related to the March 1889 Apia hurricane, see:

Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889.

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