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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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.

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3 April 2002