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Photo #: NH 579

Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889


Some the wrecked USS Vandalia's survivors at their camp, at Apia, Upolu, Samoa, following the storm.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Lieutenant H.E. La Mertha, USNR, 1934.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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19 March 2002