Photo #: NH 42126
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"View of the bow of the Nipsic and beach before the American
Consul"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the southeastern beach
of Apia Harbor soon after the storm, with the bow of USS Nipsic
at left. The U.S. Consulate was in this part of the town.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss
Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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