Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Visiting the grave of Captain Cornelius M. Schoonmaker, USN, soon after the storm. Captain Schoonmaker, Commanding Officer of USS Vandalia, drowned during the hurricane and was buried near Apia, Upolu, Samoa.
Those present are (from left to right):
Mr. Hart, news correspondent;
Mr. J.P. Dunning, Associated Press correspondent, who reported on the storm;
Chief Engineer Albert S. Greene, of USS Vandalia;
Ensign John H. Gibbons, of USS Vandalia;
Lieutenant James W. Carlin, of USS Vandalia;
two unidentified men; and
Captain Norman H. Farquhar, Commanding Officer of USS Trenton
