Wreck To Be Enclosed
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Work on Apia’s big £1 million wharf project, which has now begun, will enclose the historic wreck of the German warship Adler, a landmark in the town since 1889, when she was one of six ships driven ashore in the great hurricane.
The bones of the Adler (left) are in an area to be reclaimed. A move is afoot to have the prow of the ship, which will jut above the reclamation, incorporated in a monument. The British warship Calliope was the only vessel to escape in the hurricane.