red European residents
were killed or wounded, the flagship "Lancaster," under Captain
Gherardi, was in the harbor and afforded a place of refuge for large
numbers of men, women, and children. A large body of marines with a
detachment of naval artillery landed in the city and were of much
service in restoring order.

Another Arctic expedition was fitted out in the spring of 1883. Three
vessels, the "Thetis," "Alert," and "Bear," left New York by order of
the Navy Department to search for Lieutenant Greely and his party,
comprising what is known as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. After a
long voyage, in which the vessels were several times in imminent
peril, they passed around Cape Sabine and found Lieutenant Greely and
the seven survivors of his party. Their condition was so enfeebled
that they could have lived only a little longer. On August 8th the
relief squadron and the rescued party arrived in New York.

An insurrection broke out in the United States of Colombia in the
spring of 1885, during which the city of Aspinwall was in great part
destroyed. The affair assumed such a serious aspect that the vessels
of the North Atlantic squadron, under Rear Admiral Jouett, were
ordered to Aspinwall, and in addition to the fleet, the Navy
Department sent a force consisting of about seven hundred and fifty
from New York, for the special purpose of operating on shore. Upon his
arrival at Aspinwall, on April 10th, Rear-Admiral Jouett issued orders
for the landing of a force to open the transit across the isthmus, and
on the 12th, trains were run as usual. On April 28th, the insurgents
capitulated, and shortly afterward the United States naval force was
withdrawn.

One of the most severe disasters that ever befell the United States
Navy in time of peace occurred on the 16th of March, 1889, when,
during a hurricane in the harbor of Apia, Samoa, the "Trenton" and
"Vandalia" were totally wrecked, and the "Nipsic" was run on shore to
save her from destruction. Five officers and forty-six men lost their
lives in this catastrophe. Nothing that skill and experience could
suggest was left undone to avert the disaster, but the vessels were
equipped with old-fashioned engines, whose steam-power was not strong
enough to withstand the fury of the gale. The value of high-pressure
engines in war vessels was illustrated by the British ship "Calliope,"
which was able to steam out to sea, and thus escaped destruction on
the reefs. The "Trent