English: View looking to the southward from the eastern side of Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, showing driftwood and debris that lined the beach immediately after the storm.
The sunken wreck of USS Vandalia is visible at the far right edge of the photograph.
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Photo # NH 42292 Driftwood and debris at Apia, Samoa, following the hurricane, March 1889
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