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Wolgast is Adolph "Ad" Wolgast. The right hand side of this headstone indicates the grave of boxer Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey Using the persistent URL above and then downloading the uncompressed TIFF, the text on the right hand side reads: "JOHN E. DEMPSEY DIED Nov. 1, 1896 AGED 32Yrs. 1Mo." Here is a relatively recent comparison pic: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GRid=14954...; from Find A grave: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14954727 According to wikipedia here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(Nonpareil)_Dempsey there was a bit of a to do about the erection of an appropriate memorial stone over his grave. More about the boxer here: www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/non-jack.htm Of course he is not to be confused with the other boxing Jack Dempsey.

Margaret Euphemia Homann formerly Imrie Born 4 Jul 1873 in Brisbane, Queensland, ANCESTORS ancestors Daughter of Alexander Imrie and Margaret (Aitkinson) Imrie Sister of Eliza McInroy (Imrie) Buhr, John Peter Alexander Imrie, Richard Aitkinson Imrie, Ann Aitkinson Imrie, Robert William Imrie and Benjamin Walter Imrie Wife of Herman Otto Homann — married 1900 in Queensland, [children unknown] Died 4 Mar 1943 at age 69 in Brisbane, Queensland, Source: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Imrie-77

great shot

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Pith Helmets, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Its still there on the road to Mulinu'u, although it gets overgrown now and again and has to be cleaned off for the odd visiting German who likes to lay a wreath.

Whets your appetite for more information. Why were they doing this, and who were the they?

The short version: in 1889 the Germans, the Americans, the French and the British were all vying for control of Samoa. They all had warships moored in Apia harbour. The barameter began to fall but no nation wanted to be the first to leave harbour. In the event, in what was known as the Great Hurricane, the only ship to manage to get out was the British ship Calliope... the rest went down with the loss of hundreds of lives - mostly Germans. Had it not been for the Great Hurricane of 1889 it was more than likely an "incident" would have occured between the Great Powers in Apia Harbour - and World War One would have started - nearly 30 years before an equally obscure incident in Sarajavo.