The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1890-06-30
nae uoroaIA

Uuw fhr Enru~h Tnr TeHssl Wenf - ~
naftam-IIarrih1s De.ah q Ihrre Earzns
TmroI4, June s7--Ab0ut O'Clock
last Thursday afternoon fhe English
feet came in sight q Tripod The I'VE
bir ironelads, vietoria. Canperd0~n-
Edinhurgh. Me ard sans f1rril- were
drawn up fun IN froek The tietoria
we IN the center. the Campe-foUn
vsns On her left and the Edinburgh On /
her right when they ~ere within hse
miles Of shore Vice Admiral Iryo1 ]
sfvnaIIs.f u s5rn aus f1rzh IN douhie
Ine. Tkls mea1t that the .-fGEia sntf
Canlperd0srr Eerl - gro aaesd az d
E.-ritIe = turn the Firt0ria tnrlznE %
ft,.s 4. a. ara AZ cazlpefIic'-t = turninE toI
tf1s rigilt. tnen tl-sT psu.ld n1r4nce s-re
by si.ie IN the efrecttou for ~hieh they
had eoIne- the otkeEs would swing int
doable and sdvnnee two and two b.
hind the leads When the order Was
given the distance behind the ships
was less than two cable lengths The
execution Of the order was easy enough
for ships further sway frDn center
] bat extremely difsienlt for the
/ victoria and the campard0wn
In turning theIr bows would Pass
within = few fnth0Ens q each 0che--
Whether Animal Markham. of the
Camperdorrn. could not believe thi1
movement was 70 be tried when ne
ships were - close together o. beeause
he thought Adn1irll Tryon had miscal-
eiIated the distance he did not st
about exeeutfng the order. but sig-
naked thnt he did not understand IL
The Victoria and the other ve.seis
had not hesitAtesl The Nictor3
began 70 turn - once - 80 stil
h>id - the signal Ths CAmperdOUn
no longer hesifated- bat also began to
turn The brief delay. however,. bad
been fatal The Victoria had nearly
turned. and the GA1perdown. swing
ing around. bore down upon her- Both
aimi-.ls xere SuicA - neA Ad2iral
Tryon swung the Vtetorh - ~ - -
rive at the Smallest angle the How,
uhieh the o1i1rrs saw Vas insvifahle-
would strike. and Adm MARKHAM did th<
same besides reversing her scrsw- The
treIve-foot ran struck thsvietOriA Just
front Of the nrmored bulkhead and
plunged into The thin plates Of heE
starbOar5 side The srm0r ends Al the
buIkhead and the forward part q the
virtoria above the water line was
n=re cardbnard % the great
iron wedge There Was . snash-
ing q rood and iron plate. and the
ram and sight feet Of the bow q the
Camperdo~n or.Shed into the bo~els
| q the Victoria As all tn vessels wers
moving 10 get into doable line behind
] tsse swo leaders theF wers hearing
down upon the eutangied ship. and =
| catastrophe inEdivng AL the irUu eladI
l was imminent
The victoria's bo~ w.s noe pointed
/ full touar.a the shureL u seems thAi
Admiral TyBo1 did not realize the 60
tent of the damage % the ship He nc
doubt Thought that - only one eO.n-
partmcnt vas damaged the other
u-ould keep the ship afloat. % When
the Camperaoxn and the other
ships siguaIled their offerS u
bows he replied that he did. nOt neet
them A moment more and . new PEN
u1ore horrible desocnded upon them
The greaf engine deep in the heart Q
the hull and inclosed IN water tigh
osupartmenss was stilI throbhing =
fnll seed and the great steel nAnge
u the scrsu-s were sfiIl whiriing in n
an. As the vessel sank the Screw
came nearer aud nearer 70 the wate
and descended into the nidsa q hun..l
u beings When the SCREWS ver
{ low encugA 70 begin 70 whirl IN u
, x.trr aglin the Suction bad Asre.se
u until there was deepening vO<tez In
II Z maelstrom Al the bottom cf III
u uuaelstrosn the screws vere revolvin
: like circular knives They Uero draw
: down and thrown against the suti
!. hladeS Then same = scene which mad
1 the officers on the decks Of the OthE
y uarShirs OF the feet turn away SD
: with horror-
al Screams and shrieks 1ruse. an m Il
/, white foam Appeared reddened arm
, and legs and wrenehed and torn bodie
!. uea1le<s trunks Were to.sed Qua q q
vortex to linger . moment on the 81
: faos and sink ont u ight An With
i reach d that vurtex loss thesr r-e=enl
: of mind Men Who knew how ~ su1
= c-asszi swin1niny and fought With 4
waters Men elutched each 0ther
frenzv and struck earh osher o. n
vSssel bexan 70 farye Straight t0< Il
II show unie< full steam
80 ruod vxls the discipline that via
III IN iirc zinutes after the blow = dirtz
III Suit had been b-uaght On deeh -
Z diver was getting into II To obey N Z
:. der TO go below an6 find out he exits
= Of the damAge
q Ab.x.s ten minutes afier TIE oAo'
!. the Nieturia having got so1ething Ia
\. two miles nearcr Shore froE1 the s-.el
1 % the collision all ~ oaee lean
aurnv over 10 starhoard- and with
81 rresf rOll AMI plunge buried her b
= beneath the calm surface q the So
:. Uss Alraost instantaneoaS- There "
!. only ehanoe for = few wild erkes n
a the Nietorta w1s almost half -
merged t,ovr forrnosf. With her s~lf'
revolving srrexS whirring c1eor q {
water and high in the nir-
one man who esrzped Says he sau
= this vortex NJ leazt Sfsy men eghtt
with each of other and With death
mcnent - - The vorteE oeE1n
clos up There Uas . n1faet 80
of tAras1er. the water u1a tnseA f..
AMI a steam hurst ffoa theaa. Az
u the ShriekS and sc-eau.< bur<a frun
swimmers
- Tke hsllerS hsdexplcdeA- the -. !
rusAed into The furnaces and I
= swimmers were heating wave. u -.
i1y wateE
u-<a, su,,-- l-.-.