The morning call., 1890-10-11
THE ERTOUGROUL.
Details Of the Foundering Of the
Turkish War Vessel.

From the japan Gazette, received yester-
day by the steamer Belgic, the following ac-
count of the laundering of the Turkish man
of-war Ertougroul is taken:
The Err tougroul left Yokohama on Sunday
at about IL o'clock in the morning. All
went well until o'clock on Monday after
noon, when a strong wind commenced to
blow, increasing in violence toward night.
There was heavy sea running at 10
o'clock. They were off Oshima and the
vessel was going at full steam. At that time
terrific noise was heard and all that fol-
lowed was confusion. A terrible scene en-
sued Men and officers were mostly below
in their berths. Those who were not killed
on the spot rushed up on what remained Of
the deck to find the vessel laundering. The
bandmaster says that nothing was left Of
the vessel but little pieces, but that is prob
ably picturesque exaggeration. The cap
tain, Ali Bey, appeared on the bridge for
@es "as ave sesoa " Then he s dsap
peared and was seen no more. The surviy-
ors say that he made no effort to save him.
self. The navigation officer, Nouri Bey,
persisted in the same way. The chief
engineer was almost the first to die. He,
perhaps, suspected that something was
wrong, for Immediately before the eXploSio
he went from his cabin to the engine-room,
and when the fatal moment arrived he was
literally DlOWu u dlUlHS. y CUupic VI
utes after all that remained of the Ertou-
groul as a vessel had sunk, and the sea was
full OF men fighting for life amid floating
debris. Many, it is said, went mad, threw
up their hands and sank. OSman Pasha,
the Admiral, was swimming toward the
shore, when he was struck on the head by
spar and sank Immediately. Those who
were saved were the strongest swimmers,
for the shore was quite mile and half
distant, and there was heavy sea running.
Only six officers and ffty-Seven OF the crew
reached the land, and many of those are so
fearfully injured that they are not expected
to recover 1t took the Lieutenant and his
comrade TWO hours to swim ashore, which
they did without receiving any injury.
Then they assisted some OF those who
were exhausted or injured to land. Out OF
the six officers who survived one has bro
ken leg and another broken arm, while
many of the men are badly hurt. The
Ert0ugrOul was very old vessel, having
formerly been used as trainlng-ship. The
engines IN her were Of English make, and
siderably older than this having previously
been a sailing vessel. She was thoroughly
Overhauled before she started ON the voyage
to Japan, and it was originally intended
that most of the journey should be made I'M
der sail. In consequence however, of her
getting ashore in the Suez Canal necessltat-
ing her going into dock for repairs, which
occupied about three months, the fixed plans
were more or less upset. Osman PaSha,
who has met his death in the disaster, was
the bearer of the decoration to the Emperor
He was an aid-de-camp to the Sultan and
grandson of Osman Pasha, the renowned de-
fender of Pevna during the Russo Turkish
war. He was young and distinguished ma
val officer, having received an official inti-
nation of his promotion to the rank OF Adj
miral during his stay at Singapore. Several
reasons have been suggested for the explo-
sion, but the only feasible ono is that more
steam pressure was being used than the
boilers could stand.