New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-13
FOREIGN NAVAL NOTES.

II the commanders In the British Navy who su"cr
their vessels :" TO be stranded or run upon a rock
liable TO court-martal aud suspension 'i
rank duty and pay, as officers In the A"'e''.'
Navy the British Register Of 1893 will make hne
showing of officers under suspension" Here is 'he
record for ten days following the miudie OF N"s
The warspite struck about amldships rock Oh .nc
coast Of british Columbia and her mi uries are lar
more extensive than at first supposed oon'"
able length OF l,er false bottom, steel plates anu 80
have been torn away and bad indeh'auo"' 10" 49,
made In several places In the snip "' -
The vessel was running at n 14-Khot si'e"
struck and a survey made aferward sho"cu o'',
-. ,o,h.,. 90 o,gbteen feet depth Of water over
IN. rock and the Warspite draws twchty-iour leu''
Tho british twtn-scrcw 3,4oo-ton cruiser hP'"o
.,ruc, the rocks of Berehaven few days "so, "'N
the report SAYS "a terrible loss OF HE OF "'oo"' "
,1tb WIS only averted by the cooineos ana pionp
.ssn =, tho commander OF the Apollo just beio'e
the vessel struck the rocks sie n"io"'
running into the cruiser Naiad' ,.,..
-, che now British cruiser Hawk was beihg
eootod ont OF the Chatham dockyaTd ten DAYS ago
sse w.Dx over bodily 10 the starboau' sh''sni's
the snoring and other heavy tmpers lh'o "''
wood she was fortunately secured Delore s"e
struck the stone sldings of the DOCK anu 'ii'
.scoped serious damage. But she was severely
strained and her going over was due 10 1no ''''
Iessness In the distribution OF weights HIT 'oi
,ucton cost the Government $3,75oO00.
Another unaccountable" except from careiessheSS)
accident was that of the gtnboat SharpShoo'er "n"e
engaged In the recent manOcuvres about twenty "les
off the Scilly Islands. 1t Is declared tha' .ie nun
leaked like sieve, and that the men Ill '"e e7'
nesrs departmcnt stood waist high in the water dur
ing a few hours of heavy weather. when she s"PPou
..vcntv TONS of whter Her boiler tubes also Leaked
en- badly that the water put out the fires In the i
naces making it impossible TO keep her engines so,e
The gunbeat drifted close 10 the Siy ISLANDS, wien
the cruiser Theus interrupted her ana to"eo hci "
plymouth. .
The British Admiralty have had TO READ lessohs'
ar rather warnings from the recent prelimhar! pio
.d,,.s NJ the naval nanoeuvrcs. As happens every
wear there has been "A number of accidents TO steam
machinery mostly auxiliary engines wheh res"i,
o,ite AS careful supervision. both OF Manufacture anu
management the powerful ones tSs from pcr
forming by the breakdown Of "conKey rour os
feships and five cruisers also coaIed III hiat 1r
fons an hour each making total of three days LOT
5000 which is very poor work indeed , T 'i
There's a wave OF cholera among the crews OF
the traIsporshp Croon Hail." read cable aSpatGn
The posoning OF the crew by eating salt meat which
had become putrd through the ar grnne few l SaVs
after the ship left Calcutta. and before she couia ce
back to port SIX Of and scarcely amy had escaped
serious Sonr blacksmith of Quebec named Ferdinand
nllard is credited with having IRE discovered the long
last ART known 10 the pyramid builders Of Egypt OF
hardening copper Axes and other edged tools, MADE
OF copper and hardened, have been exhibited by MN
which In edge and temper, equal the best steel 81 IN;
present day. lie prepared sheet OF his haruehea
copper / "a inch in thickness ana mao II 100 e
at The Government rife range at Quebec. Al the first
shot fired from forty yards distance. the buile was
shvered into fragments The second bullet suurh
The pate more fairly and was not only completely
fattened but remained lmbedded IN the plate, whch
n merely dented without cracking 1t In any way TX
perts pronounce this as vastly superior to anything
The best steel could do under the CIRCUMSTANCES alo
The matter is TO be given the immediate attention oi
The British Lords of the Admiralty