New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-28
IN MEMORY OF THE ADMIRAL.
SERVICES IN LONDON FOR THE GALLANT
SIR GEORGE TRYON.
THE BArTLEsHIP TRIUMPH STARTS FOR MALTA
70 GET THE SURVIVORS OF THE VICTORIA
STRANGE APATHY OF THE LONDON

PAPERS.
Yonao, lime 27.-Services in memory OF Vice
Admira, Sir George Tryon, commissioning
:. .ho Mediterranean Station, who lost ms lie
.hrorcb the laundering Of his flagship inc VIZ
.or;a o6 Trpoli, Syria, on Thursday ias'' "cic
h,,d today in st. Peters Church. TINS CITY, vi
'.;., Vice Admiral Trvon was an active men-
b.r The services were largely attended. Among
those present were Lady Clemcntina Tryon. WIDOW
90 ,ho icoAdmiral and the members Of her
<amilv. the Duke of Edinburgh, ADMIRAL Of inc
Aoat tho Duke of Cambridge. cOmmandor-ln-chic'
Of Her Maiesty's forces; Earl Spencer. r1rs'
Jo,d NJ the Admiralty the Right Hon George D.
Coscben formerly Chancellor of the ENchequer
Az Gladstone wife Of the Prime Minister. anu
n large number Of high naval and military oi"oei'
The services, though simple. were extremely 'Nn-
pressive. following so closely as 'heF oiu upo"
t,s disaster. The burial service Of the Churcn
~ ENGLAND was read, after which the Deau
March from Saul" was played
The Vicar Of st. Peters. who omciaten a. vi"
scrviccsL paid touching tribute TO the oeau ','c
Admiral. pointing out his unspotteo ch"rao'oi' IN
Christian life and his great worth as a maj, "''
os a devoted servant of the Government, lie ~,
lated nnon the disaster. and drew from the oea'i
80 Woo. Admiral Tryon the lesson Of doing ones
dptv in the face of all dangers. even though ccr-
tain death stared one in the face
Tho battleship Triumph, the flagship ana por'
.uara shin AT Queenstown. has sailed from 'ha'
nor+ for Malta, for the purpose OF coh'e'ins ~
Ero,and the survivors of the disaster. who are eN
pccted to arrive at Malta shortly. ;..no
If o,y nroof was required as to the astonlshns
Ill, Of enterrrse on the part of the Engh'h press
., ia furnished by their apathy regarding the 'r'i
hi. disaster TO the Victoria. NO story OF 'he avn
aont which occurred on Thursday last' rcac'""
London until TO-DAY. s,o;,u,.
o. Admir,l Markhan1's first message, officially
reporting the disaster, arrived az 'he Au"''"s
Once on Thursday night. sleepy clerk az the
s,no, d;J NOT think the dispatch of sufficient in-
uov,anoe 10 open it, and left it lying on desk
until hundreds Of inquiries from private inol-
,;aro,s who had received personal dispatches, he-
oor ~ no received when he awokc to the iac' t'a'
the unopencd envelope might contain something
tbot would throw some light upon the suple''
OF the inquiries ..
Mono of the English papers had reporters a,
Triuoli or Beyrout, but The ZINES anu
~Standardn could easily have sent their reporters
<,o, Port Said or Alexandria, the former piace
heinz cnlg 500 miles FROM the scene oil INC aooi
dant and The latter 400 miles. On MONDAY 'hiee
and A half days after it was known the VI"
toria had foundered, The Times puohsneu
mere scrap CT Information. Even to-day ~ n''
onV short dlspa'cn iIoH DVyi'"' -,
aisnatch il discredts in editorial note Inc
standard to-day publishes dispatch from ror'
S.,d the tenor of which is similar to that III
s1he Times
A soon as the fact of the disaster was known
4, Ionaon the representative of the United rress
-,s,our, nhed 10 a ,irm of ship agents IN b;yrout'
mating arrangements with them to 1uihsii 10 n',a
full story OF the accident TOR ,rm 70 tne
newspapers of the United states Owins " o ""0
d;stance of BcyIout from the scene Oh ut IL a.,
dont ths .iHiculty Of getting the mel vi u'c ~
90 tall Rcar-Admral Markham keeping inc, fne''
,,,b,n STRICT bounds and The slownc>s OF inc iui
tsn tcIerraph officials, much delay was exp; rlehcH
an getting a story TO London ne thitcu - ~
.nrert IF the AFFAIR was filed in the telegraph Oh
Gce ON sunday morning, bnt it did not reach Lon
don until last night The representative VI III.
United Press had also made arrah4rh,hts Ioi a
S,Ii story upOn the arrival OF any OF inc Dil.'sn
a. AZ Malta. The report furnished las, nlsh' ny
Tic United Press is far fuller story thal any
thin, that has yet been printed III the Lo""oi
papers .-.s, nont furnished 10y the English
,orS ;s - most ridiculous picture OF \lce-adihliai
firvo, sinking beneath the water ana a! ti' Nan, san,
s;n,o waving a telescope at Rear Admiral Nlalk-
ham VINO stands the bridge oil 'he camper
private letter, written by sailor on tie
Victoria and received here to-day, relates .,a'
during torpedo practice near NauplLa' nd IVA wa,
the Victories cutter ran into torpedo dlu mao
sunt The crew swan about until they were
n;ckcd ND biz the Victoria's small boats ,;a,
In n dispatch dated June IS, K"ar-humli i',
atarLb,m repor.s that Admiral liyon ; tel,sc3p,
d;snatch box and cap were recpNtIe'u,, nn'
.hatt tho body had not been found. Admirai Marx
ham had transferred his fias to the warship Nie'