Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

that had attended the laundering OF sne
vessel The prime minister informea
the house of commons OF the accioenh
and paid most glowing tribute 70 sne
worth of vice-Admiral Tyron. VINO.
he said. was one of the ablest and most
esteemed officers in the service OF nee
majesty.
Mr.. Gladstone said that there "elo
GIL officers, seamen and boys ana W.
marines on board the ship. IL was
feared out of this total of us souls 4SV
had been lost. He was sure that tho
deepest sympathy Of the house wouio
be felt for the brave men who had
found an early sgrave in the service OF
the country, and they would be ex-
tended to their relatives and friends
Rt. Hon. George Hamilton, formerly
of the admiralty, Endorsed everything
Mr.. Gladstone had said, and expressed
the deepest regret for the calamity
that had befa1len the country In the
loss of so many brave officers and men.
As soon as the news of the disaster
became known in London. the duke
of Edinburgh, who was lately
promoted to the position of admiral OF
the feet, visited the admiralty and con-
ferred with the officials there.
A meeting of the admiralty board was
held and telegram of Instructions
was sent to Rear-Admiral Markham
The news of the calamity has caused
the most intense excitement, not only
among those who had friends on board
the Inflated ship, but among all classes
of the population.
In the house of lords, Earl Spencer,
first lord of the admiralty, referred TO-
the disaster in terms similar to those
employed by Mr.. Gladstone in the
house of commons
Among those saved is Lord Richard
Clifford, Vice-Admiral Tryon's flag
lieutenant, and eldest son and heir OF
the Earl of Clanwilliam.
Details of the accident are meager
and are received in struggling man
ner, owing to the remoteness OF Tri-
poll.
vIce-Admiral Tryon's Career.
WASHINGTON, June 24.-Sir George
Tryon, the vice-admiral who went
down in his flagship, is one of the best
known British naval officers.
Commander Chadwick. now in charge
of the naval intelligence Office here,
was with him during his residence in
London as United States naval at
tache. and he speaks in terms of high
praise of the admirals character
and ability as a naval officer.
He was a man of vast experience, his
service beginning in the days before
steam was prominent feature in
naval architecture, and running
through all of the various phrases of
development that were marked by the
substitution of steam for sail power
and iron for wooden hulls, of turrets
for broadsides and of armor for thin
sheathing. He was man who had
earned the highest honors within the
gift of the British nation. His
name first appears on the naval list
away back in the days of the
Crimean war, when he served in the
naval brigade before Sebastapool dur
ing the war of 1s5S-56, where he was
wounded. He was present at all the
operations before Sebastopol and at
the capture of Kimburn. He received
medals for distinction, and was special
ly mentioned in dispatches for services
as director of transports during the
Abyssinian war in 1868. He was pri-
vate secretary to the first lord of the
admiralty from 1871 to 1874, received
various orders of knighthood and re-
ceived the approval of the gover2-.
ment for the manner in which he
discharged his duties on the coast Of
Tunis and Sfax commission of inquiry
in 1881. He became acting permanent
secretary in the following year. In
1854 he became commander-in-chiefo of
the Australian station, and after a brief
attempt at q parliamentary career was
made admiral superintendent of naval
reserves in 1888. He commanded one
of the opposing fleets in the naval ma
neuvers in 1SS-s9-91. and was made
commander-in-chief of the Mediterra-
mean forces Aupust 20 1891