Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-06-29
OCEAN DISASTER.
Appalling Rcru,t Of a Collision OF
British Wsrshlpe
Tn er~st s.ssi~~hsp virssrss sans ~ me
Cs~sp~rasws over rsmr Hundred
0mr~r- sra wen Perish VIE.
sarngrsI rrvsa lest.

Toyuoy. June .H-Ta. colossal rrit
ish battle ship Victoria. of the Med
l'errsn~sn squadron one ~ the largest
war shir~ ~ the ns.isu. whirh carried
the sag ~ Nie- ADMIRAL >ir Georve
Trvou. X q n. was sunk or Tripali.
a town northeast II BcyrspoS syria. ~
day By the British batt,e~bip Camper
Down. also belonging ~ the Mc,iiter-
ranran squadron AMI unsirr Command
of Capt Charles johnson. aud az least
s10 lives were lost
IN enormous hole was broken in the
side u the Victoria through whfrh the
water poured in torrents The imuaens..
hall at oncu began to ~ctti. and before
thos~ on haarst of her cuuid east ie=rs.,
their small beats shr went - the bot
tom. carrying down with her nearly all
on board
managed ~ get out Of this suction Of
the sinking vessel and were re~estesL
Among those iost waS Vice Adm
TryoA
Rear Adm Albert n Markham. 81
the Trafalgar. the flagship % the rrar
admiral m the Mediterranean. has tel
~egraphed tn the admiralty FROM Tripsli.
under date of to-day. ~ follows. Il
regret that whiIc mancuvcrinx OF
TriPsdi this afternoon thr Victoria AMI
Canr-rtl,svvn coIii.ir'I The Victoria
Sank IN aftern minutes in eighteen
fath"uas u water She lies bottom up-
p~rrns~t The Camp-r,iovvns ram
struck che Victoria forward u the tar-
ret On the Startsparl side. Tweufv-ane
ofierr were drspw ned. Two hundred
and atty men were sawed The injury
10 IN. tarnperslown has not yet been
fully ase-rfainrd. but Il ; serious an.i
viii nece-sitsfe her going on dock tor
repairs I pruprs~ to send the surviv-
orr - Malta
The complement q o8iewrs aud crew
Of ths Nictaria comprised a0o men
The -e~ns at the calamity was III
frfp-aiL a scarurs t.fseu On the eastern
Mediterranean fifty miles aartaras8 q
Rsyrssst SYRIA, and . comparatively
short DISTANCE frasn ia. island ot ~
prr1S IL was in that part ~ the sea
that shr mct wJth q syrimss acrhlrnt n
January. f~9s and IN January = last
$50 A* N3FA . 84 EN
6rwwk esss~f arar Ptasea ant sae WIS
enlg Huatest after m irnsnrn~~ ananunt
af lah~sr aaa expense Han Nasrirs
nsurke captain sf the Victoria and a
~sn # she Eat. Esriof Iaga the young
e~s pest captain N the ItritiSA navy.
vas b~Hst r-sp.sasibie hsr the January
seeai-nt aud was severely reprim4nslesi
BY a court marital
~ ~~sn a. the afsirer e the K~5etarfs
Saht that tAsre wa danger N their
ship laundering critters WE'RE .psn -
rirS~ the cpili>iwn buishes 3 IN order
~ sr~p The WATER in the compartment
snta vhisB ta- easnp-rsissrvn aad Showed
her am The ~~aiierN tried a. ah~v tho
urs-r but the ship was nntsinE water
a. fast - siissss II sssissn anst while he
a~n we're NslI a. wurk shs ges~~L with
a-r Immense gan AMI he&vY tau hAmn-
-. turned ever and carrs~l them DOWN
The Victoria WAS q single t1rrrt ship
carrying tve fFs-san gums arssstnssvi IN
q farwarsi tarrrt esnatsi with - inches
IT compound srrussr. sae ts-lnnh EStan
gun firing ar ami hrrsasisidr auxiliary
armament u twelve Eiaeh ton guns
III. carried twwnt -sfns 4airk driug and
eight machine guns ~he was Of TO-
an tnn- displacement and I4ge0
hsgr~s pssver She was launched april
o f>~s was r~rutectsd hv eighteen inches
IT the finest steel armour and had
4 ma yimunn Of >psrd of tss kn"ts per
hour. She was on. Of tins largest iron
clads in the English navy. bsing $40 feet
long and % wiie- In the Transportation
building at the world fair Is a model
of the Victoria, of steel and nickel, and
costing e. $40.