Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-06-30
4OO Lives LOST.
Two British Battle Ships Collide
OFF TripOIi.
Nice-Admiral TyrOu aud Twenty OtheI
Officers.

A despatch from London. Eng. states thai
the new iruurlal Victoria, built hy the Arm
strOngs, was r~s=~- hy the Clmpcrluwh
while maneuvorng OF Tripoli, going down
Immediately
Four hundred uf the crew and officers, in
Guiding Wee Admiral Tryun. persisted.
Rear Admiral Albert II. Markham Of the
Trafalgar, the flagship Of the rear admiral in
the Mediterranean. has trlegruphrd the ad-
mirality from TripOli, Syriu, ~ follows:
II regret to report that while manruvrinp
on TrpOli the Victoria and Camprrduwn col
lided. The Victoria sank IN tftecn minutes
In eighteen iathom- Of watrr. She lies bot
tom uppermosL The CAmprrdowns ram
struck the Victoria forward of the turrct, ON
the ~tarboard side. Twcnty-unr officers were
drowned: 2jj men wcrr saved. The injury
to the Camperdown has not yet been fully as
certaIned, but 1t is serious and will nrrcssi-
tate her going on dock for repairs. propose
To- send the survivors to Malta
The list Of officers drowned include, besides
Nice-Adniral TryUn, Chaplain Morris, Lieut.
enant Munro, Fleet Paymaster k"k"urd, Fleet
Engineer Foreman, Engineer Harding, A.
sistant Engineers Deadman. HHth"rly and
Seatou, Gunner Howell, Boatswaip Barnard,
Carpenter Beall Mdshipmen Inglis Grieye,
FHwkes, LanvOn, Henley, Gambler and Scar
lett, Cadet Stock and Clerks Allen and Say
age. A change had recently been made In the
commander attached to the Victoria, Charles
J. 0ttley having been detached and succeeded
by Commander F"llrume, who was saved, H.
werr also Captain Maurice A. BOurke and iit-
teen other oillcer-.
TripOl near which the disaster occurred,
is seaport town on the eastern Mediterranean,
lifty miles northeast uf Bayroot, Syria, and II
comparatively short distance from the Island
Of Cyprus. The eastern Mediterranean has
proved most uufOrtuuat" cruising ground
for the Victoria, for il Wa in this part of the
sea that sh" met with her serious accident in
January 1892.
A. soon a. the news uf the disaster became
known in London. the Duk" Of Edinburgh
visited the admiralty and conferred with the
officials there. A meeting of the Admiralty
Board w,t1 held. and "A Telegram Of in-tretionS
was sent to Rear Admiral Markham.
when the Queen received Rear Admiral
Markham's despatch she gave orders for the
, pOstponemrnt OF the state ball at Bucking-
/ ham Palace.
I Mr.. Gladstone was greatly shocked. He
informed the House OF Commons OF che ac-
7 cident, and paid a most glowing tribute to
the worth Of Nice-Admiral Tyron, who, he
/ said, was one ot the ahlrSt and most esteemed
officers in the service of her Majesty. Mr..
/ Gladstone said that there were Gil officers,
-pnmrn and boys and l01 marines on board
the ship 1t was feared of this total Of 7l3
souls 430 had been lost
/ The London newspapers are filled with ar
ticles describing the vessels, and with Ubltu-
aries of the most conspicuous officers lost.
! All publish leaders extending coincidence to
the friends Of the drowned men. Every
leader eulogizes Admiral Tyron. The Daily
: News SAYS editoriRlly America will thrill al
the news, coming a. 1t does when the New
York cheers for our squadron have hardly
died away.
The Victoria was regarded as perfect eN'
ample of the modern warhip, and n silver
model Of her was pr,srntr,fto the Queen n,
the naval jubilee present.
The Camperdowu was severely damaged
forward in the collision. Temporary repairs
will be made and she will then start for home
1t is said here that several times the
Victoria had shown signs Of weakness in hel
steering gear. One theory is that on account
Of this weakness she became unmanAgeahlt
and could not h. got out ofthe Camperdowu
way.
There is model Of her Majesty's ship. Vie
torin, in the transportation Building at Chi
rago. 1t is the largest and finest model o
any vessel at the fair. A. soon rs it became
known that the Victoria and her crew haC
gone to the bottom of the Mediterranean sea
Worlds Fair visitors Hooked around tn,
model by the thousands. The crowd finally
became so great that ii was necessary for The
guards to clear the aisles.