Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-06-28
DROWNED, SCALDED, CUT
vaCTORHA TRAGEDY ONE OK
THE WORST KNOWN.
rhOse of The Crew who Did Not
Drown Were Nna"xIed NV The
screws or Scalded TO Death
DAsctpltne GOOD To The Last.

Drown Were aanxled NV The |
screws or scalded TO Death
discipline GOOD TO The Last.
LONDON, June 26.-Thc United Press
correspondent sends from Beyreut an
account of the sinking of the war ship
Victoria by the war ship Campcrdown.
The weather was sunny. There was
no breeze. The sea was smooth as a
mirror. The vessels had been drawn up
in double line. Abreast they were about
six cable lengths apart. The bow OF
each vessel was two cable lengths from
the stern Of the vessel ahead At about
O'Clock the feet was thus approaching
Tripoh.
Admiral Tryon signalled the order for
single file. At the time when the order
| was given the Victoria and the Camper
| down were almost exactly abreast. Goth
| turned slowly with a sweeping move
mcnts and their bows cunverged. The
| Campcrdowu pushed heavily upon the
Victoria and rammcd her on the star
l,oard side near the box She tore with
tr. rnendous force into the Victoria's hull
and drove the ram with a crash right
through to the Victoria's middle.
Ii was Just $3.50 O'Clock when the VIC
| toria began to founder.
| Admiral Tryon tried at first to run
| asore, but the dist ance, nearly five miles,
was too great. The great vessel turned
| over broadsde eight minutes after she
was struck down. Dicipline was m;iiIi-
tanned i'll the few minutes between the
collision and the catastrophe. lnvalI 1S
were brought on deck and provision
made hastily tor their safety i'll case St
he worst. The crew remained at their
posts.
When five minutes were up, Admiral
| Tryon apparently realized that his yes
sci was doomed beyond all hope of sue
cess. He then gave the order: Let
every man save himself" Many of the
| men rushed from their posts to the vessels
side and jumped into the sea- Others
| were hurrving from below to folio W
them when the end came.
The boat disappeared gradually "a
FIRST, then rapidly plunged SO that the
hull stood almost pcrpe ndicular in th'
water, paused motionlesS for a nome II t
and finally rolled completely over.
Two tremendous EXPLOSIONS wcrr hcart
and then the Victoria settled under. Ad
niral Tryon did not leave the ship. ii
| was the last man seen.
"Details OF rhe Tragedy
Another account says:
About O'Clock last Thursday after
noon the British fleet came i'll sight of tn
town of Jripoli, making directly for tn
harbor. Five big ironclads were dra ~
up in tull front. When they were wit hi
FIVE miles of shore, Vice-A lmiral 81
J. George Tryon signallcd to turn and forr
in double line. The execution of the Oh
der was extremely difficult for the Vie
Itoria and the Camperdown. who /
- turning their bows, would pass with
Il few fathoms of each other.
Admiral Markham, of the Campo
down, did not set about executing AC
miral Tryon's order, but signaled IN
he did not understand it, while the vi
tnria had not hesitated and began
turn at once. The Camperdown II
longer hcstated. but also began to tor
The brief delay, however. had been fat
The Victoria had nearly turned and tt
Camperdown swinging around, bO
downaher upon. Ad iral Tryon swur
Victoria so as to receive at the smatle
angie the blow which both officials Sa
was inevitable, and Admiral Mark ha
did the same for the Camperdown, b
sides reversing her screws. The ram
the Camperdown struck the hull OF &
Victoria just in front of the armOr'
bulkhe and crashed 20 feet into t
Victoria.
The Victoria was at once headed +
shore and steamed for minute, the q
cipline being perfect. Suddenly she lean
to starboard and with a great roll al
plunge buried her bow in the sea
the vessel gradually sunk. the >cre'
created great vortex, into which t
men were drawn in plain sight OF t
other vessels and dismembered bv I
revolving blades of the screws. He;u'
limbs and trunks of human bodies W.
thrown out OF the deep cone of WA
and fell back and disappeared.
The horror of this scene turned sick
who beheld it. The men in the water
danger OF this new death lost their pr
encc of mind. and good swimmers Cea'
to swim Scarcely had he vessel SeIt
SO low that the vortex closed up "
the boil, RS burst, and those who
escaped the chopping knives we're be
ing waves of scalding water.
The small boats were soon picking
the fortunate ones who had pOttC'i
of reach of the terrible vortex. As Il
. as the vortex was there the boats da
not venture near, but they did lit II
= the scalding water several wretC
sailors who were horribly burned
thought that more than halt of til
drowned got ouG of the ship, but v
caught in the vortex or scalded to de-
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