The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-24

and pnid n most ElOWlHE 'EiDuto w snO "OsS's
Of Vice. Admiral Tryon. who. he said. was
ono q, tho Attest and most estoomed officers
In tho service Of her Majesty. Mr.. Glad
atone said there were Oil officers. seamen.
and how. and 107 marines on board tho ship
IT was feared that OF thls total OF us souls.
43o had boon lost lie was sure thasthe deep
est sympathy OF the House would be felt for
the brave mon who had found an early grave
in the service OF their country. and that It
would be extended to their relatives and
friends.
The Right Hon. Lord George Hamilton. for
merly First Lord Of tho Admiralty endorsed
everything that Mr.. Gladstone had said. and
expressed the deepest regret for the calamity
that had befallen tho country in tho loss Of so
many brave officers and mon.
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 tho House OF Commons.
The news of the calamity has caused the
most Intense excitement, not only among
those who Ind friends on board the Inflated
ship but among al classes OF tho population.
The Admiralty ofllco nWhitehall was besieged
By relatives and friends OF the officers and
crew. reporters seeking further details OF the
disaster and throngs attracted by curiosity.
30 dense was tho crowd In the vicinity that
the Admiralty officials we're compelled to sum-
mon the police to restrain the crowd.
No information has been received at tho Ad-
rniralty since the receipt OF Rear Admiral
Markham's first official telegram.
Lord George Hamilton said this evening
that without a doubt the mperdown's ram
had cut away the plating on the Victoria out
side Of several Of her transverse bulkheads.
Had this not been the case the bulkheads
could have been closed and the water kept In
one, or, Mt the most. two compartments. and
81 eli INV HpafeI Rut with
tho plating torn on cut away outside OF
several OF the bulkhends. the inflow OF water
would have been enormous. and there would
have been no time. even II It would have
awaited anything to close the bulkheads.
Lord George further said that he thought
that with the plating torn of the water
must have entered the ship in n solid mass.
and thus entering on ono side caused tho
vessel TO capsize almost Immediately. Tho
blow from the Cam perdown he thought. must
have been delivered slantingly. to have done
the damage he thought had been done. Tho
damage would be all the greater to n ship
with her bulkheads pierced. She would thus
DO worse of than a ship with no bulkheads.
Tho cause OF the collision. he said. was as yet
q matter OF con lecture, AMI he declined to OK
press an opinion on this point.
An interview was also had with tho Right
Hon. Arthur Bower Forwood. well-known
shipowner, senior partner OF the firm OF Leech.
Harrison Il Forwood OF Liverpool. and For
wood Brothers 4 Co. OF London. who was for
merly Secretary to the Admiralty. Mr.. For
wood said 1t WINS n wonder that such an acci-
dent had not occurred before. Tho Victoria
had longitud AL bulkhead running through
her. besides o number running across ship.
She was thus divided into compartments on
each side OF the longitudinal bulkhoad.
without com mnnication between them. In
his opinion what had occurred was
this: The Camperdown had struck
the Victoria a ripping blow. glancing
along tho side and opening out the plates
above several OF the compartments. The
water was then admitted into number OF tho
compartments on one sido OF the ship. causing
her to capsize by its great weight The lonei-
tudinal bulkhead was good thing in its way.
Mr.. Forwood said. but 1t did not serve to avert
disaster. The immediate cause OF tho col
lision. no added. cannot now DO exactly stated.
The squadron appears to have been manpu-
wiring. probably within spaco OF three miles,
leaving q small area for each vessel to move
in. misreading Of signals may have caused
the accident
The Duke Of Edinburgh has received this
despatch from Emperor William H.:
Words cannot express our horror. We all
sympathize with our British comrades. As
token Of our sympathy your ensign is flying
from tho mainmasts OF our vessels. with our
own ensign at half mast. according to my
orders"
Tho Duke Of Edinburgh replied
THE British navy and nation feel deeply the
sympathy expressed by your Majesty and our
brother officers OF the German navy for US In
this great disaster"
In discussing the disaster this evening Lord
Brassey some time Secretary Of the Admiralty.
said that the sinking OF the Victoria supplied a
et huildiDD m bi0
men-of-war. 1t was evident, he said that the
Victoria armor afforded her no protection from
the Camperdown's ram. While not convinced
that smaller vessels were safer than the larger
ones. he thought 1t wiser to distribute the coun-
trys naval strength among many less preten-
tious men, of-war rather than among few
monster battle ships. 1t was poor policy to
put SO many eggs In one basket.
A court circular Issued this evening says
that the Queen received the news with the
deepest grief, and that her heart beeds for
the many homes plunged In mourning" The
Queen will publish to- morrowa special letter
OF coincidence with tho families afflicted by
the disaster.
The Queen has sent Col. Darlington to ex-
press her sorrow and sympathy to Lady
Tryon. Last night Lady Tryon. who arrived
from Malta three weeks ago. was holdlRe her
first reception Of the season. Two hundred
guests were present. When the news Of her
husbands death reached her she fell In q faint
The state concert and other royal functions
on the programme for next week have been
postponed. The Lord Mayor has opened re-
lief fund for the benefit Of the needy families
who lost m en- bers In the disaster.
The morning newspapers all publish leaders
extending coincidence to the friends OF the
drowned men. Every leader eulogizes Admiral
Tryon. The DAILY Netos says editorially:
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