The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1893-06-29
Sad Scenes Enacted at the
Admiralty Office.
THE SINKING OF THE VICTORIA
Many Who Had Loved Ones on Board
Waited All Night For Reliable News
Joy and Sorrow Mingled When
the Bulletin of the Saved Was
Posted - Other Particulars.

LONDON, June 26. 1T would be hard
to describe the feeling tnat prevails
everywhere in the kingdom in regard
to the calamity that has befallen the
country through the loss Of the battle.
ship Victoria off Tripo1i, and the drown
ing of some of her officers and crew.
1t is not believed that full story OF
the sad affair can be obtained until the
arrival at Malta of the Camperdown,
which ran into the Victoria, or some
other vessel belonging to the British
Mediterranean squadron, conveying sur
vivors from the Victoria. A special
staff of officials was kept on duty all
night at the admiralty office at White
hall for the purpose Of receiving any Of
ticial dispatches that might arrive. The
only information received, however,
was the names of those who had been
saved. In the meantime an immense
crowd gathered around the admiralty
office, ready to grasp any speck of in
formation. In the crowd were many
sallow-faced women and children and
young girls whose husbands, fathers or
sweethearts were members of the ILL
fated crew. Hundreds of persons liv-
ing in the provinces who had relatives
or friends on board the Victoria could
not wait at home for the receipt Of
further details of the disaster.
Scenes at the Admiralty Office.
AS soon as they heard of the founder
ing of the ship they took trains for
London, in the belief that at the admir-
atty office they would soon learn
whether their loved ones had escaped or
gone down with the ship in which they
served. Many of those stood silently
throughout the night, their drawn
faces and despondent attitudes showing
the great mental strain they were un-
dergong.
Through the long hours of the night,
the crowd gained numbers, and when
the list of names of the saved was
posted there was terrible push to-
wards the bulletin board to learn who
had escaped the fate that had so sud
denly carried off hundreds Of England's
defenders Those who were in the rear
Of the crowd, or were too far away to
see the names inscribed on the bulletin
were aided in their search for inforlna.
tion by stentorian men, who read aloud
the names of the saved
When women found that the names
they were listening for were not on the
list they cried, and turned and walked
bitterly and despondently away, while
others tainted and had to be attended
by the police, of whom extras were on
duty. The only gladness to the scene
was when some OF the crowd heard the
name of some loved one read
Says She Was Cut In Two.
Adispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Malta states that the Victoria was
cut in two.
Most Of those who lost their lives
were drowned by being drawn under
the water by the suction caused by the
sinking ship.
Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon
was picked up shortly after the
laundering of his flagship and
carried on board the battleshir
Edinburgh, one OF the fleet under his
command where he died soon after.
wards The dispatch vessel Surprise
commanded by B. F. Tillard, is ex.
pected to arrive at Malta in few hours.
She will convey to Malta the body OF
Rear Admiral Tryon.
The remainder of the fleet is due to
arrive at Malta on Monday.