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would say generally that all the modern vessel
are liable 10 such mishaps."
WRECK OF THE VICTORIA.
The Camperdown Struck Her Almost ut
Right Angles.

Inc ComperoOWn Struck Her Almost n
Right Angles.
A dispatch received at o'clock this morning
from Beyroot says that the Victoria Camper.
down collision occurred at o'clock yesterday
afternoon about seven miles from Tripoli The
vessels were almost ct right angles when the
Victoria was struck. Those on the Victoria:
deck at the moment Of the collision scrambled
away and were rescued by boats from the
Camperdown and several other vessels. The
men below had no time to reach the deck. The
sudden heeling Of the Victoria caused her to
begin to ill Immediately and no escape was
possible. She went down in eighty fathoms oil
water. It il difficult to obtain the names Of the
rescued, as they are aboard several vessels and
30 far all efforts have been devoted to recover
ing bodies.
shortly after the collision five bodies were
taken from the water, one OF them the body OF
the chief paymaster. They were buried last
evening with military honors ut Tripoh- The
Camperdown was severely damaged forward In
the collision. Temporary repairs viii be made
and she will start for home.
10 Ia said that several times the Victoria had
shown signs Of weakness in her steering gear
One theory is that on account of this weakness
she became urmanageable and could not be got
out OF the Camperdowns way.
WHAT Is SAID IN LONDON.
An interview was had with Lord George Ham,
lton in London to ascertain his views as to the
disaster to the battle ship Victoria He said
that without doubt the Camperdown'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
at most two compartments and the vessel would
still have foated- But with the plating torn
of or cut away outside Of several Of the bulk
heads the inflow OF water would have been
enormous, and there would have been no time,
even il il would have awaited anything, to close
the bulkneads.
Lord George Hamilton further said he thought
with the plating torn of. the water must have
entered the ship in solid mass. and thus entering
on one side caused the vessel to capsize almost
Immediately. The blow from the Camperdown,
he thought, must have been delivered slantingly
to have done the damage he thought had been
done.
The damage would be all the greater to a ship
with her bulkheads pierced She would thus
be worse of than a ship with no bulkheads-
The cause of the collision, he said, was as vet
p matter Of conjecture. and he declined to ex-
press an opinion on this point
TRYING TO EXPLAIN.
An interview was also had with the Right
Hon. Arthur Bower Forwood. a wel-kaown
shipowner, senior partner of the firm of Leech.
Harrison 4 Forwood of Liverpool. and Of
Wood Bros. & Co. Of London. who was formerly
secretary to the admiralty. Mr.. FOrwood said
1t was . wonder that such an accident had not
occurred before. The Victoria had longitudinal
bulkhead running through her. besides num-
Der running across ship. She was thus divided
into compartments on each side OF the longitu-
dinal bulkhead without communication between
them.
Ills opinion, what had occurred was this: The
Camperdown had struck the Victoria rapping
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the plates above several of the compartments.
The water was then admitted into number of
the compartments on one side OF the ship.
causing her to capsize b. it, great weight The
longitudinal bclkhead was a good thing in its
wsy, Mr.. Forwood said. but il did not serve to
avert the disaster.
The immediate cause Of the collision he
added, "cannot now be exactly stated. The squad
ron appears to have been maneuvering probably
within . space OF three miles, leaving a small
AREA for each vessel TO move in A misleading
OF signals may have caused the accident"
An ARGUMENT AGAINST BIG SHIPS.
In discussing the disaster Lord Brassey,
sometime secretary OF the admiralty, said that
the sinking OF the Victoria supplied a strong
argument against building more big men-of-
war. It was evident, he said. that the Vietoria's
srmor afforded her no protection from the
Csmpsrdown's ram While not convinced that
Wrought 10 wiser TO distribute the countrys
hawai- strength among many less pretentious
tnen-of-war rather than among few monster
battle ships. 1t was poor policy to put SO
many eggsin one basket.
SORROW OF TIE QUEEN.
The queen has sent Col Darlington TO ex-
Dress her sorrow and sympathy to Lady Tryon.
Lady Tryon. who arrived from Malta three
weeks ago. was holding her first reception of
Aha laat Txn hnD Hyed
were present When the news Of her hus-
bands death reached her she fell in faint.
The state concert and other royal functions
On the program for next week have been post
poned. The lord mayor has opened relief
fund for the benefit Of the needy families who
lost members in the disaster.
sYxPArHY OF THE KAISER
The Duke Of Edinburgh has received this dis
patch from Emperor William III: Words can
hot express our horror. We all sympathize
With our British comrades As token of our
sympathy your ensign ia flying from the main
Dasts Of our vessels, with our own ensign at
hAlf-mass, according to my orders"
The Duke of Edinburgh replied: ''The Brit
lsh navy and nation feel deeply the sympathy
expressed by your majesty and our brother
onacers Of the German navy for us in this great
disaster"
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
The London morning newspapers are filed
with articles describing the vessels, and with
obituaries Of the most conspicuous officers lost.
All public leaders are extending coincidence to
the friends Of the drowned men. Every leader
eulogizes Admiral Tryon. The Daily Ne,os
says editorially: america will thrill at the
news, coming it does when the New York
cheers for our squadron have hardly died away.
Are we to pay so much in millions and broken
hearts only to learn that the compartment sys-
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