Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-24
HUNDREDS co DOWN
On the Good Ship Victoria Of
the Royal Navy,
THE CAMrERDOWN'S RAM
Plows Great Holes in Her Steel
Plating.
IN A MOMENT SHE FILLS.
Eoels Over and Sinks IN Water
80 Fathoms Deep.
Tho Queen Plunged In 0rci and Scores Of
British Romcs In Mourning Because Of
the Disaster Emperor William 10
Tho Duke Of tdiOburu OF The Sad
Event The News In This
counlry-HOw The Col.
llslon Occurred.
Eoels Over and Sinks in Water
80 Fathoms Deep.

London, June GA tragedy Of the
sea without paralcl IN the laval on'
nails Of recout iimrs occurred today,
The British hatlcship Victoria, the
flagship Of the Mediterranean sea
squadron, sunk on Tripod fiom col.
lslop with tho Camponown, u sis,es
shin Of tho squadron This tragedy, re-
sulhps In the loss Of 400 men, mcudips
the viccadmlral OF the squadron. has
not been oqualled since the sinking of
the Royal George when 600 souls found
d shroul In ocean's waves.
Accounts Of the disaster are meaEer
aud the responsibility for tho loss Of lifo
has not yci chen liked
Some OF the ships of the squadron were
maneuycriug when the powerful ram Of
the CAmperdown struck the Victoria for
ward of The iurfm on tho siaiboard side
Through the hole wator poured rapidly
sinking hor before efforts could be made
10 man the boats,
A few minutes after she struck the
water closed over her forever and many
brave hearts are gone to beat no more,
The loss Of the ship, with it's attendant
terrible uocrlhce So looked upon az con-
nrmng the opinion Of naval officers
concerning the monster war ahlpH Of tho
present day. While the Victoria might
| hc unmatched Nv TO bomhardng sea-
port town or IN destroying ncnpor'e, re-
| ports say abe was too unwolldy for much
good handling Naval engiuvcriug, they
point out, has hot prugreenrd NJ rapidly
na naval architecture demands. Il has
BEEN thought that twin screws were the
dosideratum no longcd for. They proved
excellent, Indeed, but there was waste
Of ncrTy 10 propel them, There Is bat
| llttle doubt Ia the minds Of those that
know, that the loss Of tho vessel was
mainly due 10 tho defects referred TO.
IL Is probable that neither tho Camper
down nor the Niclorla could not lessen
tho apced from tho cpziuea when required
While scarcely anythnR has been done
that could nudity the deadly action
officers OF the nayiea Of the World, hnvs
given hardly a thought 10 life boat drill,
HE uroof Of whlrh " scan Ia the great
loss OF life on board the Victoria
Ii " considered a severe lesson to the
unyies Of The world for the construction
OF their future naslep.
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hohhoh' 'uns p.i,,.t hs,,l.
latglty has befalen tiie British bau'n
ship Victoria hAssn't p w ~,
rnneAh Hluauion '"u ,.tl1a a.,v
have been ioaL ~ .'i ,,t,l $780,.
lhi Dag OF Nlee' Au'n'lAn ?" 800 -
, Tfyon, *. " ~ NAs fun w " Xxx,
cola sfspg,' .v"n '" ak. XIII,
eoass OF NE a'eu''e,''" sI IA can.
honh'u,s " XXX .,,., Dram ti,e isl.
palaussiy = ~ XII natIsh battlu
rnl o. 'yptp., I" XII hsiangiug 10
SUN N,'u'l''''Y'," ,,aA,on md unde,
ihe Medllerranenn 'q'91y ~.,,,.. Iahn.
: The command 81 Nap'''" N-'
s'en" ,,o,ssn.. hol,
inN IA. ,t,,oogl, which Tho wa
1 made IN her S'ae, in'slH' XXI, M ,a,n.ns,
! ter poured IN lp'sn'" ~ ~,
hull Of ihe sie'oria y my h S., ~ NJ,
! ~, anA before mos ~ ,u NM. N,
j had cast loose tpsu ILL., 49, Mi
wen' 70 ne oo''g'n' s XXX soms Of Ii,
~, cr.,y managed to RET out Of
su'., ,'., s"s as .s IN tic sinking yesas
4 ma werc reacued. The complement OH
;, ecr. apd crew d the Victoria cotpprise'