The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-26
Sad Scenes Enacted Mt the Admiralty
Office on Account of the sinking
of the Victoria.
Many Who Had Loved Ones on Board
Waited All Night For Some Ire.
liable News.
joy and Sorrow Mingled When the
Bulletin Of the Saved Was
Posted.

LONDON, June %. 1t would be hard
TO describe the feeling that prevails
everywhere in the kingdom in regard
to the calamity that has befallen the
country through the loss of the battle
ship Victoria off Tripoli, and the drown
ing of some of her officers and crew.
1t is not believed that a 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
STATIC officials was kept on duty all
night at the admiralty Office at White
hall for the purpose of receiving any Of
hcial 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
s~weethearts were members of the ILL
fated crew. Hundreds of persons liv-
ing In the provinces who had relatives
or friends or board the Victoria could
not wait at home for the receipt Of
further details of the disaster.
Scenes at h Admiralty ONCE.
As soon as they heard of the founder
ing of the ship they tool 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 respondent attitudes showing
the great mental strain they were un-
dergoing.
Through the long hours of the night,
the crowd gained numbers, and when
the list of names of the saved was
posted there was a terrible push to-
wards the bulletin board to learn who
had escaped the fate that had so sud-
denly carried of hundreds of England's
defenders. Those who were in the rear
OF the crowd, or were too far away to
q the names inscribed on the bulletin
were aided in their search for informa-
tion by s~tentorian men, who read aloud
the names OF the saved.
When women found that the names
they we're 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.
Waiting For Further News.
Many of the crowd still linger about
the admiralty Office, waiting the posi-
bae receipt OF further news. 1t is stated
that no attempt will be made to recover
the bodies of those who went down in
the Victoria. The vessel lies in $50 feet
of water, and it would be an almost
impossible task to recover the dead. It
is probable that in course OF a very few
days a number of the bodies will float
q from the hull, and all these will be
watched for and given burial on land.
Says h Was Cut In Two.
Adispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Malta states that the Victoria was
cut in two.
Most of those who lest 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 battleship
Edinburgh, n of the feet under his
command where he died O after.
wards. The dispatch vessel Surprise,
commanded by b. F. Tillard, is ex.
pected to arrive at Malta in q few hours.
She will convey to Malta the body OF
Rear Admiral Tryon.
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