Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-23
A GRAVE IN THE DEEP
The Pride Of the English Navy En-
Quilted BY tho ocean.
nuSpnEus OF LIVES LOST.
Vice Admiral Tryon Among the VIC
tims.-Parilcular OF the SAD
Calamity.

calamity has befallon the British bat
,leship Victoria, the nagship Of the
Mediterranean squadron, AMI nun
d,eds of lives have been lost VIC
torip, which flew the nag Of vice
Admiral Sir George Tryon, a. u b.
wos run into OIL Tnpoli by the
british baitleship Camperdown, also
belonging to the Mediterranean squad
ran and under command OF Captain
Cbarles Johnstono. The Victoria had
an ,normous hole made in her side
through which the water poured IN
torrsnts. The Immense hull OF VIC
toris AT once began to settle aud before
M ne on board could cast loose thelr
email boats she went to the bottom
carving down with her nearly All on
boniJ. SOME OF the officers aud crew
MANAGED get out0f the suction caused
by the sinking vefael ana were rescueu;
Among those lost were Vice Aumlrh
Tryou. The first reports OF the dlsas'
Ter stntod that about two hundred men
had been drowned, but later auNloes
show that the Ices Of life was lAt
greater, not less than four hundred
oiiicors ana crow Of the Victoria nav
ing gone dcwn With the snip.
Thu Victoria was twin screw battle
chip OF ~, 40 tons and lliOOO morse
power. Sue mounted nf,en guns
The Camperdown wao also hrst oil iss
twin eorow battle ship OF lOibOO tons
and 1850 horse power nnd
carried ten guns. Admiral 5lr
George Tryon was commander.
in.chief OF the Mediterranean station.
Rear Admiral Albert II. Markham OF
the Trafalgar, the flagship OF the rear
admiral In the Mediterranean, 'eis-
graphed 10 the admiralty from ItlppU,
syria, under date OF today ~ iollows'
~ regret TO report that while ma
nmvtring oil Tripoli this afternoon the
Victoria and Camperdown oOllided.
The Victoria sank In nfteen minutes
In eighteen iathoms OF water she
lies with her bottom uppernlosl.
This CnmperdOwn's ram struck
Victoria forward OF the tuIIet on siaf-
hoard side. Twenty.ono officers were
drowned. Two hundred and nf1y-hvc
mon were snvod. The injury to the
Camperiown Is not yet fuily ascer'
tanned, but IL II serious and will NO.
cessitate her going on DOCK Tor repairs
| proporo TO send the SURVIVORS 70
Malta.
The vessel carried 600 officers and
men. The officers drowned, In nd
dition 10 Tryon, include;
Chaplain Morris.
Lieut.. Munro.
Fleet Paymaster Rlckford.
Fleet Engineer Foreman.
Enulu.r Harding
Assistant Engineers Daodman, Hath
ly anu Seaton.
Gunner Howell.
BOatswAin Barnard.
Carpenter BeAll,
Midshipmon Inglis, Grieve, Fawkes,
Henley, Gambler and scarletL
Cadet Stocks.
Clerko Allen and Savage.
AZ soon as the oiilcers Of the Victoria
saw the danger OF the ship ioundering,
orders were given 10 close the collision
bulkheAds TO keep the water In the
compartment into which the Camper
down showed her ram. The sailors
tried 10 obey the order but the ship
was making water too fast 10 allow the
closing OF the bulkheads, and while the
men were still trying TO shut thom the
vessel, with the immense guns and
heavy top hamper, turned over and
carried them down.
THE NEWS REACHES LONDON.
Az soon ~ tho news OF the disaster
became known In London, the duke
OF Edinburgh, lately promoted 10 the
position OF admiral OF the fleet, visited
the admiralty and conferred with the
officials. A meeting OF the admiralty
board was held, and n Telegram OF
instructions sent 10 Rear Admiral
Markham. The news OF the calamity
caused the most intense excitement,
not only among those wh0 had friends
on board the lll-iated ship, but among
Nil classes OF the population. The
admiralty Office In Whitehall was be-.
siegel by relatives and friends Of the
officers and crew, reporters seeking
further details OF the disaster, anu
thTOnga attracted by curiosity, So
dense was tho throng in the vicinity
OF the admiralty that the officials were
compelled TO summon the police 10 re-
strain the crowd,
No information has been received at
the Admiralty since the receipt OF
Rear Admiral Markham's first official
telegram, above repeated. All the
0niclal kilograms In regard TO the loss
OF the ship were sent at once 10 the
queen nj Windsor castle. As her ma
losty received Rear Admiral Marham'p
despatch she gave orders for tho post
ponement OF the hiate ball to have
taken place at buckingham palace to.
night.
Gladstone was greatly shocked when
informed Of the fact. Ito Informed the
hOuee OF commons Of the accident,
amt paid n most glowing tribute TO the
worth Of Vice Admiral Tfyon, who,
he said, was one Of the highest,
ablest anu most esteemed officers In
the tervloo. Gladstone said there were
Oil officers, peamen and boys, aud lO7
marines on board. IL was feared that
OF this total Of 7ls souls, 43O had been
lost. He was sure the deepest gym
paihy Of tho house would be felt for the
brave men who found an carly grave
In tho service OF their country, and
That would be extended to their rela.
lives and friends.
Right Hon. Lord George Hamilton,
formerly fret lord OF the admiralty,
endorsed everything Gladstone had
SAID and expressed the deepest regret
Tor the calamity that had befallen the
country In the l0ss OF 30 many brave
officers and mon.
a MODEL OF THE snip.
CHICAGO, June 20. - There Ia q
model OF her malosty's ship Victoria,
which sank In the Mediterranean sea,