Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-27
THE VICTORIA DISASTER.


New York, June 2d-'rhe extra odl
tion Of the Evening World today CON
,,t,. .,tl.. e,,,, ir,n,,il syrts ei,ln,,
tue hfst iul dcihils OF inc SINKING ul
tie ship Victoria, H iolnwH;
Al q o',ln,t inst Thursdnv afnrnonn
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lho us H"p'N'hr Ni''"lla "hu 'nn'p'r
down, l3dinburp Nile and NonpHrcl were
drawn up Ia full front. makinu for the
b,l.r ma. vt,t,,ta ,,,s "a, tt,, ,,nt,r
'"''''"
| the Campcrdown on the lrit tue filn-
burg on the right When within i've
uu,s of shnre Ilcnr Admiral Geor,n.
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lfFon slghhlrh 70 lnln anu ipiul W u'u'
| BILE line, This meant the Victoria aid
/ CnmprrdoNn were 10 ~ AHEAD y niue
aud desclihe a turn we Victoria 'ulh,hE
] 10 the left aud the ChmprfdoWu TO tue
| right.
Ihrn they would advance side 10y side
| m the direction from which they lal
come. The others would make double
column order and advance hslhn9
When the order War gwen the uHlhn,F
/ between tho slnpH wits less tihn Two
cables. The execution Of mo order
was easy iof lh' Hnlps lul,hes hWh!
from the center, hut diiheult FOR thn
| Nictorm anu tahipohoWh' i"r thell ppWh
must pnhs Wthin a rev lannon's 81 rhsh
| other nus movement " ulVn nnlV.
| Whether ltenr Admiral Nmrkhlln 81 Tue
CAmpcrdown could not believe ne move
were 40 close together, or because be
thought Admiral Ityon mad mseaIcu'
| lated the distance, he il1 not set hp9ui
the execution 81 we 9rq.H ~, mul slt,,',t,i
] he did not understand ~ me Nletoilh
nnl the other Yrss'lH Dol hnl hesllhiHi
The Victoria began TO turn ~ once.
IS She was held IN the Hignnl, ihe Gam
perdOwn began ~ turn. Ihr brl"i delay
( had Z. fatal effect The victoria hhu
I nearly turned aud the tnmprfdpwn
swinging around, bore down upon hrr
Both admifals were quick to ncii Try
ON swung the Victoria W. ~ 10 receive
nt the smnllust angle the shock, which
both officer saw WIS coming Markham
did tbu same Ton the tnmperdOwn, r.
yrrsing her screws The ram OF tho
Cnmpordown struck She Nictorin Just
behind the armpred hulkhood and plnnR
/ pd into the thin plates Tile nrinor on
! ihe bulkhead Of tho forward part Of
tha Nir0rin above the wntcr line was
mere cardboard 10 the great iron wedge.
There was a smashing ~ wood and iron
plnfrs. aud eight feet Of bow and rnm
an tbr Camperduwn crashed twenty feet
mn Tho Victoria.
Nm CaiitpnrtioNu wis halted. aud na
nor screws were reversed. she began 20
bnak away. An The othrr tcasels were
| uiUNluW 10 gel mo 0Nutlt llilt lfiinN
iheir leaders ana iiey were hearing down
on M entnngled ships and catastrophe
vas Imminent
Tho yittOia's bOW WIS not pointed
toward the shore II seemed Tryon did
moi realize Tie extent Of The danger to
ibr Nict0dn, ~ nothing Of Ills Kind
had ever happened before. ~ When ilis
Crmter,lown aud other ships hRnalled
10 ask II boats were needed. be answered
he did not need them Il IL rule Of
tho british, that IN case Of danger Of
slranding with ilie shore uvar az band,
she must be- goi into shallow water, ~
that " she goes down she may b. raised
again. 80 Admiral Tryon WIS making
for the shore aud wldculug The distance
between the Victoria and The other ships.
When the Cnmperdowl struck tie Vie.
ioria the men AT the wheel were On The
bridge Ia full view ~ were also The
dssk officers Most Of the CROW were Oh
the forward deck, lOuuginR about trying
10 keep cool under the bl1zlng suu ui
elear, calm sl,y. With the crash they
ran into the hatiery, and ~ far az ~
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