Grand Rapids herald., 1893-06-24


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All sGnrial sslegrsns il rsgasd 10 the
Ioas a the shsp viii - ssat - the
quseu q Wlsdons Caste A. 500 -
her mA5eso0 recs6ved peos Admiral
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diatoIy fDrune<1od - ~ - gave o.
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Mr., Gisdsepns vss gi~aely shocked
when he w1s informed d the sinklng II
ths Victoria and the great l0no q life
that had sttende<i The fouudrriug u the
vessel The prime minister infosmed
the house u commons AZ the accident.
and paid most glowing tribute 10 the
worth q vico Admiral Tryon. Who. he
said. vas ons q the aklsst and most -
t<<med ofhcers in the service of her
majesty. Mr. Gladstone said that there
werc Gil olf1cers. seameu end boys and
leG marines on board the ship II was
feared Of this total u rs souls 40 had
ss se ne - sess sns' sns ue1
f,is IL shs 5r.v ..s, -, hsd found
An earIx gr.xe ~ ths .e~x;ce a. their
eoupsry AMI that IL -m,ld be extrpd~d
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Captain Bourke was 10 command OF
the Victoria whom she sank. Accord
ing 10 the navy list the principal officers
Il the Victoria were: Vice Admiral.
Sir George Tryon; captain. Maurice A.
Bourke. commander. Charles l.. Ottlcy;
chaplain, the Rev. Samuel ). q. Morris:
feet SUR rseon. Thomas Bolster. fleet pay
razstsr. Valentine u. j. Rickord; iieet
engineer. Felix Foreman. The compli-
ment of officers and crew II the Victoria
comprised GOO men,. Tho list Of officers
drowned includes besides Vice Admiral
Tryon. Chaplain Morris Lieutenant
Monroe. Fleet Paymaster Rickord. Fleet
Engineer Foreman, Engineer Harding.
Assistant t.nzineers Deadman. Hath
esiy and seaton. Gunner Howell. Boat
swain barnard. Carpenter Bell, Mid
shspmen tawes. Lanyon. Henley. Gam
bier aud Scariett. Cadet Stokes and
Clerks Allenn and Savage.
us~R.n n..a. p.a
an 'n'er'"" VAS i1sa Win tne n'sh'
I,ea- iIlai"1 $1,000, well allo" y
Snip o"net' ssnior passnes oi sns nfn' o'
pool and Forwood Bros. 4 Co. Of Lon
don. who was secretary Of the admiralty.
Mr.. Forwood ssid il was "a woEder that
such an accident had not occurred be-
fore. The Victoria had longitudinal
bulkhsad running through her. besides
nunsher running across ship. She was
thus divided into compartments on each
side ~ the longitudal bulkhead without
a communication between them. In his
opinion what had occurred was this:
The Csmperdown had struck the Vic
toria q rapping blow. glancing along the
side and opening out the plates above
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,hir e,ussing her ,o saps,zr hv its great
weight The Ioupitndinal bullxhead was
a good thing In its wav. Mr.. Forwood
.a,a hut IL d,d not servc To avert d,sas-
ter The ,mmesiia,e eanse Of the col
Iision . he added -rannof now he ex-
actly stated The souadroo appears TO
have. been msneuyripr probably nithin
: sn..c- az three miles. leaving a small
s,,.re. f.,r each vessel to move in A
misreatine Of sicpals NAV have caused
tn, arc,d.nt
Wsissms sympathy.
The Duke OF Edinburgh has received
this dispatch frvm William H.: Words
cannot express our horror. We all sym
pathize with our British comrades. As
token Of our sympathy your ensign is
flying from the main ruasts Of our yes
sells. With our own ensign at half mast
according TO my orders"
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Teaches trsson-
In discussing the disaster this even
ing. Lord Braesey. one time secretary of
the admiralty, said that the sinking Of
the Victoria supplied strong argument
aCAnst building more big men of war.
II was evident. ne said. that the Victor
las armor afforded her no protection
from the Campcrdown's ram. While
not convinced that smaIIer yessels were
safer than large ones. he thought
IL vac easier To distribute the country's
strenrth among Iess prptentious men OF
war rather than a few monster battle
sbips II was noor policy Ia put SO
many eggs IN one basket.
circular issued this evening say-
that the queen received the news With
,he deepest rr,ef. and that .her heart
ble.ds f''r .he many homes pluured in
mourning-
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