Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-24

tudinal bulkhead, without communication
between them. In his opinion what had
occurred was this: The Camperdown had
struck the Victoria ripping blow, glancine
alongside and opening out the plates above
several of the compartments. The water
was then admitted into q number of the
compartments on one side of the ship caus-
ing her TO capsizc by its weight The SQUAD
ron headed by the Camperdown, had been
maneuvering in space of probably three
miles. leaving a small area for each vessel to
move in. A misunderstanding of signals
might have caused the accident.
sympathy from william.
The duke of Edinburgh has received this
dispatch from Emperor william:
Words cannot express our horror. We all
sympathize with our British comrades. AS n
token of our sympathy your ensign is flying
from the main mast OF our vessels, with our
own ensign at half-mast, according to my
orders
The duke of Edinburgh replied:
The British government, us well as its navy,
feels deeply the sympathy expressed by your
majesty and our brother officers of the German
navy for us In this great disaster.
In discussing the disaster this evening,
Lore Brassey, one time secretary of the Ad
mralty, said that the sinking of the Vic
toria supplied n strong argument against
building n big man-of-war. 1t was evident,
nc said, that the Victoria's armor afforded
her no protection. He thought it was wiser
to distribute the countrys naval strength
among many less pretentious men-of-war,
rather than among a few monster battle
ships
court circular issued this afternoon says
that the queen received the news with the
deepest grief and that ''her heart bled for
the many homes plunged in mourning"
victoria's Deep Sorrow.
The queen will publish tomorrow special
letter of coincidence with the families
afflicted by the disaster
The queen has sent Colonel Darlington to
express her sorrow and sympathy to Lady
Tryon.
On the evening following the afternoon of
the disaster Lady Tryon, who arrived from
Malta three weeks ago, was holding her
first reception of the season. Two hundred
guests were present When the news of her
husbands death was received she fell in
faint. Her functions have been postponed.
The lord mayor has opened relief fund
for the benefit of the families of the men
lost in the isaster. The newspapers all
publish leaders extending coincidence to the
friends of the drowned men. Every leader
eulogizes Admiral Tryon.
The Times says that the inquiry into the
causes of the disease must be searching and
exhaustivc-the punishment, if blame be
found to exist, adequate and untiinching
Comment of Naval Officers.
The loss of the Victoria is looked upon as
confirming the opinion of many naval officers
that the monster war ships of the present
day are decidedly too unwieldy for serious
man9uvering off seaboard. Naval en-
gineering has not advanced as rap
idly as naval architecture and the
stupendous mass of 10,000-ton war
ship cannot be controlled with the ease the
navy officer generally desires There is but
little doubt that the loss of the Victoria was
mainly due to this defect. 1t is probable
that either the Camperdown or the Victoria
could not lessen the impetus received from
Its engines when running.
1t is II fact that is generally commented on
that while SO much has been done to nullify
the deadly effect of the ram, naval engineers
have given hardly "a thought to life boat
drill, proof of which is seen in the immense
loss of life in connection with the sinking of
the Victoria. Taking it altogether the
disaster is regarded by naval people as a
severe lesson to the navies of the world.