The morning call., 1893-06-26
Sinking of the Victoria
Explained.
ADMIRAL COLONIES THEORY.
1t Proves to Have Been the Correct
One-Sermons on the Disaster
in English Churches.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

LONDON. June 25.-The Times publishes
the following special dispatch FROM Tri-
pelis:
The collision between the Victoria and
the Camperdown occurred at Al in the
afternoon. The sea was perfectly calm
and the evolution OF changing the line was
being performed at the time. Many men
were killed by the Victoria's screw After
the sinking of the Victoria a diver who
went down 10 investigate narro owly escaped
death. He was rescued only through The
presence of mind shown by comrade,
who cut his diving dress. The comrade
was drowned. Solemn services tor the
dead were held last evening. Seventeen
minute-guns were fred by the entire feet. Z"
The Victoria was struck on the star
board bow and sank in eleven minutes.
Seven bodies have been recovered. he
CamperdOwn is not much damaged.
Many sermons were preached here to-
day concerning the sinking of the Vic
toria. In St. PauPs Cathedral, West
minister Abbey and many other churches
the dead march was played. Throughout
Great Britain special references to the loss
of the Victoria were pade in the church
services.
Consul at Malta, telegraphs the World
concerning the sinking of the Victoria:
Admiral Sir George Tryon's body has
not been recovered. 1 learn from a tele-
gram that at the timeBof the catastrophe
Sir George was in his own cabin. He was
confined there by sore foot. which abso-
lutely forbade his going on deck.
at may have been that Sir George
tn daol- Sacpita bis cora f.
at the shock of the Camperdown's ram, but
tie probabilities seem to be that he was
caught below decks, like the majority of
those who went down.
The Victoria lies bottom upward in
eighty fathonS, coffin for all who were
In her at the time she turned over. It is
not known when the survivors will arrive
at Malta"
The above dispatch bears out the theory
of the accident advanced by an English
admiral and cabled Saturday from London.
II is Is follows:
'In the absence of any official explana-
tion Admiral Philip Colomb. one of the
best known naval authorities, has in an in
teTview given a most plausible theory.
His @oS>ier is sfrat tb1 neet porto rIn in :.
Inaneuver known as changing columns
The fleet would be divided into two
parallel columns, led by Admiral Tryon
and Admiral Markham respectively. The
vessels would be one-tenth of a mile apart
and the ships of one column would change
places with the CORES ponding ships of the
other column. The ships while passing 9
each other would be nearer together than
during any other maneuver. He says the
fact that the Camperdown struck the
Victoria's starboard turret fully bears out
the theory, for collision would be in
evitable if, when the vessels were steam
ing al tangent to each other. the machin-
cry of either should collapse and the
vessel swerve. La such case the Camper
down would have been driven slantwise
against the Victoria. whose side has been
fairly ripped open. Two admIrals, both
experts, and a post captain, VINO discussed
the matter fully, finally concluded that
Admiral Colomb's view is correct, and
that the machinery of one of the vessels
must have collapsed"