The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-24
A MANOR WAR FOUNDERS.
Nearly $50 Lives Lost as the Result
Of a Collision.


During a Naval Drill She Was
Pierced by the Ram of Another Yes
sel-Turned Bottom Up.
London, June 23-A most terrible ca
lamity has befallen the British Battle
ship Victoria, the Flagship of the Medit1
erranean squadron and hundreds of lives
have been lost. The Victoria, which
few the flag of Vice Admiral Sir George
Tryon, M. G. B., was run into off theltown
of Tripoli by the british battleship Camp
erdown, also belonging to the Mediterra-
mean squadron and under command of
Capt. Charles tombstone. The Victoria
had an enormous hole made in her side
through which the water poured in tor
rents. The immense hull of the Victoria
at once began to settle and before those
on board of her could cast loose their
small boat she went to the bottom, carrying
down with her nearly all on board.
Some of the officers and crew managed to
get out of the suction, caused by the
sinking vessel and were rescued, Among
those lost is Vice Admiral Tryon. The
first reports of the disaster stated that
about 200 men were drowned, but later
dispatches show that the loss of life is
far greater, not less than four hundred of
the officers and crew of the Victoria
having gone down with their ship,
The Victoria was a twin screw
battle ship of 1O747O tons, and
$4,000 horse power. She mounted 10
guns.
The Camper-down is also a irst-class
twin screw battleship. She is 10000 tons
and IL 800 horse power, and carries ten
guns.
Admiral Sir George Tyron was COM
mander-in-chief of the Mediterranean
station. He was Emade a vice admiral
August 20, 1891.
255 MEN SAVED.
Rear Admiral Albert H. Markham of
Trafalgar the flagship of the Rear Admi-
rain the Mediterranean, has telegraphed
to the Admiralty from Tripoli, Syia, I'M
der date of today as follows: IL regret
to report that while manouvering off Tri-
poll this afternoon, the Victoria and
Camperdown collided. The Victoria sank
in fifteen minutes in eighteen fathoms of
water. She lies bottom uppermost. The
Camperdown's ram struck forward of the
turret on the starboard side. Twenty-one
officers were drowned. Two hundred and
ffty-ffve men were saved. The injury to
the Camperdown is not yet been fully as
certained but it is serious and will neces-
itate her going on dock for repairs. 1
propose to send the survivors to Malta"
THE LOST OFFICERS.
The complement of the officers and crew
of the Victoria comprised six hundred
men The list of officers drowned in
cludes beside Vice Admiral Tryon, Chap
lain Morris, Lieutenant Munroe, Fleet
Paymaster Richcorn, Fleet Engineer
Foreman, Engineer Harding Assistant
Engineers, Deadman, Hatherly and Sea-
ton, Gunner Howell, Boatswain Minard,
Carpenter Bell, Midshipmen Fawes, Ian
yon, Henley, Gambler and Scarlott, Cadet
Stokes and Clerks Allen and Savage.
A change was recently made in the COM
mander attached to the Victoria Char
les L. Ottley, having been detached and
succeeded by commander B. Fellicome,
who was saved, as were also the captain,
the Honorable Maurice A, Bourke, and
fifteen other officers.
SCENE OF THE DISASTER.
First dispatches concerning the acct
dent led to a belief that the disaster had
occurred of the coast of Tripoli, in North
Africa Later advices show that the
scene of the calamity was near Tripoh, a
seaport town on the Eastern Mediterran-
can, fifty miles northeast of Beyroot In
Syria. and a comparatively short distance
from the island of Cypress,
COULDN'T CLOSE HER BULKHEADs.
AS soon as the officers of the Victoria
saw there was danger of their ship founde-
ring orders were given to close the coils
ion bulk heads in order to keep the water
into the compartment into which the
Camperdown had showed her ram. The
sailors tried to obey the order but the
ship was making water to fast to allow of
the closing the bulk heads and while the
men were still trying to shut them, the
vessel with her immense guns and heavy
top hamper turned over and carried them
down.
AS soon as the news of the disaster
became known in London, the Duke of
Edinburg who was lately promoted to
the position of Admiral of the feet, visited
the admiralty and conferred with the
officials there. A meeting of the admir-
atty board was held and a telegram of
instructions was sent to Rear Admiral
Markham.
The news of the calamity has caused
the most intense excitement, not only
among those who had friends on board
the ilfated ship butamong all classes of the
population The admiralty Office in white
hall is besieged by relatives and friends
of the officers and crew, reporters seek
ing further details of the disaster, and
throngs of people attracted by curiosity.
So dense was the throng in the vicinity
that the admiralty officials were compelled
to summon police to restrain the crowd.
A STATE BALL POSTPONED.
When Queen Victoria learned of the dis
aster to her naval namesal1e she ordered
a postponement of the state ball that was
to have taken place at Buckingham place
tonight.
The prime minister informed the House
of Commons Of the accident and paid
49,. .t-.-;.-e. +s{b,,4a IN worth Of Vice