The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-27

tIlt SPANISH itjNS tI .tiif iff7' w tt,
cruiser unebie Of the Japanese navy
Both OF the latter disappeared on the
face of tine earth Witnout leaving a
trace To indicate the causc of their
fatal end.
But the greatest OF naval disasters
have not as d rule come from eXplo-
sions such as caused thG loss of the
Maine ana the Mikasa. Tney have usu-
ally been due W ranllninG or founder
ing and the tale of lives lost is fearful.
In fact, it is authoritatiyely declared
there have been quite IL: many men
killed in the navies or tae world in the
last 200 years in times of peace as have
been killed in battle.
England Heads the List.
Naturally Great Britain, with her
sea power. heads the list. \
record of the wrecks i'll h British
navy shows thai up TO 1885, there had
been lost in the previous sixty-four
This list would be greatly increased
il brought up 10 date. as the loss of
the Captain with practically all hands.
the ramming of the Victoria by the
Camperdown and tn" loss Of eight tor
pedo boats and d~estroYeis in the last
four years of peace were mono OF them
%chronicled and all of them were costly
in men and treasure.
One of the few disasters that result
cd i'll the loss of a tive new ship With
out amy loss OF life was whom the VAN
guard was raInMe by the iron Duke
and sank in iu sIoCg without the loss
OF one OF her men.
One feature of nearly all the great
naval disasters has; Keen The devotion,
discipline aad hefoisni displayed by the
men facing de2th. The B~irkenhead
STANDS out in history us an example of
implicit Obedience and devotion where
the lmen-oi-War stood to their posts
Till the Mater iapped their feet and the
order was given to 5unap. All in this
! case. FOR the Rirkenhead NILS a trooper.
tho women and vhildlcn were cared for
first and were non the fe% that We're
saved from the terrible disaster.
The wreck OF the Huron in the Amer
lean navy was another case in which
discipline ana devotion We're striking
features. The wuec., made the repula-
heroisnl.
The Queen css..oste Burns.
| One of The most sweeping disasters
in the British i'ayy occurred as far
back rs 1890, Whom Tic Queen Charlotte
was burned with ~ loss OF SIS officers
and men. she was a sister ship OF the
Royal George, which WAS later To meet
thirty miles ii:orn Lsshorn. when II
small fire was discovers 1 i'll her cabin.
1t soon got beyond control. and the ves-
sci burned al thai nigh. Several no
tive fishing boats stood OF; toward lGcr.
but many of hey sl3is Were shotead. and
We're going OF III intervals from the
heat. The fishermen Weie afi'ii1 to
nm near her. ana rhe tirst boat that
dill come lo lie: assistance wa5 u small
launch MANFRED By three Americans.
The launch ram Under tie bow OF the
burning ship. but so many OF the crew
dropped into he. tsAt she vas swaiMpel
and lost with the men she was trying to
save.
There Nsre countless deeds of hero
ism done during ;le awful night. One
lieutenant ond : party Of men stayed
below decks fighting the fire till the
decks burned aboNe them. and the guns
fell through Tho timbei.S overhead.
Finally assistance vas sent by some OF
the other vessels OF the British feet,
and a few of the survivors y.ere PES
cued. Biit Ire majority We're burned.
dloNslei, or persisted III tire final ex-
~S,osio.l.
Nc. a Nan Escaccd.
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either how, I'm mr. a,.,,nd Inv, ,o,a nr
nor. ND ,,..u $3.50, ,n.1 -, ,ni, ~ ~, =.
.yegy ono was lpst. N'
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or the present ti.se. I-,.br,,arv 4. 1S-s
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froi1 l,,,rntn- ,,a,,. -. tnt,I al.
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and Others wcre only MARTIAL losses in
men, but resulted il tne destruction of
iae ships
There were Se*Fn.y-tW:o cases in
which all hands persisted. Tho Birke,t-
head went ashore near ths Cape OF
Good Hope. While the vessel had :;
crew OF only is2. it ca,9'ied 800 soldiers
and their families, When it first struck