The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-27
COLLISION VICTIMS
List of Dead and Missing on British Cruiser Now Totals
 Twenty eight,
LINER HAD CLOSE CALL
Delay In Getting Boats Ofr Is Explain ed-slate Color of Wnrship Con-
 tributed to Accident.

London, April 26.--The total num- Der of dead and missing of the Glad iator's crow as a result of tho collision between the American liner St. Paul and the British cruiser off the Isle of Wight Is twenty-eIght The admiral al late tonight Issued revised list of the names of the victims, which includes an additional death in the hospital, bringing the total of deaths known up to five. Twenty men are missing, according to the list and six are suffering severe injuries. The secretary of the Admiralty expresses fear that eight others arc still miss Ing, but is unable to give the names as yet. Divers to-day searched part of the sunkon cruiser for bodies, but did not find any.
 The opinion among shipping men and naval officers and officials appears | to be unanimous that the accident was unavoidable. being one of the chances of the sea which all seamen must risk
 There will be the usual naval court and an inquiry by the board of trade. The officers of both ships refuse to discuss the affair until they have given their testimony officially. All witness es of the disaster agree practically that both crews behaved as we'll as possible.
 Coming 80 soon after the loss of the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, which was sunk by the cruiser Der wick off tho Isle of Wight on April 3 last thirty-slx men being drowned, the sinking of the Gladiator Is a se- we're blow to the British navy,
 Rough weather prevails in the chan nsl to-day and many of the channel boats there are unable to make their usual trip to the continent.
 Southampton, April 26,--Interestine details concerning the collision between the st. Paul and the cruiser Gladiator in the Solent yesterday and of the res cue of the men of the British cruiser were told today by various of the pas sengers on the liner. J. T, Hills o London, speaking of the delay in low ering boats from the St. Paul, said:
 Tn response to our offer of assist ance, the captain of the Gladiator re piled that 1t was not needed. Tha accounts for the fact that some time 1t seemed to me about 20 minutes elapsed after the collision before tn
 St. Paul boats were put in the water
 At that time the cruiser was turnini
 turtle. Some of the blue jackets ol
 board of her cried, Lower your boats.
 As the vessel heeled over we could SC
 the blue jackets climbing to the uppe most side and those who failed to get secure hold slipped into the water.
 ."The discipline on the Gladiator wa
 magnificent. We could see every ma
 at his post. There was no excitemen
 on either ship. One would have though
 1t was a moving picture instead of
 real disaster. It was lucky that tn
 collision happened so close to land
 that very fact gave the seamen an E the passengers more confdence.' The passengers on the St. Paul, wh 2 acted so cooly during the trying fe' ' minutes following the collislon coul a hardly have realized the danger
 which they stood. They were assure Q by tho officers who hurried among thei h directly the boats came together tha f there was no danger, but the conditio
 of tho steamers bow, disclosed AIS sh : lies at the dock shows that she had r very narrow escape from meeting th I same fate as the Gladiator As 1t wa 7 the St Paul was more seriously dan T aged than at first supposed. She sprea 1 a great quantity Af water through he I broken plates and from the moment sf :, backed away from the wrecked cruise until she reached her wharf in tn { port all her pumps were kept going { e their utmost,
 :, The damaged bows of the St. Pa, indicate that she forced her nose a least twenty feet through the cruiser n side.
 e Had the cruiser been painted an . other color than slate she might hal / been seen earlier and the collIsio
 avoided, but Great Britain has decide F that her warships attract less attentio : when thus painted and what is consic - cred a necessity of war has contribu t ed to serious accident.