THE TSAR'S YACHT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 32, 1 November 1907, Page 5

THE TSAR'S YACHT.

ESCAPE.

~ T' l . 6 following ,aro. the circumstances ' Vt-' » n M ™ 'stranding of the Russian Innonalyacht Standart, with the Tsar.and Tsar>na on',"oara/off Horso, yesterday (says'a ■London -Standard"- correspondent under "ate;. September ,13).'..1 It will, be seen .by, the particulars which Lam,able to send that' the' matter, might'easily have entailed serious consequences tothe Imperial Family.' The Stanf"v MJ«Mier anchorage, at Transiind, between Viborg:and,Helsingfors;\on Tuesday, to watch.a,senes of manoeuvres by her escort of seven.torpedo boats. *. . . ■ . Thoisea thereabouts is studded with innumerable .islands, the : whole forming a beautiful archipelago., But,th ? various channels are intricate and sown with dangerous rocks. They are. charted fpr ships of moderate draught ; but mUhisj'cateEbry one cannot include'the Standart, a vessel.ot 5,500 tons,.drawing over time of the accident, was m charge of gnißt, a pilot of ripe experience and clear judgment, and ,no blame ~3 held to attach to mJ°L iixo accident which' followed. " •■ The- Standart was 'steaming at amoderato speed when; she suddenly spitted herself am.dsli.ps.on an uncharted tooth- to use an apt-fPmnish term-m the middle channel whidrlietf between the Bredvilc rocksT The ™ ;W^, seve «'nthe extreme, and despite the yacht's moderate speed, she rdn on so hn e a a # at T She lt d 25 degrees t0 »*£ board. The hear, remained unmoved by the accident. His Majesty's outward calm indeed/ was greater than that of some of tho members of his suite. His Majesty, the Tsarlna.'and the Imperial children were taken off by the Finnish Government steamer Elaklater were transferred to ; the RusBian despatch boat Asia,' from whoso deck's they watched with keen interest the efforts ?L n e ff S ?[ Vage 'l t r amers which 'had arrived to tow.ofr the yacht. ■■'■■'■.. . ■ .-.■ : . clptrlv °' C ''M k f h ' S m ° rnin S the Standart was and at that hour shd was still fast o.i mIfZATn ?? ar t? Pertained that sho K, fnrMrl tf ed - Hor CSC6rfc of tor P e do boats■ forbid the approach , of any vessel nearer than within half a mile of her The penal crmse extraord.nary excitement reigned in official quarters.' Rusian cruisers, S coaling near Hango, slipped their cabled and steamed for' the, spot, while at Cronstadt overy salvage steamer m port was despatched as soon as crews could bo got together