THE NAVAL DISASTER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4456, 28 June 1893, Page 2

THE NAVAL DISASTER.

Particulars of the Collision, Arrangements Jor tnemjk martial,, jtl the collwm|^^^^^^^^^H waJ^^^^^^^^^^^H The Emperor oTSwtrirandthe King of Italy send personal express sions of sympathy, The Princess of Wales has sent a message of condolence to LadyTiyon. The Spanish Navy has opened a fund for the assistance of the rela* tives of those drowned.. Telegrams of sympathy have been received from all parts of the world. It is now stated that 20 officers and 818 men were drowned,

The Prince of Wales and family . have subscribed £l5O to the relief fund oponed by tho Lord Mayor, tho Queen has given £2OO. Lord MountStephen gives £IOO, and donations aro flowing in freely. Similar fundg are being organised in all parts of (lie kingdom. The servico atTriijitiiT^j^eotion with the burial <m&e men whose bodies were recojere'd was of a most solemn character, and tho vessels o! the fleet each fired seventeen guns. Many inoidents are recorded of grand and touching heroism on the part of tho officers in attempting to save men, and on tho other hind many of the officers saved owe their lives to the heroio efforts of those under them. The rescuing boats wero compelled - : to be exceedingly careful, on account: of the under-tow, otherwise: many oth'-rs would have been saved.;/ The survivors leave Malta to-day fpr England, . The Times says that ; the people of ■'■■'. Great Britain fa'el griteful" for the' ioving sympathy 4own by their kins-menjn4ußtAlaßia^y^u^-V,,' ; V: Yice-Admiral'Erskinfliwiilprbb'ably'S'

mand of the Mediterranean Squadron. A telegram from Malta states that Admiral 'frvon was rescued after iho sinking of the Yioiorin, and was conveyed on'board H.M.B. Edinburgh, where be died. His body has boen sent to England. Tho Emperor of Germany has sent a message of condoleuco to Lndy Tryon, in which ho s<iys, " My navy deplores the loss of a brilliant life."