THE NAVAL DISASTER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4461, 4 July 1893, Page 3

THE NAVAL DISASTER.

Various Accounts of the Collision, .;■■■•■ . London, Jnly 1. Ihe steamers conveying the survivors of H.M.B. Victoria from Tripoli to Malta . steamed into the latter port : amidst a hush rosombling that of a funeral, No. hody has boon allowed to communicate with the survivors or tho crow of tho . vossolswhioh conveyed thorn. The Times correspondent wires that when the two lines of warships worb 1,200 yards apart Admiral Tryon signal* led tp. tho (loot to reverse tho previous —rwilonifondcnime. which Hear Admiral PPlwltfisni,,oh tho Camperdown, obeyed. ■All tho ship, seeing tho dangor, bectnn sending boab, but Admiral Try-in stopped them, thinking tho Victoria would flout, The Campordown, howovcr, continued to send hor boats,

Tho watertight compartments of tho Victoria wore not closed. Captain liourke, seeing it was impossible to savo tho ship, gavo tho order for all hands to Bavo themselves, Tho ship sank, head foromost, in 13min. Hor propellers destroyed many who wero scrambling to got on to the bottom of ahjp. . account Btates that tho camo disastor is bsyond controversy. When the ships wore six cables apart the Victoria signalled the squadron to turn inward 10 points. Tho Oamperdown attempted to obey, hut found it i-npos-sible, and if the signal had bran lully obeyed ovety pair of ships must haw collided. Tho other Bllips noticed th's in time to prevent disastor to tho whole fleet.

Notico of motion has beon given in the Fpuieof L'ommons that the (iovernmont hould provide for tho families, on the Vound that to leave them to privatei would boa roproach on national, hour.

London, 2nd Julj. Tho survivois of the Victoria who aro at Malta st.Uo i hat nobody attempted to jump overboard till the order \m given. A section of them allege thai those un the Victoria wero to blamo for the collision,