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■-' 'i ■ ! (sEßPjg3£Ja^.cßpcaA.TroN.) '. < ,i ■ . .Londos, June 28. _. - -iWiiilst r the /Sqbftdroa ,were£iinanceavring off 'Tripoli 'y«Bterday< aftpmopn ihejiipnalad .Camper^fiwn, , a 'shib of, 10,6Qfttops, ranjmed,,^ie ;Yi^or^ 'just forward ol her' starboard turret!' ' The ■latterwen'i aßvm Vvith ' a'ppalliflg'rapHiify 'in feighty fathoms of water. She appeared tosi^]bstto»iflHtti>d|iiai3daix.lsßiipute.s wap out of sight. The Camperdown heraelf was seriously injured. There , mare m *en«Bn 4 ) oWffie ( fiai4nli?M IW\lbii1 W \lbii' J ,20 i were saved. The sfifrMvora were sent ,to Malta. The following— were amongst ihise drowned n :^-yipe,.AdiniraV ; -Sir G. Tr^on X.C.8., a 3 nd Kis cJerk<Allenr Lieut. Monro, Chaplain Rev,S.",O: Morris,, Fleet Engineer Feli^Tdrenian Engineers Harding, Deadman, Setton r Hatherley ; 'Gunner Howell, Boatsvy^aip! JBar4*rd,, Carpenter Beall, Midshipmen Leslie, IngHs,,Grisba,, Ayscough, .Fawkes, , ,Lan,- - ycta, HeAley.-WanAier,'- Scarlett> BafiH, |Cadet Storks, Fleet Paymaster Valentine, >DJ J. Biekeord. . Ttte! iia'nii (Si .>those saved ;ar^ not yet known. Owing to this lamentable catastrophe 'H^r- Majesty has postponed the State ■call. The Premier referred to the joajamity in tixeyHousßj of' Con^mpna to,day. He was" deeply^' moved, and his words weie.listened to in death-like, still-, ness'-'aaslie ''described- the^disaster.! :Be saiihe.felt-certaia that'the deepest sym'p4t§J| would beje^pitedj ior 'the, unhappy fale of this band of brave'men, who 'had •goinPio^im i; e'iM^ gilaVe 11 cira'u'fn- 1 ' Btjinces of peace, from, which the pomp' -andJsplertiJdnr; ,6f ; w.ar fait) abdentW ;H;el added that, tiere were -718,. aboarcj,,.o£ whom 011 Were ouicers arid seamen, and" 107 marines. Four .hundred, a r nd' tWtty wewibelieWed toihaVe'.been drtfwned//fha Prenjier'-jmidsajliigh tribute t ,,-to th'g ; capacity and services of Adimra} Tryon.,, 'When. the news of the disaster became kncrtrti I lne" ( relalions'of -those 'serving 'oh the Vict'dria -besieged the Admiralty, and many;he£rtfe,nding.scenea ( occurred.' ;
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Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 796, 24 June 1893, Page 3
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