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Show Crmlticss of Sailors. I have seen one of the passengers of the JIarechal Canrobert, the vessel ruD down by the Hoche. His account does not show where the fault is, for the passengers pas-sengers saw nothing until the moment of the accident. Opinions are much divided di-vided on the subject, but the general feeling is. that the captain of Slarecbal Canrobert was very imprudent in trying, with a vessel making twelve knots, tc pass in front of ten men-of-war, covering cover-ing a large space and making seventeen or eighteen knots. What seems to have excited the admiration admi-ration of all was the presence of mind and activity shown by the captain and crew of each vessel in the terrible situation, situa-tion, which lasted nearly sixteen minutes, min-utes, before the Alarechal Canrobert sank. The captain of the Hoche had grappled the Marechal Canrobert, and his sailors, rushing oa board, seized the passengers and hurried them on the deck of the gunboat. gun-boat. Not till they felt that the steamship steam-ship was going down did the sailors hurry back to the Hoche. The captain of the JIarechal Canrobert was the last to leave the ship. But for the coolness of the captains and ere ws there must have been great loss of life. London Times. |