Show THIRTY SIX LIVES LOST torpedo boat destroyer run down by br tish cruiser portsmouth england thirty six men including lieutenant middleton the commander of the torpedo boat destroyer tiger lost their lives in the collision off the isle of wight between that vessel and the british cruiser berwick the vessels belong to the ports mouth division ot the british home and were engaged in night man beuvers in the channel while on their way to portland the night was very dark and the berwick was steaming slowly when the destroyer attempt ed to cross the big cruisers bow she was caught amidships and cut in hall with knifelike knit elike slon sinking al most immediately the deck brewi who were dressed in heavy ind and boots went down with the vessel not having time to tree themselves from those heavy encumbrances 01 the twenty two men who were res cued most of them were engineers and stokers who having light cloth avs on were able to keep themselves afloat until boats from other ships which were immediately launched picked them up |