Show I 1 I 1 DIVERS ARE I 1 PARTS n I 1 9 1 1 I 1 I 1 of all oki CRUIS 14 R FOK alt me 1 BODIES I 1 1 I 1 I 1 D 1 revised I 1 list of victims shows five known deaths Twenty twentythree Three missing I 1 six severely injured ud survivors tell story of thrilling experience offia bials believe accident unavoidable severe blow to british navy I 1 I 1 london april 26 the total number mid and missing of the gladiators crew as a a result of the collision between the american liner st paul and the british cruiser on off the isle of wight Is twenty eight the admiralty mi ini ralty late tonight issued a revised list of the names of the gladiator victims which included an additional death in the hospital bringing the total of deaths known up to five awen ty three men are missing according to them the list and six are suffering severe In injuries jurle the secretary of the admiralty expresses fear that there are still eight others missing but is unable to give the names as yet divers today searched scorched part of the sunken cruiser for bodies but were not successful in finding any the opinion among shipping men and naval officers curs s and officials appears to be at the accident was unavoidable being one of the chances of the sea which all seamen must risk there will be the usual naval court and an inqui ryby thu the board of trade the officers of both ships refuse to discuss the affair until thoy they have given their testimony official officially ly all witnesses of the disaster agree practically thac both crews cres behaved as well as possible 1 coming so soon after the loss of the torpedo boat destroyer tiger which was wag sunk by the cruiser berwick off the isle of wight on april 3 last thirty six men being drowned the sinking of the gladiator is a severe blow to the british navy rough weather pre prevails vails in the channel today lind and many of the channel steamers were unable to make their usual trips to the continent I 1 I 1 admiral issues list portsmouth april 26 the admiral commanding the portsmouth station has issued a list of the victims of the collision between the cruiser gladiator ani and the american liner st paul off the isle of wight yesterday as I 1 I 1 follows Dr drown omed ed bodies m recovered covered cow kirey first writer widgery and ste sie berres stewards injured one seaman since died in golden hill hospital seven injured in hospital missing lieutenant wm win H graves IWO five petty officers and seventeen seamen and stokers smokers sto kers the alfe mayor of portsmouth has issued an appeal to the nation for a relief hind for the sufferers of the glad lator and the forpe torpedo 16 boat oai dei destroyer troyer which was wads recently destroyed Sear seat nans story yarmouth april 28 26 heroic service in rescuing the gladiators men was rendered by the royal engineers at fort victory several of them put out in two small gigs immediately after the collision and picked up as many of the sailors as they could find in the water although several men i sank within their sight corporal stenning and others other of the engineers swam boldly into the sea aea and rescued soine some of the most exhausted of the sailors the surviving officers of the gladiator were cared for over over night at the residences of the officers of the engineer corps today the rescued sea men have bave recovered from their thrilling experience A seaman who was employed in the gladiators canteen said in speaking of the accident it happened at a quarter of th three rec during what we call grog time A lot of us were in the canteen I 1 when we heard a horrible grinding I 1 noise and the vessel heeled over i so that we were thrown oft off our feet we made for the upper deck as fait as yc nye could go but there was no disorder when we reached the deck we saw that a steamer was into us amidships and when she drow out she left an awful hole nearly forty feet deep the snow was wad so thick that it was i I 1 impossible to see anything on the water two of our boats were forced free by the collision and two t wo others were so damaged as to be useless it seemed a long time before boats were lowered from the st pa paul u 1 and in the meantime some ot of f our anen had jumped into the water to swim ashore they must have been nearly fr frozen besides thore there was a strong sea running this proved too much for some of them and chev clung to floating things until rescued |