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A u g u s t T, 1908. THE DAILY MIRROR. P a g e 3 .THE KINO ON
THEH i s M a j e s t y ' s C r u i s e
M a m m o t h W a r s l i i p .in
ROYAL PLANS.Th e King Re tu rns to L ondon
Be fo re Mee t ing the Ka ise r .T he King and Queen , wi th t
he P r ince o f W alesand P r inces s Vic to r i a and P r ince E
dwar d , s t a r t edf or a c r u i se on the ' mamm oth cr u i s
er I ndom i t ab l eshortly 3. ter t h r ee o 'c lock yes t e r day
af t e r noon .As the royal party weti t on board the cruiser ar
oyal s a lu t e t hunder ed f o r th f r om the Ag amem nonand M
ino taur , and was r e tu r ned by the I ndom i t ab l e , and a t
t he s ame t ime the R oyal S t andar dwas r un up ,In an
incredibly short t ime the huge cruiser gotunder way , and , t u r
n ing g r acef u l ly a lmos t i n herown l eng th , .wen t away to
t he eas twar d , and wassoon hull doWn on the horizon on her way
rouiidthe I s l e o f W igh t .The cruise ;y3S f inished at seven
o'clock, whenthe I ndomi t ab l^ ' r e tu r ned to C owes ,A nunibe
r- of dis t inctions in commemoraticjn ofthe i r r emar kab le
voyage acr os s t he At l an t i c , on t heoccasion of the Prince
of Wales 's return journeyfrom Queb ec, we re c onferred on various
off icera.T he C ommodor e , C ap ta in King- Hal l , r ece ived
theC .V.O . , and h i s M ajes ty p r es en t ed C omman derF i s
her , Nav iga t ing C ommander W ebs t er , E ng i neer - C
ommander Ayr es , and M r , Gr acve , manag ingd i r ec to r o f t
he Fa i r f i e ld Sh ipbu i ld ing C ompany ,with the M.y.O,Sever
a l of t he s h ip ' s company r ece ived medal s ,t hey be ing C
hief S toker Seager , C h ief E ng ine-room Artif icer Cheriton,
Firs t-class Petty. Oif icer
Mussom, Stoker Petty OfHcer Veale, Chief StokerHay den , Ser
gean t M aconoch ie , and S toker Pe t tyOfficer Black,T he King-
congr a tu l a t ed C ap ta in King- Hal l onthe t ine performance
of his ship,Dur ing the yoyage the Que en , who , d i s p l ayedthe
greates t interes t in the workings of the vessel ,t ook a l a r ge
number o f pho togr aphs . She v i s i t edin t u r n , t he war dr
oom, t he gun r oom, and the an t eroom, aaci , in fact , went al l
over the ship;P r ince E dwar d , who accompanied her M ajes ty
,also took a number of pictures , and vis i ted theeng ine- r oom
in company wi th t he P r ince o f W alesand the P r inces s Vic to
r i a ,TH E K IN G ' S FU TU R E PLA N S .
T he King and Queen r e tu r n t o t own to - mor r owafternoon
, and will spend the week-end at Bucki ngham Palace , l eav ing L
ondon aga in on M o nday .His Mixjes ty will go from Victoria by
specialtrain to Dover, and the Prince of Wales will beamo ng those
at the s tat ion to see him off . TheKing goes d i r ec t t o C r
onber g t o s ee t he Kai s er ,thence to Ischl, where he will meet
the Austr ianE mper or , and af t e r war ds t o M ar i enbad ,T he
Queen l eaves o i l t he . s ame even ing f o r B al mor a l ,
which wi l l be r eached on T ues day mor n ing .Horse s and carr
iages for the use of the Queen andPrincess Victoria-while in
Scotland are to be sentaway f r om L ondon to - day .THE PRINCE m
TH E STOKEHOLD.
W e publ i s h t o - da y a imique pho togr ap h o f . t hePr
ince o f W ales i n t he .d r es s i n which ' he p l ayedthe par t
o f s t oker on the I ndom i t ab l e , and s o he lpedthe giant
cruiser to es tablish a record as the fals tes tw.arsh!p afloat,' "
'I t will be noticed that the Prince's face is blackwith coal-dust
af ter his half-hour 's work in thes tokeho ld .Al thoug h the ,P r
ince was per s uaded to l ea ve t hes tokehold af ter half an hour
's hard wor k, someidea of ,ihis enduran ce in s t icking to i t
for even thatt ime may be ga ther ed f r om the f o l l owing in t
e r view which the Daily Mirror had yes t e r day wi than engineer
off icer of the Royal Navy." None bu t t hos e who have ac tua l ly
wor ked in as tokeho ld r ea l l y know what i t mea ns , " he s a
id ," especially w hen a full head of s team ha s to bemain t a
ined , as was t he cas e wi th t he I ndomi t ab l e ."W he n the f
u r nace door s a r e ope ned ' and thes tokeho ld i s ' ab l aze
wi th t he b l i nd ing g l ar e , t hetempera tvire r ises to
about 140deg. But whatev erit be, the t i tanic labour of feeding
the furnacesmus t go on ." Many and m any a t ime on a full-power
run Ihave felt the deepest pity for the men, Bii t I darednot show
it . Any s lack ening of effort would havemean t a d r op in t he s
t ^am guages ." T h e f a c t t h a t , t h e P r i n c e o f W a
le s w a s st o k i ng
for half an hour is evidence that he has a thoroughacquain t
ance wi th t he s k i l l r equ i r ed i n a moder nstokeh old,
beca use, as is well kn own , if on ly as ingle shovelful of coal
is badly t i irown on the f irethe effect- is to clog the f ire and
so reduce the head,6f s team.. "O f cou rse, this is not the f irst
t ime that hisKoyal Highnes s has per f o r med the a r duous wor
kof s tokinw as when he was a midshipm an he und erwen t a course
of training in the s tokeho ld inccmmo n wi th o ther s o f h is
naval , r ank . "CUNARD RECORDS.
In a let ter issued yes terday in connection withthe Indo mita
ble's record across the Atlan tic theC unar d S t eams hip C ompany
s t a t e t ha t t he M aur e-iania has s teamed a dis tance of
over SOO miles at anaver age s peed o f 27 .36 kno t s , and , mor
eover , ha sCovered more than 1,200 miles atan average speedof over
twenty-s ix knots .
COUNT ZEPPELIN'SNEXT A I R S H I P .IVioney Pou r ing in f ro m
Pub l ic A l l
O ve r G e r ma n y .KAISER'S SYMPATHY.
Count Zeppelin has not yet recovered from theover whehning d i s
as t e r t o h i s a i r s h ip a t S tu t tgar ton Wed nesd ay af
ter i ts record fl ight, but al l German y is doin g i ts utmost to
console him .Alrea dy funds to allow him to construct a newairship
are being l iberally subscribed all over thecoun t r y .T he Kai s
er , t oo , has s en t a war m t e l egr am ofs ympathy to t he C
ount ,The lates t accounts of the accident .show that twomen wer e
i n ju r ed f a t a l l y , and tha t a l l t ha t r emainsof the
airship is a piece of badly damaged framew o r k .
FU N D S F O R N E W A IR SH IP .B E R L I N, T hur s day . Fr
om a l l par t s o f t he empire reports are being received of the
issue of appeals by the authorit ies and by newspapers for
theimmediate construction of a nevy airship by CountZ eppel in .C
ons ider ab l e s ums have a l r eady been s ubs cr ibedf or t ha t
pur pos e by g r ea t i ndus t r i a l concer ns ando ther s , i nd
iv idual con t r ibu t ions be ing as h igh as^5 ,000 . R enter
,
TH E K A ISER ' S TELEG R A M.FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, T hur s day , C
ount Z eppel inhas received the following telegra m from theE m p e
r o r : " I hear to my s inc eres t regret that , yout balloonhas
been des t r oyed by . a t l i under s to r m, and express to you
in this extremely unfortunate mishapmy hear t i es t s ympathy , t
he mor e s o becaus e I andthe whole of Ger ma ny be l i eved tha t
we had e \ e r yreason to be able to congra tulate you on the
gloriousconclus ion , o f your g r and and epock- ma kingach
ievement ." Never the l es s t h e s ucces s which was a t t a
inedmiis t be most highly appreci ated, and must consoleyou for the
misfortune you have experienced."R e n t e r .
TWO FATALLY INJURED.PARIS, Thursday.The Basle""correspondent of
theEcho de Paris, i n des cr ib ing the acc iden t t o C ountZ
eppel in ' s a i r s h ip , s ays t ha t t he ba l loon had
beencarr ied ab out 500 yards by the wind, wh en a f lamewas seen r
is ing from one of the motors ; i t set f ireto the r igging and
the bod y of the balloon, whichat once burs t into f lames.No thing
is left of the airship but i ts f ram ework ,and this is so much
damaged as to be useless .A mechanician and a soldier sus tained
fatal injur ies , and s ix others were more or less severelyhurt
.-Renter ,
T O - D A Y ' S W E A T H E R .Our special weather forecast for
to-day is :Northerly breezes ; alternatelv cloudy and very
fine;ntoderate temperature.Ligbtiiig-up time, 8.38 p.m.Sea passages
wUl be moderate.
LORD DERBY'S WILL.La te Ear l ' s R ea l a nd Personal
Estate
E s t i m a t ed a t Over 3,700,000.Prob ate of the will , dated
March 23 . 1906, of theR igh t Hon . F r eder i ck Ar thur , E ar l
of Der by , K.G , ,G.C .B . , who d i ed on J u ne 14 , 1908 , has
beengr an ted ,The personal es tate has been sworn at d892,349gross
and
