23 AUGUST 1902, Page 19

THE SINKING OF THE ALABAMA.'

[To THB EDITOR OF TIM " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Your review of the Life of Admiral Winslow, U.S. Navy, recalls an episode in connection with the sinking of the ' Alabama' which is full of quiet heroism. The surgeon of the 'Alabama' was a young Englishman named Llewelyn, who, when his vessel was seen to be sinking, removed all his wounded men into the only available boat. One of the wounded is reported to have called out, " There is room for you, doctor!" He simply answered, " You are as many as the boat can safely hold; push off." They pushed off and saved the wounded, whilst he went down with the ship. A memorial of his noble self-sacrifice is to be found in Charing Cross Hospital, to which he had been attached.—I am, Sir, &c.,

E. S.