The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-22
RUNNING THE
JAP BLOCKADE
STORY OF ENGLISH WOMAN WHO
SUCCESSFULLY ELupEo
Tooos FLEET.
NO CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN CITY
While the City Of Port Arthur Is
Badly Damaged by Japanese
Shells Yet the Loss Of Life
Has Been Very Light.

Che Foo, Eept. 81. 1880 p. MFRS.
Anna Kravtchenko, the English vile
Of a Russian army officer. who ~
rived here the night Of Sept. IL win
lieut.. Prince Radzivil from Port Ar
lhur Il the first woman to run the
blockade from the Russian strong
lold since the Japanese increased
heir vigilance to prevent egress
rom the port. Her trip was rem
Tered extremely perilous because she
,ame cut with the prince and his
,ompanion, Lient. ChristOforon, who
carried messages from Lieut.. Gen.
;toegsel the commander at Port AZ
'hur, to Gen. Kuropatkin. Both these
,ffIcers were disguised and had they
1een captured bv the Japanese they
ertainly would have been executed.
Run Blockadnn Line.
Mrs. KravtchenkO was so worn out
md exhausted by her adventure tna'
she was unable to see the corresponds
ant of the Associated Press until TO
law. In an interview, she spoke I'd
lin as follows:
"We left Port Arthur at O'Clock
he night of September Is. Ther"
vas a good wind and the moon was
right. We were successful in av"'h'
ng the danger of the first Iapane'e
lockading line. We came to the
,econd line when the moon was NV
,er cloud Searchlights were
,ashing on all sides. but our inrN
las not discovered We snddeh''
discovered ourselves close to ano'he'
'unk with Japanese crew on Doarn.
rhey presumably were pirates, D"'
70 ont sailed them and drew awav.
Scared by Red Cross Steamer.
"At G o'clock, the next morning, We
aw a steamer coming our direction
,be had the appearance or cruiser
nd I was terribly frightened. Wnen
We saw the cruiser, Prince RanT'V''
nd Lieut.. Christoforoff went below
etretched mvself out on deck ana
covering myself with dirty blank"'S
,hinese living at my feet and at nv
cad for nearly an hour, althont
,earlv smothered, | kept nv nos'''o'
never uttered more thankfnl DraV
tban when I wa informed that inc
teamer we seen was Red Cr"''
.essel and that her captain had III
rtention Of overhauling rs.
Conditions at Port Arthur.
"Wonderful things are being doi''
" the etarfs OF the different hospi
ais at Port Arthur, who are assi''
d by ladies'.
"There are thirty nurses Tor eac'
nousand patients. The ladies de
ote most OF their time to the making
. clothes for the soldiers. The lau'!
nv work is done by the poor wome!
nd the wives OF enlisted men. Tue
ick and wounded thus are kept sup
lied with clean clothes. The lann
nv work has TO he done In dreadfu
eat.
"Tbere are no contagious diseaSe'
Port Arthur, but many deaths hr'
-esulting from the bite Of a larS
,od-headed fly, which feeds 0n IN
,acomposing corpses scattered owe
no battlefelds. A doctor. VINO wa
| ritten ON the thumb bv one OF tn"S
| 'iee instantly severed that memDei
| ra then had his arm amputated. nv
of before the poison had rea'hed ~
cart The result Of the bite wa
| fatal
EVERYDAY in the week the bai
-,Iayg st one " the hospitals.
wounds From Explosive Bullets.
"Tbe wounded men recover dn'"'
- fror, the wounds inflicted bv Ma
n proiectiles but the wounds resnl
| 20 from explosive hullets are awi'
al recoverv Is impOssib'e.
1 "Tba old town ~ por' Afh'-
,tn,si entirely wrecked. The stree
no allied witr holes mad" hv "Yn'"
-,g sbeIlg The lose ~ We W -
/ arthur from the bOmbardmeni w
aep remarkably small.
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