Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-17
MIYAKOSTRUCK MINE
Japanese Navy Loses Anoth-
or Vessel.
TWO DEAD, TWENTY-FIVE HURT
Loss Occurred while Search Was be-
ing Made For Submerged Mines
and Was Like Loss of For
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LONDON, May T.AAdvices from
Tokyo say the Japanese dispatch bout
Miyako. was destroyed in Kerr bay by
striking a submerged mine. Eight cas-.
ualties are reported. y.
The Miyako was lost while assisting
in the operations of clearing the Rus
sian mines from Kerr bay, northeast
Of Talienwan bay, on which Port Dial
ny is situated.
Admiral Kataolta, commander of the
third squadron, returned there Sunday
with a detachment of his squadron,
protecting two iiotillas of torpedo boats
which had been detailed to complete
sweeping the harbor by the removal OF
mines.
Five mines were discovered and ex-
ploded. and the work was being sus-
pended for the day when the Miyako
struck an undiscovered mine, which.
exploded with tremendous force under
her stern on the port side and inflicted
immense damage on the hull.
|. The Miyako sank in twenty-five min
utes.
Two sailors were killed, and twenty
two men We're wounded. The rest of
the crew were re:%ued.
The news Of the loss of the Miyako
has been sorrowfully received in To
kyo. The dangerous character of the
work In which the Miyako was en-
gagged is generally appreciated, but 1t
was thought that the loss of torpedo
boat No. 49 under similar circum-
stances Thursday last would serve as
a warning to those engaged In the
work to exercise the greatest care.
A Shanghai report says that, accord
ing to reports from Port Arthur, the
Japanese are vigorously besieging the
fortress night and day by land and sea,
that sixty japanese warships ana
transports have been sighted in Black
ney bay and that heavy firing has been
heard in Kinchow bay.
A Newchwang report says the Rus
slams have been Surprised by the APP
pearance Of the enemy at Kaichau,
twenty miles south of Yinkow. They
were expecting the Yalu army.
Nine Transports assisted by the
navy, landed 100 troops, and the re
malnder will land today. The number
of the Japanese f6fce is not known.
The warships shelled the shore from
early morning until 4 o'clock.
The Japanese are expected here to-
morrow, and the Russians are rapidly
%evacuating the town.
At st. Petersburg the general staff
has received the following dispatch
from Lieutenant General Sakharoff,
General Kuropotklu,s chief of staff:
~, have been Informed that Chinese
bandits have Appeared in villages six,
teen kilometers west of Liaoyang, and
[ sent out detachments of ri6emen
mounted and on foot and Il company of
infantry. No bandits were found In
the villages, the Inhabitants of which
answered evasively. AS the force was
returning from the village of Shantaid'
20, twelve kilometers west of Liao'
yang, considerable numbers of ban
dts were discovered at a spot where
they had been concealed by the vii
layers. The riiemen attacked the ban
dts, who occupied the outskirts of the
village, from which they were dis
lodged. They left twenty dead and q
number of rifles and many cartridges
Our loss was two soldiers killed and
three wounded.
THE japanese have occupied Koun'
diansian.
According to information received
the enemy's advance from Fengwang,
cheng toward Liaoyang has been char
| acteriZed by indecision. 1t Is supposed
that the objective Of the principal Jap
| anese forces is a point beyond Hal
| cheng or Kaichau.
another important group of thess
forces is concentrating in the district
northwest of Takushan.
Several skirmishes have occurred
| with Chinese bandits, In which three
| Cossacks were killed and four are re
ported missing"
Owing to the interruption of commu
IllCullOH WAN OIi ATtiiuI tbt INuSolui
admiralty has no information of iii
own either regarding the blowing III
| of the japanese cruiser Miyako or Tho
torpedoing and Gripping of an armoret
Japanese cruiser In Talienwan bay b.
a naphtha launch in command of {
| young Russian naval officer. The ad
mirnlty officers read with interest tn
Geographic account Of the former ant
pointed out that by no chance coult
the two happenings be identical, sine
the Miyako was struck in daylight ant
the other event happened at night.
A Moscow dispatch says: 'In the an
cient capital of the empire Empero
Nicholas has received an enthusiastic
welcome. His stay was brief, lastin'
only thirty-five minutes, because of hi
wish to hasten to Kharkof to begil
bidding farewell toiathe3 troops Hifde
orders for the far east, but IT was suf
ficient to enable all classes of the pub
lie to shownthelr loyalty toithe sthron