The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-22
SAFE
IN THE HARB0R
Detailed Account Of the Raid of
FladivOstOk Warships.
SIGHTED JAPANESE CRUISER
THE LATTER MANAGED TO
MAKE HER ESCAPE.

Vladivostok, June 21.-Lylng I'm the
harbor are the three Russian cruis-
ers which have just returned from
their successful raid in the japanese
sea and Straits of Korea. Vice Adj
miral BezobIasof took the squadron
out June - The hrst day the war
ships were f0g-fOund. They reached
the Korean straits June Is and were
sighted ana watched by a fast three
masted Japanese cruiser. OFT Tsu ISL
ana the Russians pursued a vessel re-
sembllng a yacht which escaped iu-
shore They sank the japanese trans
port IdZumi on K0tsu island. The Id
zumi was bringing back invalided sol
dlers from Port Daluy. 100 of whom
We're rescued by one of the Russian
cruisers.
The japanese transports Hitachi and
Gado were next sighted and soon aft
en- the HltaChi, which was filled with
troops, disregarding the signal TO stop.
put on fun speed. The Russian cruis-
ers thereupOn opened fire on the
HlJachl. Gripping her engines and set
ting her decks a1ame. The japanese
refused TO haul down her flag. The
vessel was then seen to heel over and
hundreds of the japanese jumped into
the sea. They were all drowned The
Hitachi was then sunk by a tor
pedo.
Specie Thrown Overheard.
The sado obeyed- the summons to
stop. She carried 1850 coolies for rail-
road work in Korea; i 200 tons of coal;
1000 tons of rice; railroad and teIe-
graph equipment 100 horses land a
large amount of specie. The specie was
thrown overheard by the purser, Be
sides ten boats. the SadO carried twelve
RATS, each capable of carrying 100 men.
AS soon as the crew was ordered to
leave the ships the coolies rushed on
deck, filled the boats and headed them
for the coast, Admiral BezOhTazOh
sent boats TO the Sado TO take of the
captain and officers. Captain OguerO,
twelve military officers and three Eng
lishmen i'm the Japanese service came,
the others refusing TO leave the ship.
The Russians having done every thing
possible To save the lives of those on
board. discharged two toTpedoes
against the vessel. A heavy squau
broke at that time and hid the sink
ing transport from view. A three
masted japanese cruiser witnessed the
whole affair. The Russians caught her
wireless messages. The apparatus on
the enemy's cruiser worked necessarily
and her messages were recorded on
board the Russian cruisers and were
translated by some of the japanese
prisoners. one message read:
1.-THE Russians are in the straits.
Run for safety"
Cruiser Got Away.
The Russians vainly tried 70 catch
the japanese cruiser
The prize court is certain to condemn
the British collier AllantOu, captured
by the Russian squadron during the
raid She came out at the beginning
of the war and went around the Cape
of Good Hope so as to avoid the squad
ron of Vice Admiral Wirenus, and then
engaged i'm carrying japanese coal from
Murar0n to SasebO, Japan. The cargo
was nOmiuaIiy consigned i'm each case
TO British agents at Hong Kong and
Singapore.
The Sado. according TO japanese ad-
vices did not founder. She was beached
on the east coast Of Okino island and
was eventually pulled on and towed to
port.