The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-04-21

aftnorad and ~unarnGred cruisers.
Unable to Get in Range.
Unable to get within effective rang.
of Vice Admiral Makaroff's ships, tn
enemy stopped eighteen versts iron
shore.
Our squadron, with the Petropav
loNsk leading, arrived at the entranc.
to the harbor and drew up in line o
battle. Another signal was tioated from
the flagshlp, and the t~orpedohoats a
once proceeded through the entrance
into the inner harbor. Vice Admira
Makaroff was evidently unwilling tc
FISK his vulnerable craft to the heavy
proJectiles of the enemy's armoreG
ships. #
L watched the Petropavlovsk closely
as she steamed toward Electric cliff
The frowning marine monster, whose
guns were ever turning towards the en-.
envy, was prepared to send huge mes.
sengers of death against him.
All was quiet. It was the hush be.
fore a battle, a hush when every nerve
is strained TO get into the impending
danger.
l ooked for the Japanese ships, but
they We're without movement, save that
caused by the heaNing sea.
My glance returned to our squadron.
The Petropavlovsk was almost without
Roadway, when suddenly / saw her
tremble. She seemed to rise out of the
water. A tremendous explosion rent
the air, then a second, and then a third,
Fragments few in all directions and
WreckaSe and men We're mixed up in a
terrible mass.
Awful Horror.
l was hardly able to realize the hor-
ror of it, when the ship began to list.
In a moment the sea seemed TO open
and Tho yrntat. ~, y ~,-1, -. MI.
~Petropavlovsk had disappeared. The
floating woodwork and a few men
struggling in the water were all that
was left to recall the splendid fighting
machine which a few hours before had
sailed out Of the harbor.
The same Shock experienced by the
observers on Golden hill p~aralyzed for
a moment the men on the ships, but
when 1t passed torpedoboats and small
boats FASTENED to the rescue of the sur
vivors.
Eager to ascertain what had occurred
on board the sunken ship. l fastened to
a landing where a small remnant of
the gallant crew We're being put
ashore and conveyed to a hospital.
Signalman Pochkoff. who was slightly
wounded, was able to give me a re-
markedly clear statement of the dis
aSter.
The Explosion.
He said:
we We're returning to the harbor,
the Petropavlovsk leading, Some Of our
cruisers which had remained in the
harbor came out and steamed toward
Iiie enemy, ilrllS sixteen shots at him
Mlt. tneir DOW guns. Ihen they re-
urea. Inc enemy fourteen
nsavy SHIPS, nearly an arinored, While
ouis were ilne' AGAINST thelr arlnored
et LUIS we nave my n Bayan: l
of tba Dot - om 49, , tnuse III ne priaS :
SIGNAL bootL Tba adr,,iro9,s &c, ~ siraaI
had han1 fo,. +La tn,,naa da $50 = a@s. ~ -
fa,. tho ba,,bo,,
..The p~atronay,o,el s,o,raa snaaa ,ra
almost stood sfiII SnaSaoI - s IN
sbool, ,,ioiantlY - aa ~ a. r ! Sil.p
other, and then another. They seemed
to me to be directly under the bridge.
| rushed to the door of the wheel
house where I met an officer, probably
a helmsman. I could not pass him, and
L sprang to the window and Jumped
out. The ship was listing, and / feared
that every moment she would turn
over.
Makaroff Lay in Blood.
"On the bridge T saw AZ, of3car ue,-
tering in bloodSit vas o,,r .dn,ira
Makarbff. He Law faca dounward r
sprana IN him a,.a sned bin, h =, ~
sho,,]der ana a~tte,nnted ~ naisa ,t ~
..1The shin saenoed - No g, ,1;'aa 49,
where From an s;das sa,v fra ar,en+s
r heard +ba aaafaniinn ~ ~ snn ~
friehtf,,l d;n rTba - 80 "a :. 49,
clouds ana Tho a,n,as saa,,aa = - 1aan
fousard The briaaa 49, 80 - 20
ing beside +be adn,;ral = y.
tbee rail ond u.as 81 SutiIps1 uu
a.a In 49, 49, s.May, pol3
succeeuS4 sonles9ing. l
Vas sucked down: A remember the
ia.nils inasts, ana the nothing more.
~ our snip was an old man with a
peautlInl white beard. He had a book
IN ms hand and seemed to be writing,
perliaps sketching. He was Verestcha-
gin' the painter"
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Story of the Petropavlovsk.
St. Petersburg. Anril 1s@In : d.
matte description of the sinking nf The
PetropavIoysk off Port Arthur y,i,ad
from Lao Yang last night by a Rus
c~orresnonden of ia Assoo;atad
Press, the portion Of the acco,Int "a
to the wi mr. of he Pet1o-
pavlovsk was delayed. It follows
Moving at a reduced speed the pa-
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