Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-04-22
VCE-ADMIRAL MAKAROFF SANK WITH Ills SHIP.
Peshed on Big Bah With About 700 Of Those Aboard-lelos
Accident as the Fleet Was Going Ont to Give Batle-lmned
Turtle and Went Down.

course and planning the expected Dat,
tie. Every man was at his post ana
the great guns were being ranged io'
the fray.
On the other vessels of the fleet the
same methodical preparations were
being made to do battle. FROM tneir
bridges their officers eagerly watched
the big vessel in the morning mist
ahead of them from which signals
were being displayed for their dispo'
sition in the line Of battle. =,
The sea fighters were we'll out OF
the harbor when suddenly the watch
ers on the trailing boats saw an I'M
mense column of water spout up
amidships of the starboard side OF the
Petropavlovsk, reaching far above the
fighting masts and descending IN
deluge on the stripped decks OF the
vessel There was an accompanying
muffled roar. :.
The giant vessel paused as if stayed
by all unseen hand, lurched, sprang
forward and began to settle to star
board.
The nearest ships lowered boats.
which pulled away for the distressed
tattleship. A score of such rescuers
were in the water in few minutes.
On the Petropavlosvk there must
have been scenes of the direst horror
Of the 700 men all but score were
below decks or in the turrets.
When the explosion occurred the
officers Immediately OWNED the cause.
A mine had been struck and great
hole torn in the side of the vessel be-
low the water line. Into this the sea
poured listing the vessel rapidly.
Orders were issued to flood the
compartments on the port side OF the
ship in order to bring it to an even
keel, but these instructions could not
be carried out.
Gradually over went the big battle
shin. Into a few boats scrambled
such of the men as were above deck:
The first thought was for the Grand
Duke Cyril and he was helped to
boat BY his lieutenants.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).-Barely
recovering from the shock OF the
catastrophe to the battleship Petro-
palvlovsk, the city and nation were
again plunged more deeply plunged
INTO grief when official kilograms were
given out announcing the sinking OF
the torpedo-boat destroyer Bezstra-
shni. with a crew of forty-fve, and
the damaging of the battleship 70
bieda on a mine in the Port Arthur
horbor.
No news was received from Port
Arthur until 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. when a long cipher message
was received and hurried to the naval
officials and translated. The message
was from Rear Admiral Prince Ouk-
tomsky, who tersely told of the new
misfortune which had overcome the
squadron. The message after con-
frming the loss of the Petropalovsk'
said:
"The torpedo boat Vestrashni was
sent out with others, on night ex-
pidition, and was unable to return,
ewing to the stress of weather. She
was surrounded by the enemys tor
pedo boats and sank fighting. Five
men were saved.
"After the sinking of the Pctro-
pavlovsk | took over temporarily the
command of the fleet.
"Whle surrounded by the enemy
squadron, the battleship Pobieda ran
into a mine, which struck her star
board side amidship The Pobieda
succeeded in making the harbor with
out aid. No one on board was hurt. y
The Pobieda is battleship of H.
ga tons displacement and OF 1880
horsepower. She is 4oIA feet long,
has 7IH feet beam and draws 2o feet
of water and is heavily armored with
steel. She was completed in 1901;
has a complement of 732 men. Her
estimated speed is IS knots. The
steel armor of the battleship varies
in thickness from four to nine and
half inches along her belt. he arma-
ment of the Pobieda consists OF four
ten-inch guns, eleven six-inch guns
sixteen three-inch guns, ten I.o-incn
guns and seventeen I:4-lnch guns
She has six torpedo tubes.