The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-27
|ALTIC FLEET.
"a Fire ON the Hull
me- Fleet in the
North Sea-
|rs VESSELS WAS SUNK.
.nr ships werS Badly DAM
|. several Of their Crews
Ind and Wounded.

s,s Created Intense Senss-
| l-slenstion in Great srl-
|seheut Warning Rus !
i SHIPS Began Firing.
l. Oct GA NJ. Jackson Z
-4ors for the owners OF so
4, boats. have notified the .
u and admiralty OF an at +
4, Hull fishing feet by the
.,-d Pacific squadron. com
|N-,,ted as the Baltic fleet
|. ,sforn.ation is that shortly
a., Friday the Russian
I,.r IN with the Hull fishing
/. North sea. The hrst por-
/, f,hing feet passed safely.
Russian ships turned their
on the British vessels for
4, and a little later opened
ream trawier Crane was
DC dccapitated bodies OF
L. and mate have been
+ Hur The boatswain and
|-ssrs o. the crew are under
!. seriously wounded.
an trawiers Moulmein and
l. arrived 90 Hun seriously
~ shots. the latter having
ser huli. n Is feared that
~ vas done TO the trawl-
,tat least one more was lost
hnis
n survivor Of the Crane who
wcsed here o. ]. A. Smith.
! deceased skipper. and who,
a-,aIns ~ tho Nouimein and
rInr 90 London 10 consult
i tu,horlues. Young Smith
l., Do bis bunk when the FIR
h BIN Just as he was get
! shot struck tho starboard
lru,ei 90 the forecastle.
h. lamp near which he was
He rushed on deck where
Hshis revealed the horrible
1 t1 father and Leggett lying
i al The deck strewn with the
D Vas soon found that thf
b shaking and signals Tor as
rero sent up. Smith aud 9th
20 ;hc details Of the hrins
already been given
Oct ei-The steam cutter
belonging 10 the Gamccocl
,sct which was fred on b,
ca Baltic feet. arrived II
b. Sunday night Her cap
Eier confirmed the details o
+ received from Hull IA
Cay night there were about a
h tie Gamocock fleet hshinl
G. IS degrees 16 minutes. an
\ 5 degrees c minutes Il wa
4 thrilling night. We sprca
4 area o. some miles. Our al
Just previously signalied b
si coiorei lights the hshin
4 ior The night Whether tha
& ping 90 dc with what follow
%, know. the whole thing
! o. 2f-The news has CT
1ichse sensation and indiEnl
\ Hln The Moulmcin arrive
iag az halfmast. Her ski
that the trawlers were rs
20 miles east by north
lead al ] O'Clock Saturdl
the weather being heav
outlines Of several vessel
b warships. sailing In a lin
by seen. Whilst the Gre
itching the warships. scare
ere dashed upon them. in q
which the Moulmein's ere
That they took to be torpel
7 pproach.ng. apparently wi
,atiou Of boarding the Mo-
)! hey steamed away. howey'
ac fishermen we're horrif
laey we're being fired ups
Y and then another trawl
es by tying shot, VIII
70 be a round shot we
he Moulmein galley. r
ns nearby. also was stru
y shots, but fortunately I
vas above her water line a
Der crew was struck. T
rent lasted about % minut
had ceased the fleet sail
y, and some OF the trawl,
fockOts. The Mouhmein ste
firection Of the rocket. Sc
1e heard. and the Crane v
Anklns with another traw
u some Of her crew. The
injured were removed &c
snip and the bodies OF SIN
sseu we're placed aboard
n The other men with
les we're put aboard the ira
1ll which at a ate hour !
Fet at Huh.
lslon. Oct 24-AstOnishm
Russian commander sho
lnilied such a hlander as
eo1ensive fishing vessels
n dispatches from Hull
oAeial circles Sunday nil
Nne time these onicsals
/" express the opinion
-Sn sovernment will proml
zoe act and apologize "
are fully known The &
realized. ADDS to the con
nlleh the Baltic feet aire
.'ee ever since IL was dc
1t tho vessels should e