Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-25
ASkOlD WAS R|DDLtD
CORRESPONDENTS VISIT To
SHIP AT SHANGHAI DOCK
OFFICERS AND SAILORS m GOOD
SPIRITS Despite THE pIskS.
TRoUs TREND OF THE
WAR-REPAISS.

Shanghai. Aug. 1i.-lt Is expected
that the Russian protected cruiser AS.
kold, which arrived at Woosung on
August 18th, will dock tonight. A cor
respondent of the Associated Press
went to the Askold today Tor the pur.
pose Of inspecting her. but at first it
seemed impossible to obtain permits.
sion to do so. The armed sentry at
the gangway answered every request
to come oh board with stern refusal,
no matter in what language the re
quest was couched. Finally appeal
was made to Captain Grammatchikolt.
who. with the consent of Captain Relt.
zenstein, gave permission for the cor.
respondent 10 come on board.
Russians Still Confident Of Victory.
On reaching the deck of the cruiser
everything was found to be in con.
fusion, and IL was noticed that no al.
tempt had yet been made TO put things
shipshape. There were many oyl.
denccs of hurried fight and a run.
ming fight. The correspondent had
expected to notice universal feeling
OF depression and gloom on board ,Hv
war ship. but on the contrary he soon
became aware OF a remarkable spirit
OF cheerfulness and confidence on all
sides.
The members OF the crew generally
appeared to be healthy. strong and In
good spirits, although some OF the meL
seemed to be dUwn-Cast and QbscuI
minded. From all hands, however. the
correspondent received a hearty hand
grip in answer 10 his kind words show
ing the appreciation and sincerity oil
the men with whom he spoke.
Many OF the men on the Askoli
spoke highly OF the bravery Of the JAP
anese. and of their readiness to fight
They have no misgivlngs as to the u,
innate result Of the present conflict,
however. and this In spite Of the disas
trous first six months. They cOnsidG,
II impossible for Great Russia" iC
succumb before Little Japan" They
| say that for every man who dies an
other one comes out. that for ever!
ship lost another will come over tn,
seas. and that ultimate victory Is cor
tain. II Is easy for the correspondent
| 10 find many men on board the AskOlt
who know either little French, Eng
llsh or German. When questioned con
corning their present losses they sim
ply answered, 1T il fate" and sai'
they did not consider II hard to die fo
their country.
Struck by Two Hundred Shells.
Twelve men and one officer wcr,
killed on board the Askold. and abou
iilty men were wounded. Those Wit
are badly wounded have been takcl
TO II hospital here, and the captain O
the cruiser has told them to be read
10 sail In weeks time. Upon not!c
ing the condition of the Askold. whicl
has nearly two hundred shell holes II
her, II is difficult to understand VIII,
her casualty list was no greater.
The work of repairing the cruiser !
now proceeding night and day. Th
crash OF hammers and the noise O
men working ON metal Is audible al
i night long. IN ten days time she ca
be sufficiently patched up to rende
her seawOrthy, but full repairs woul
take much longer. Her first and thir
/. tunnels are riddlcd with machine gu
bullets, and the base OF another funnC
has been almost entirely blown ava
at the deck level by a big shell. Tn
after funnel was cut ia two and tel'
sCoped on itself. and the remains c
1t are held up now by guy ropes only
!, An eight.nch armor.pierCing she
entered the AskOld forward on he
starboard side. about two feet abov
: the water line, and lodged In a cos
bunker. A twelye.inch shell explode
: In her starboard hammock nettin
: amidships. the fragments riddhng an
destroying four metallic feboati
Another twclye-inCh shell entered
stateroom on the starboard quartz
cut its way across the deck and q
ploded in the officers quarters on IN
port side of the vessel, destroyin
everything within reach.
The dcckhouse on the superstru
ture under the forward bridge wa
riddIed by the fragments Of she
: which exploded In the forward funne
Al the searchlights ON the cruiser al
4 damaged beyond repair. The tOrped
: netting was cut up by a shell, and
/. practically useless.
= Torpedo Makes Big Hole In Bottom.
A The bottom Of the Askold has Sc
eral old and new injuries, one torpeC
4 having made big hole through h
side into bunker. which happily vi
fairly water tight, The cruisers steC
/ ing gear is reported to have been dal
aged, but her engines and boilers q
> In practically good condition,
The Russian torpedo-boat destroy
GroZovoi, which also reached here
August 18th, has no serious injuri'
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