The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-09
RUSSIAN FLEET
ANNlHILATED
Little Remains of Once Magnif.
iCent WarshipS.
DEADLY WORK OF JAPANESE
BIG GUNS GET THE RANGE FROM
2o3-METRE HILL.

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Headquarters OF the Third Jap 3
anese Army. Dec. IVA Fusan.) =
On the morning OF Dee. . the Rus =
SANS granted permission to the p
japanese 10 gather their dead and y
wounded from the eastern fort ,
ridge fight of Nov. 26. Yesterday .
the same concession was asked for y
by the Russians concerning 203 4
Meter nil. The request was grant y
cd but the privilege was with y
= drawn today =
In the fighting OF Nov 80 the y
second son Of General Nogi was y
killed on 2O3 Meter hill. General =
= Nogts eldest son was killed i'm the y
battle OF Nanshan hill and he is y
2 now childless. y
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TOXIC. Dee. s IS p. m)-The follow
ing report from the commander
of the naval land battery in front
Of Port arthur was received at ,
O'Clock this afternoon:
The battleship Pobicda's middle
funnel is seriously damaged The YES
sci Is listing aft and is submerged To
the stern walk
The battleship Peresviers upper
deck IS submerged
The battleship Retvizan is listing
TO s1arboard and her upper deck is
nearly submerged.
The protected cruiser Pallada.
which is lying between the RetviZan
and the mineship Amur cannot be dis
tncty seen, but. there seems to be a
slight sinking astern. The actual ex-
tent of the damage sustained by her
is not yet known.
Cruiser Bayan Burning.
THE armored cruiser Bayan is now
burning 10 her fore deck.
The battleship Sevastopol appears
10 be lying in the east harbOr along
side the great crane, but only the tops
OF her masts are visible. a hill COM
pletely hides her hull
The principal aims taken by the
naval and military guns today are at
the Psdlladas Bayan and SevastOpOl'
A long list OF decorations and pro-
motions of naval officers at Port Ar
thur. signed Oct. "A and published at
St Petersburg Nov. ?. showed that the
warships at Port Arthur on the for
mer date included the battleships Ret
NlZan. Pobieda, PeresYiet. POltava and
SeV2stOpol. the armored cruiser Bayan.
the protected cruiser Pallada. the gun
boats Nsadnik, GiIiak and BObr. the
transport, Amur tsince described as a
mineship), the transport Angara (since
referred 10 as hospital ship. and the
torpedo boat destTOyeTs Stroini, SLIM,
Smelly. Serditi. Boiki. Bezshumi Sto-
roosevelt. Ratsiastchi and BastOropny.
Fate of the Warships.
OF the destroyers. the Rastor0pny
"as blown up at Chefoo by her crew.
having gone there with dispatches for
81 Petersburg. OF the other named
ships. as the result OF the japanese
bombardment from 203- Metre hill the
Poltava hes been sunk: the Retvizan
is listing 10 staTboard and her upper
deck Is nearly submerged: the Peres-
Wet. according TO the 'epOrt of the
commander Of the navaf land battery
received at Toxic at $50 Thursday aft
eTnOOn. has certainly been sunk: the
Pallada is beginning TO list TO port
and IS still undergoing a vigorous bonn
bardment; che PObieda, according TO
The latest official japanese advices. is
seriously damaged. listing aft and be-
ing submerged TO the stern walk, and
1he Bayan is aground and burning
Thus two of the five battleships have
been sunk, two have been seriously
damaged and are IN danger of meet
ing the fate of the Poltava and the
PeresViet. and the fifth the Sevasto-
poi, seems 70 be somewhat out OF the
japanese range, protected by a Hin
above which only the tops of her
masts can be seen by the japanese
Eunners- OF the cruisers. the Bayan
seams to have been altogether dis
abled, while the Pallada is listing and
IS "A special object Of the Japanese
FIRE