The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-21
Tcfcd5 Boat Destroyefs Execute
Good Work
OFF loss FOLLOWS ANOTHER
The Russians Seem TO BE Still
Getting Worsted in the Eastern
S-ruSg gic-The Latest News.

-. Petersburg. by Cable.-Rcar Id
uTaI Prince Ou,tomaky wired from
Fort arthur Thursday that the Bez-
rtT;. hiui. one uf the Russian torpedo
1ya, 1estToyers. scnt out during the
ur.s T. TccDunoitrc. became separated
had weather prevailing. was surround
ii iy japanese torpedo boat destrOyers
and vas sunk in the fight. Five men
eyor" saved. Admiral Ouktomsky adds:
Il ha.c taken command provision
ally ct the fleet since the disaster 10
lao PctroraylDYsk"
During some manocuycring Of the
=auIeship squadron small mine was
s-0I0deI under her the robieda. She
go able to regain port by herself. No
ono Oh board her was killed or wound
81
The PODieda is 4 baCtlcship Of 1854
tons dispIal emcnt and of II, 800 horse
power. She Is 4G1 4 feet long, has 7ll2
feet beam and draws % feet Of wa
ter aud is heavily armGred with steel.
She was completed in 1901. has a COM
H!CmoEJ Df 1872 men. her estimated
speed is IS knots. The steel armOr OF
the la.tleship varies in thickness from
4 20 9l2 inches along he. belt. The
armducnt Of the PObieda consists OF
roa. lU-ineh guns, eleven G-inch guns,
rf.jcCu 3-inch guns. ten 1.S-inch guns
Iud seventeen 1.i-inch guns. She has
~ torpedo tubes.
Rus Ia Again Plunged in Grief
~. official bulletin conveying the
iale.Ii~,nco Of the loss OF another tor
1el3 beat destroyer and the accidental
criprl1g OF another battleship was al
most Is severe blow as the loss of
lie Petropayloysk yesterday and
plunged the whole town anew into
get The Russian word In the text
j - the official dispatch describing the
"r-ittnt to the Pobeida means either
8 "u'le" CT "tOrpedo," but the qualify
ing verb indicates something moving
touarI the ship. This dispatch puts
& an ,ad to the idea prevailing here
q that there ha been an engagement
tol! wing the 'saster to the Petro-
pay 3ysk. y
F,ty-fve 0. $ and men perished
4 Ell Hoard the Npedo boat destroyer
Ecz-trashini.
Newspaper Man Goes Down.
II to the present hour not single
rews dispatch has come from Port Ar
thar. although several newspaper cor
respondents arethere. Vassili VereStch-
agin the Russian painter. was Vice
8 Admiral Makaroff's guest on the
81 PetraDaylovsk. 1t is reported that he
g was lest with the ship.
81 Nicholas r Kravtchenko, the we'll
known Russian literary man, who was
81 sacting as correspondent for the AssO-
81 ciateI Press at Port Arthur. it is be-
z#liev,d. went dGwn with the PetrOD-
<#avluysk. kilograms to him remain un-
usWered
81 Tk- Pctropaviovsk Struck Mine.
81 Che Foo. BY Cable.-It has been
"a lcagned from Japanese sources here
Zthat the attack on the Russian Port
s. SArthur fleet Wednesday morning was
tanned and pat into effect in the fol-
~ lowing manner:
~ A. daylight the Japanese torpedo
boats made a demonstration before the
port ard at the same time laid mines
ecrC:s the W. "trance to the har-
Ior They then retired and Joined the
main squadron. The squadron then
advanced ami as it drew near the Rus
S sian ships were seen coming out. The
b ttlcship PetroravlOvsk struck one OF
fhe mines laid by the Japanese torpedo
koats end was destroyed.