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torpedo boats steamed as quickly as
possible to the rescue of the survivors.
GRAND DUKES INJURY.

torpedo boats steamed as quickly as
possible to the rescue of the survivors.
GRAND DUKES INJURY.
The explosion sent Grand Duke Cyril
flying across the bridge and the base
of his skull struck on an iron stanch-
ion, but he did not lose consciousness.
Believing that the ship was about to
sink, he clambered hastily down it's
side and plunged into the water. He
reached a piece of wreckage, to which
he chung. The grand duke was in the
water twenty minutes before he was
picked up by a torpedo boat. Lieut.
Won Kobe was also found swimming
and was picked up. Capt. Jakovleff
was thrown against a stanchion and
killed.
Grand Duke CyriPs injuries are Sc
we're. Besides receiving a blow on the
neck, his legs were burned and he suf-
fered a serious shock. He was taken
Immediately to a hospital at Port Ar
thur, where his injuries were attend
ed. He will remain there three days,
and then be brought to ST. Petersburg.
The exact number of Vice Admiral
Makaroff's staff on board the Petro-
pavlovsk when she sank is unknown,
but it is thought by the admiralty to
be probably fifteen or sixteen. The
exact number of the crew lost is also
unknown. The Petropavlovsk had a
complement Of about $50 men, of whom
fifty-two were saved at last accounts.
FAMOUS PAINTER LOST.
VassiIi Verestchagin, the Russian
painter, was Vice Admiral Makaroffs
guest on the Petropavlovsk. 1t is re-
ported that he was lost with the ship.
Nicholas KraVtchenIo, a Russian lit
erary man, who was correspondent for
the Associated Press at Port Arthur,
it is believed, went down with the Pc
trOpavlovsk. kilograms to him remain
unanswered.
Vassii Verestchagin, Russian paint
er of war scenes, who was born in
1872, had been a spectator and par
ticipant in several of the wars Of re-
cent years, led by his aim to paint
war as it actually is. He accompanied
Gen. Kauffmann's expedition in Tur-
kestan in 1867, and fought and sketch
ed through the Russo Turkish war,
being severely wounded at the siege Of
PleVna.
In March, 1902, he visited Cuba at
the suggestion of President Roosevelt
to make sketches of the Santiago bat
tlefields and the scene of the destruc-
ton Of Cervera's fleet, and subse-
quently came to the United States to
paint a picture of the battle Of San
Juan.
INSIST ON RUSSIAN MINE.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 14-Rear
Admiral UriU's statement that Vice
Admiral Togo's fleet was responsible
for the sinking of the battleship Pc
trOpavlOysk at Port Arthur is Off
cialIy denied at st. Petersburg. A
member of the general staff says that
the advices received do not show that
naval engagement took place, unless
| the cornering and sinking Of the de-
| strOyer BezStraShni can be so denom-
| mated ys~-
The destroyer and four consorts were
outside scouting during the night The
| came lost in the mist. When day
broke she tried to creep in along the
coast, but was discovered, cut off,
crew escaping. The fate of the other
| though it is believed some of them
may have been captured.
| That the Petropavlovsk was blown
up by mine placed at the entrance
| to the @harbor to prevent the blocking
| of the channel is the opinion entertain
| ed by the general staff. 1t is true that
| the vessel sank In full view of Vice
| Admiral Togo's fleet, which was seen
| on the horizon, but her loss, it is said,
| was not caused through the agency of
that fleet. There is disposition, how
| ever, to raise q controversy as to
whether the explosion occurred inside
or outside the battleship. The fact
| that many Of the wounded, Including
Grand Duke Cyril, were badly burned