Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-17
REPORT RUSSIAN SHIP SUNK.
Jap Admiral is Pursuing the Vladivo
stok Suuadron

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
NEW YORK. June IA cablegram fr ON
Tokyo says: 1t is reported In Moji that
Admiral Kammura is In pursuit of the
Russian Vladivostok squadron and has
sunk one of the enemy's vessels off Shi-
name
A cablegram from Paris says: The st.
Petersburg correspondent of the Matin re-
ports that a naval battle is in progress near
Tsu Island in Korea straits.
Details Of Sinking Of Transports.
TOKYO, June II, o a.m.-Details in con-
nection with the sinking of the Japanese
transport HitachI by Russian warships are
being furnished by survivors. The Russian
ships were sighted at Svoc in the morn
ing and in response to a signal the Hitachi
was stopped. but at 10 o'clock got under
way again and attempted to escape.
The Russians followed and opened q
heavy fire directed about the water line
with evident intention of destroying the
troops on board. The fire terrific, and
In few minutes the decks We're covered
with corpSes and awash with blood. One
shell which struck the engine room killed
20 men
The ship began to fill and sunk gradual
ly by the stern. At o'clock in the even
ing she was completely submerged Cap
tain Campbell, the English master of the
transport, jumped overheard at o'clock
in the afternoon and is numbered among
the missing. The chief engineer was killed
on the bridge The commander of the
troops ordered the flag to be burned and
then killed himself The second mate COM
mitted suicide. Many of the crew and
troops escaped In the boats.
The transport Sado is still afioat, but Is
badly damaged She is being towed into
the nearest port. She sighted the Russian
ships thirty-five miles west of Shiro Island
Their signals to stop were unheeded so the
russians opened fire and signalled for
those on board the Sado to leave the ship
pom that the crew took to the boats and
In this way many escaped when the ship
was eventually fired by the enemy.
The number of men on board the two
transports and the list OF casualties are not
as yet obtainable.
Details Confirmed
The officers of the steamer Tosa, which
rescued many survivors of the Japanese
transport Hitachi confirm the details of her
disastrous encounter with the Russian war
ships so far as already announced
me steamer lse has arrived at kokura
carrying more OF the crew and troops from
the transport Sado. The Sado is safe and
is being towed into port by the Higo.
SHANGHAI. June 17.-As a result of the
sinking of Japanese transports by the Rus
sian Vladvostok squadron. the sailings of
Japanese steamships for Shanghai have
been postponed Indefinitely
Hit Sixty Times and Caught Fire.
1t is impossible to ascertain accurately
the figures of the losses sustained by the
Japanese as a result of the sinking OF the
transport Hitachi and the shelling of the
transport Sado
survivor reports to Vice Admiral Tsun-
oda that the Hitachi was hit sixty times
and caught fire. boat from the Sado was
sent TO the Russians for the purpose of a
parley. The Russians agreed TO give the
Sado forty minutes to clear ship and said
they would take the non-combatants on
board.
Russians Promise Failed.
The Russians later, IL is declared, refused
to receive the non-combatants, except an
Englishman, the chief mate, and before
the forty minutes had expired the Russians
1t is further said. torpedoed the ship on
both sides.
Col Luchi. commanding the troops on