Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-13
me RESULT is NOT YET KNOWN
.,-,,,, uakarof Ordered His Whole
sos,drOn 0ut to Meet the
Attack,
s1sopAyLOvSK MEETS HER FATE
!. II, Vice Admlra's Flagship Was
Drawing Up ID Line Of Battle it
Struck a Mine aud Sank.

q, Petersburg, April lS'-V p M
ding 10 very high authority the
'',.., odyIces received at the Winter
'l,os here are to the effect that a
,'r.l hattie Is still progressing of Port
Thur. the result Of which is yet uh-
.,0vn. The Japanese fleet, including
.n.ao boats and torpedo boat des-
. m, to,als 40. Vice Admiral Max
~ W. ordered his whole squadron out
:, a. harbor to meet the attack.
According to the Associated Press IN
nm,nt, while preparing to draw up
n. line Of battle in the outer road
',,,d the petropavlovsk struck a mine
~ starboard side amidship and i'm
mSstsIy began to heel. Before the
e,sT could flood the port compart-
..n,. ~ the vessel in order TO Keep
Y, An an even keel, she turned turtle
sj sank in a few minutes, carrying
AVN almost the entire crew. Capt.
yhEoylotf the Grand Duke Cyril ana
,sa o,bsr officers were saved because
,s,v were standing on the upper
sdir. The frightful loss Of life among
No officers and men was due TO the
f,tt that they were all at their sta
Non, ready for action
The Petropaylovsk turned turtle In
manner similar to the British battle
I'm Victoria, which was rammed by
n, Camperdown IN 1898, and to the
I.ddent IN the China-Japanese war
Men Chinese warship turned turtle,
many OF the crew remaining alive for
pyeral days hammering desperately
q he upturned hull
when the news Of Grand Duke Cyrhs
rIracuIous escape reached his parents
ne dsum service was held at the Nlad-
inr palace,
The correspondent OF the Associated
pNS was informed this afternoon that
Grand Duke Boris was going TO ac-
company his brother to Mukden. Ac-
cGdlng to the advices received Grand
Duke CyrIl's injuries are slight,
ACTION OFF PORT ARTHUR.
Wei Hal Wei April l3,-The action
fought Of Port Arthur appears to have
consisted, according TO the reports re-
tslyed here, Of an unsuccessful attempt
made BY four Japanese cruisers and one
tteShip TO intercept a large Russian
trsissr coming from the east. The
Russian protected cruiser Askold and
batteshIp Of the Pobeda type went to
he assistance Of the Russian cruiser,
| he forts at Port Arthur did not parti-
,llote In the action. The firing was
continuous but was Of short duration,
THE JAPANESE ATTACK.
cheioo April i3.--G p. M IA private
tlEatch from Port Arthur says the
Japanese attacked that place at day.
light today and that the Russian fleet
lsi'ted by the fire Of the forts, drove
u, enemy or.
The dispatch adds that the town was
ta damaged. The effect OF the bonn
bardment Of the forts and fleet was not
nNtloned.
WARSHIP APPEARS.
" Petersburg April Ia An official
NesFam received here reports the ap-
lsAlance Of warshlp and several
lunn, supposed to be Japanese, In the
lsgnpofhood Of the estuary OF the Lao
hver during the night Of April II. They
aNN on after the Russian guns had
,lsned fire on them at range Of about
v" yards, Numbers OF small steam
y and barges are being hastily con-
luuced IN Manchura with the inten-
wv o. using them on the Amur, Usuri
w sungari rivers to transport Rus
,h troops and material after the
Heanhg UP Of the ice.
THE PETRoPAvLoosK SUNK.
~ Petersburg, April l3.-Regarding
W. usasler at Port Arthur, the Grand
n gym being reported wounded. the
,usanlp Petfopavloysk sunk and the
~ua report being that Vice Admiral
AaIou was killed the reports are,
yre'er. very conflicting as to Maka-
,asaea'N and as to whether the cat
AZ ssVpne was the result OF fight with
los,ts neIny or due to the Petropav-
sn,s sTlSlng mine In the harbor.
,ss ~ VI the rumors declare that Maka
,ni Nas on board the Petropavlovsk
vuers say he was not on board
n.y. report that there had been flght
un NM 70 nave originated out of tho
eSS N a mat the Petropavlovsk
CNss,' 10y nave sustained such injuries
va. " was also pointed out that
lor,,'. hnown the Japanese had beer
q days, '' ne'shporhood Tor sever
, sser Il became known that the ars,
raSmls received by Grand Duke
C,rl b,a sad bfeny that Grand DuKe
pttrons,,Si. peen wounded and thai the
n,ntIns,n1oo'sk mad been lost, without
,,r" s'I,ulg light. The mass Of renorts
DVEs ~ lwo statements-that cram
,hron. .{nL between whom and IN,
Wounded ' 49, Is only a single life. wa,
vas lcs ana that the Pctropayloysl
Press nor CORRESPONDENT OF the Associated
'Aoniy ~ t osen cautioned Wy high an.
,sssptns Ve extremely reserved about
aS' ''S The reports current in tSe
w., o aAw FLASH OF GUNS.
rSS S H3j Wei, April is.-rhe Brlt,s,
tNWnS' Espiegle, which ,ost "s Mus,
tvsd ber ,seVshily FOR this port, has ar
lsday, NM ana y. reports that al dayligh
a' sound ' 90 on Port Arthur, she hear