The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-26
LOSE Two VESSELS
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SUM Bi NINE AND COLLISION
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ToAio, By Cable Vice AdH,lral Togo
has reported a. follows
a report fros, Rear A4ualFal Dswa
sass that the cruiner kAkaka and So-
slino ooliiaei duTlax 4 fog % iuTt
Arthur On Msy Is The Yu@hlno saas.
oaiy ~ of her sre~ l-ins saved.
Ca the Sane day the isa,il-ship iiAi
sass sirick Russian miEs and
sank
Givius details q: TIA. disaster. virs
Admiral Togo soys:
Al IL minutes las; / IN the af's.-
noon os May Il. in a dsap fog oa fost
Arthur. the kasugA fammoi The 10.
shine sinking the latter IN fe~ min
Utes. Ninety Of her crew wcre sase1
The same morning the itatsass
while cruising OF Port Arthur. covering
The landing of the soldiers. struck =
mine ten knots southeas Of the haTaor
entrance. She signaled for help. AMI
Instantly struck another mine. She
sank In half al hour. Three hundred
boatE.
The Yosh!no ~aa a craiSer q. tlsa
t"ns dIspla aud loose indicated
horsc- power She Nas huilt in EnE
land. was launched in isrt. MAS $50 feet
long. had 45iz feet beam. and her draft
was u feet. The armament ot the 70
shino consisted OF four 6-lnch guns
eight 1 finch guns and twenty three J
Founders. She had fTe torpedo tubes.
her armoged deck was 40 inches thick
and her gun positions were protected
by shields. The cruisers speed VAS
| estimated TO he % knots. her coal "a
paci,y was 1000 tons and her crew
numbered 800 men.
The iiatsuse was a battlsship OF l1.-
Jp6 tons displacement and of the --latest
model She vas only completed In
l.a,o. WAS built in England. was ioo feet
| long, had 1Sis feet beam, drew .. feet
| OF water. had l6. 300 indicated horse
| power. anl was fitted with water tube
| boilers. She was completely armored
| with steel. Her armament consisted Of
four l2-inch guns. fourteen s-inch gung
twenty l2-poundsrs. eight s-pounders.
and four 2k Founders. She had four
| torpedo tubes. her estimated speed was
/ 1911 knots. Her crew numbered 7ti
men.
ST. Petersburg. BY Cable.-The loss
OF at least two japanese warships 10
| Port Arthur. received by carrier pigeon
| It Mukden, waR transmitted 10 the
Emperor early yesterday morning. say
ing that two Japanese warships had
been lost off that poEt. The message
| followed the Emperor to Koursk. and
i no one here knew Its contents until
| late last night, when foreign kilograms
brought full details OF the japanese
| loss.
Early In the afternoon reports OF
the sinking OF the Shikishima and the
Full. on the authority Of Russian ref
| ugees from Dalny. began to circulate
end aroused the most intense interest.
When. later, confirmation came of the
sinking OF the japanese warships. the
greatest enthusiasm was manifested.
Without reference TO It's effect on the
campaign. the people attribute the en-
emys disaster to divine interpretation
In the Russian cause.
| In naval circles the japanese catas-
uophe IS q matter for rejoicing, though
/ regrets are expressed that brave men
have lost their lives But this feeling
OF sympathy is swallowed mp In the
greater thanksgiving for the bio. In
ficted on the sea power OF the enemy.
1t is pointed out that the Ha,suse was
one OF Japan's finest battieships. and
that the loss OF two. and possibly four
| arsi1ips at intervals Of a few days,
| cannot fall to deeply affect Japan ana
Tn influence the course OF the cam
! pasgn. The general stan tonight IN
| Without direct news OF the sinking OF
the japanese ships. but there Ia Al In
preston that II may be true. The re-
| porte, at any rate, have infused fresh
life and enthusiasm IN official circles.
where st !g believed the tide has turned.
No surprise Is expressed by the aa-
r,iral.ty at the japanese vessels strik-
ing Russian mines. the admiralty ex-
| pe etinz that such a mishap 10 Vice
| Admiral Togo. particularly aimee the
naval commanders at Port Arthur have
faithfully duplicated bis plan. which
| resulted 10 tte sinking of tie Pero-
ravIovsk.