Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-04-20
Torpedo Boat DestrOyers Execute
Good Work
ONE LOSS FOLLOWS ANOTHER
The Russians Seem to Be Still
Getting Worsted in the Eastern
S!ruggie-The Latest News.

St Petersburg, BY Cable Rear Ad-
mirai Prince Ouktomsky wired from
Port Arthur Thursday that the Bez-
strieshini, one OF the Russian torpedo
boat destroyers. sent out during the
nigh; TO reconnoitre. became separated
from the rest OF tho ncat. owing TO the
bad weather prevailing, was surround
ed 10y Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
and Was sunk in the fight. Five men
were saved. Admiral Ouktomsky adds:
Il have taken command provision
ally of the fleet since the disaster to
the Petropavlovsk.
During some manoeuvering of the
battleship squadron small mine was
exploded under her. the Pobieda. She
was able TO regain port by herself No
one on board her was killed or wound
ed"
The Pobieda is \ battleship of 1854
tons displacement and of li500 horse
power. She is 40lh feet long. has 71la
feet beam and draws % feet Of wa
ter and is heavily armored with steel.
She was completed in 1901, has a COM
plement of 1872 men. her estimated
speed is IS knots. The steel armor OF
the battleship varies in thickness from
TO 9l5 inches along her belt. The
armament OF the Pob!eda consists OF
four 10-inch guns. eleven G-inch guns.
sixteen 3-inch guns. ten 1.S-inch guns
and seventeen 1.4-inch guns. She has
SIX torpedo tubes.
Russia Again Plunged In Grief
The official bulletin conveying the
intelligence of the loss of another tor
pedo boat destroyer and the accidental
crippling of another battleship was al
most as severe a blow as the loss OF
tie PetropaYioVak yesterday and
plunged the whole town anew into
grief. The Russian word in the text
@, the official dispatch describing the
accident to the Pobeida means either
mine" or torpedo" but the qualify
ing verb indicates something moving
toward the ship. This dispatch puts
an end to the idea prevailing here
that there had been an engagement
following the disaster to the Petro-
pavlovsk
Forty-five officers and men perished
on board the torpedo boat destroyer
Bezstrashini.
Newspaper Man Uocs Down.
IN to the present hour not n single
news dispatch has come from Port Ar
thur. although several newspaper cor
respondents arethere. Vassili Verestch-
agin, the Russian painter was Vice
Admiral Makaroffs guest on the
Petropaviovsk. 1t is reported that he
was lost with the shin
Nicholas T. Kravtchenko. the we'll
known Russian literary man. who was
acting as correspondent for the Asso-
ciated Press at Port Arthur. it is be-
]ievod. went down with the Petrop-
aviovsk. Telegrams to him remain un-
answered.
The Petropaviovsk Struck Mine.
Che Foo. BY Cable.-It has been
leaned from Japanese sources here
tha. the attack on the Russian Port
Arthur fleet Wednesday morning was
planned and put into effect in the fol-
loving manner:
At daylight the Japanese torpedo
boas made q demonstration before the
por. and at the same time laid mines
across the water entrance to the har-
boz They then retired and joined the
man squadron. The squadron then
advanced and as it drew near the Rus
batdeship Petropaylovsk struck one OF
the mines laid by the Japanese torpedo
boats and was destroyed