The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-21
Continue to Follow the Rus
sian Navy at Port Arthur.
MORE WORK OF THE JAPS
Torpedo Destroyer Blown UP and
Forty-Five Russians Meet Death.
eattIeship Pobieda Runs Upon
Mine and is Damaged.

An Associated FTeSS ulopo11" S~'
Il was officially announced in st. re-
tersburg Thursday that the torpedo
boat destroyer, Beztrashni, was cut on
from the rest Of the Russian feet at
Port Arthur and sunk by the Japan
ese: that her crew was lost and
that the battle ship Pobieda accident
al;v struck a mine while maneuVer-
ing, but was able to return to the har-
Dor without loss OF life.
The Bezstrashni was sent out dur
ing the night to reconnoiter. She sep
arated from the rest of the fleet owing
to the bad weather prevailing ana
was surrounded by Japanese torpeoo
boat destroyers and was sunk IN tne
fight. -...---.... ... .---,.-
Forty.fve officers and men perished,
while five were saved.
Admiral Ouktomsky transmitted TO
St. Petersburg the following dlspatcn:
81 have taken command provision
ally of the feet since the disaster 10
the Petropavlovsk. During the ma
neuvers of the battle ships OF the
SQUADRON the Pobieda struck against a
nine amidship on the starboard side.
She was able to regain port by hersen'
None on board her we're killed or
wounded"
The Pobieda is a battleship OF H.
GA tons displacement, and Of l4,ooo
horse power. She is 401 IL feet. long,
has II feet beam and draws 26 feet OF
water, and is heavily armored with
steel. She was completed in 1901, has
a complement of 1872 men. Her esti-
mated speed is 1S knots. The steel
armor Of the battleship varies IN
thickness from to IL inches along
her belt. The armament of the Poble-
da consists of four 10-inch guns. eleven
c-inch guns, sixteen 8-inch guns, ten
13-inch guns and seventeen 14-inch
guns and six torpedo tubes.
The official bulletin Thursday con-
veying the loss Of another torpedo
boat and the accidental crippling OF
another battle ship was almost as Sc
we're a blow as the loss of the Petro-
pavovsk Wednesday, and plunged the
whole city anew into grief.
Did Makaroff Suicide?
Stories of the loss Of the Russian
battle ship Petropavlovsk that reached
Che Foo are to the effect that the yes
sci was sunk by the japanese, and
that Admiral Makaroff, realizing that
he had been defeated and that his ship
was going down, blew out his brains.
His action was followed by number
of the officers and many Of the crew.
AS he shot himself, the ill-fated admi'
raj is reported to have said: Such a
disgrace; to be beaten by barbarians.
Vice Admiral Skrydloff,- commander
of the Russian Black sea fleet, will sue
ceed the late Admiral Makaroff as
commander in chief OF the Russian na-
va! forces in the Far East.
Messages Of Coincidence.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Paris says: President Loubet has
telegraphed to Emperor Nicholas his
profound condolences on the disaster
% the Petropavlovsk and the death OF
Admiral Makaroff. ~ &.
This dispatch, together with those
o: Emperor William and the king OF
Italy, sent previously, is regarded as
significant Of the acceptance OF the
European governments that the sink
ing of the Petropavlovsk was due to an
accident and did not occur during a
battle with the Japanese ships. The
officials say condolences over the re-
suit of battle might involve ques'
lions Of neutrality.