Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26
JAPANESE MEET DISASTER.
Reports Of Loss Of Cruiser and Bat
tleship are Confirmed.


tIeship are Confirmed.
Toxic May 20-Vice Admiral Togo
las reported as follows:
"A report from Rear Admiral Dewa
shino collided during fog of Port
Arthur on May Is. The Yoshino sank,
only ninety of her crew being saved.
ION the same day the battleship
Hatsuze struck Russian mine and
san"
In giving details of the disaster
Vice-Admiral Togo says:
AT TIA o'clock in the afternoon
Of May Is, in a deep fog off Port Ar
thur, the Kasaga rammed the Yo-
shine, sinking the latter in few min
utes. Ninety OF her crew were saved
The same morning the Hatsuze,
while cruising off Port Arthur COW
ering the landing of the soldiers,
struck a mine ten knots southeast of
the harbor entrance. She signalled
for help and instantly struck another
mine. She sank in half an hour.
Three hundred of her crew were saw
ed by torpedo boats"
People Just arriving at Chez Foo
from Dalney have reported to the
Russion consul that the Japanese bat
tleship Shikishim sank In two min
utes otter the contact with the sub
marine mine, and that there was no
time to save the crew. The acciueni
happened, it is said, within sight OF
Port Arthur.
The battleship Full, not the cruiser
Asama, which struck the mine on the
port bow, had heavy list and was
also down by the bow, but was right
ed and went off in tow Of two other
cruisers. 1t is thought impossible,
however, chat she could reach port.
The Yoshino was a cruiser OF Also
tons displacement and $1,000 indicated
horse power She was built in Eng
land, was launched in loJ2, was $50
feet long, had 46 IL foot beam and
fler draft was II feet. The armament
of the Yoshino consisted Of four 6-inch
guns, eight 4.7-inch guns and twenty.
three 3-pounders. She had five tor
pedo tubes, her armored deck was
4 by 2 inches thick and her gun posi-
tons were protected Dy shields 4 IL
inches in thickness. The cruisers
speed was estimated to be % knots,
her coal capacity was 1000 tons and
her crew numbered 300 men.
The cruiser with which the Yoshino
collided may be the Kasagaa or Kas-
ago, a cruiser of 5.416 tons, built In
Philadelphia in 1898, or ii may be
the armored cruiser Kasuga, formerly
the Morlno, purchased from Argen-
tina in italy and taken by British
officers, with the Nisshin, bought by
Japan from Argentina, and formerly
the Rivadavi, to Japan just previous
to the outbreak OF the war.
The Hatsuze was a battleship OF 49,
700 tons displacement and of the lat
est model She was only completed
n 1900, was built in England was
400 feet long. had Is IL foot beam,
jrew 81 feet of water, had 5000 in
Heated horse power and was fitted
with water tube boilers. She was
completely armored with steel. Her
armament consisted of four Pinch
guns, fourteen 6-inch guns, twenty IL
Founders, eight 3 12 Founders and
!our 2 1-2 Founders. She had four
,orpedo tubes, her estimated speed
was 1911 knots. Her crew numbered
741 men.
London. May ga. G.. Hales, the
correspondent OF the Daily News,
cables from Tien Tsin as follows, un.
Ter date OF May 19:
1T is reported that 10000 Russians
are marching to the relief OF Port Ar
thur, and the Japanese are conse
luently fastening offensive opera
ions.
"Forty-five thousand troops have al.
ready been landed at Kin Chau and
Talienwan, thus entirely Investing
Port Arthur. .#.. ..
THE Japanese advanced lines are
seven miles from the Russian bat
.eries. .. ...
"SkirmIshes occurs daily along the
.ailroad.
1T is believed that the Japanese
intend attacking Port Arthur with the
entire force when 1t numbers $4,000
men. They are mounting 6-inch naval
guns on steel wheels, with the object
If silencing the Russian batteries.
"The Manchurian railway south OF
harbin is constantly broken by Chi
aese marauders and the Russians
threaten reprisals
"The Russians adm, mat they have
to contend with terrible difficulties
along the whole line. Their men
however, are behaving splendidly and
they are very confident