The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-04
LATEST ACCOUNT.
japanese Sailors Plunged to Certain
tain Death.

japanese Sailors Plunged to Certain
tain Death.
Port Arthur May 8.-Another daring
attempt was made by the Japanese this
morning 90 block the entrance to Port
Arthur. Al few minutes before
o'clock the first shots were fired, aWak-
eniug the town with their thunderous
noise The gUUbgats lying at the mouth
of the haT5or joined iu the caunOHade
of the batteries, the firing gradually
Increasing I'm volume until there was q
continuous crash of great guns. Some
of the euemy's torpedo boats were dis
covered. but they We're finally swaI-
lowed up i'm the darkness, and the bat
teries and WaTships after forty minutes
OF activity, were again shrOuded I'm
gloom, though the flashing searchlights
showed that the military were alive to
the warning conveyed of the approach
of the japanese ships.
Japs Coming In.
shortly before . O'Clock "a searchIight
played from the sea directly upon the
entrance of the harbOr lighting IL mp
10 show thNWay for the fire ships. The
protector moved to the right from Lao
Tishau % Golden Hill For quarter
of am noun the light was watched with
curiosity and then "a second Cannonade
began. the heaviest fire being directed
to- the Ieft of G0Idu Hill Whr In fir
ships were located.
AT about 8 O'Clock the batteries ceased
firing save for au occasional shot
Struck Russian Mines.
Just about daWH the bark of the rap
id fiFe guns and the cracking of ihe
miuaiueuse was heard from Golden
Hill Occasionally there were sounds
of explosions ass of mines going off.
10 YEAS the enemy's S1iDS striking gB
Russian toEgcdoes.
ST this hour a magnificent sea pic
rure was formed by the soft light of
the waning moon. the orange flashes
of the gums. the signal rockets and the
purnIa fires on the steel colOred sea
which were alternately lighting up and
dying out.
The hreships were ten in number
and of about 5000 tons each.
It is reported that two japanese tor
pedo boats we're sunk, the remainder
Withdrawing i'm damaged condition
Few Escaped.
Eight hreshius were sunk and very
few members az their crews were saved.
Most OF them were killed
ID the morning many dead bodies
were seen floating about outside the
harb1r These We're collected by the
Russians who brought them ashore
and buried them
The vigilance of the men iu the
watch towers and on the guard boats
was astonishing. To their keen eyes
was due the prompt sighting OF the
enemy
This new attempt of the japanese
was on much grauder scale than any
heretofore attempted. but the moonlight
aided u the discontinue of the dlsc0v-
cred enemy.
The japanese attacked brilliantly
without seeming 20 notice the muir
der0us fire directed on them. The Rus
SLAMS captured two officers and thirty
men,
lii is reported that twelve ships had
been prepared by the Japanese bus for
some unknown reason two Of them new
en- attempted TO approach the entrance
Ii IS said the crews Of the freshlps
Included a number Of japanese cadets
who showed extraordinary bravery. es-
peciaIIy when the ships were sinking
Several OF the crew sat on the topmasts
firing revolVers and then plunged into
lde sea- 10 IS believed that none 0f the
cadets were saved.
The attemnt 60 close Che mouth VI the
larB0r failed.