The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-14

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at PETERSBURG. April 13.-The
y awful disaster to the battleship
Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur
with the loss Of almost her entire
crew of over 600 men and the death
Of Vice Admiral Makaroff has been
terrible blow. It would have fallen
/ less heavily if the ship and the COM
mander-fn- chief of the feet had been
lost in battle. but TO be the result Of
another accident following upon the
heels of a succession of tragedies, OF
which the Port Arthur fleet has been
the victim. has created something like
CONSERVATION.
sReverses we can endure" said
prominent Russian, but TO have the
PetropavIOvsk- meet the fate Of the
Yenesei and the Boyarin is heart
breaking
Besides. it has just become known
that the battleship Poltava several
weeks ago had "A hole rammed in Aer
by the battleship SeVastOpol while the
latter was maneuvering in the harpor
/ OF Port Arthur.
Day of Excitement.
The day has been one of intense eX-
element in st. Petersburg The hrsJ
linking of the catastrophe leaked out
on the receipt of telegram by Grand
Duke Vladimir from his son, Grand
! Duke Boris, announcing the loss of the
/ Petropavlovs and the wounding OF
! Grand Duke Cyril who was first Of
/ 6cer. Grand Duchess Vladimir was al
most frantic on the receipt of the tele-
gram. being convinced that the mes
! sage was only a precursor Of worse
news. as il was sighed by Grand Duke
D r.FN h. no nj n
Grand Duke cyril, Lieutenant on
/ Kube.
/ Lieutenant Won Kube had gone down
with the ship. The youngest son of
Grand Duke Vladimir, Grand Duke
/ Andrew. a dashing young guardsmah.
be hind the fastest tTOtters. hurried 10
4 the Winter palace. the admiralty and
! elsewhere. seeking confirmation Of the
! news. which came two hours later ID
/ a message 20 the emperor from Rear
| Admiral Cirigorivitcb. the commandment
at Port Arthur
( Overwhelmed With Grief.
A religious service was Immediately
! held at Grand Duke Nladimir's palace,
in which thanks were returned 10 the
( Almighty for the spariug OF the life
Of Grand Duke cyril, but the emperor
/ WIS 50 overwhelmed with grief at the
death OF Vice Admiral MakaToff that
/ neither he nor the empress attended
( the service Instead the emperor sent
: a member Of his personal staff 70 break
/ the sad news To Vice Admiral Maka-
/ roms widow, Who is living in -. Pc
] tersbuTg.
/ Meantime the city was flied with the
! widest rumors. but the official dis
J patches were So meagre and private
dispatches 80 conflicting regarding
what had occurred that the public WAS
/ kept in suspense FOR six hours Then
J although the report was incomplete.
+, DISPATCHES were posted on the Nevsky
/ prospect and other war bulletin boards.
/ The grief Of the crowds. whose worst
: fears were thus officially confirmed
4 was touching The ministry of ma
I rine was soon surrounded by thou
: sands of persons eagerly asking for
1 more details The crowd Of inquirers
were the stricken relatives Of those
I who were on board the Petropavlovsk.
Reports Not Clear.
What occurred prior TO the blowing
up Of the flagship was only vaguely
! known. except that Admiral Aiakaron,
with his flag flying on the doomed
! vessel. sailed out 10 engage the enc
my until his reinfOrcemeuts appeared.
1t is thought possible that Vice Ad-
/ miral Togo planned an ambuscade by
/ sending in a small squadron in the
! hope Of drawing out the Russian COM
mander to the open and then cutting
I Off his escape.
The Associated Press learns that the
| location OF six mines planted by the
] Yenesei We're unknown. the charts hav-
ing been lost when that vessel went
| down Probably 1t was one of these
mines that the battleship struck.
Russia's Great Loss.
Vice Admiral MakaroGs death is
! really greater loss than would be the
loss Of several battleships. The pride
of the navy was he. and he enjoyed the
/ confidence of the emperor as well as OF
! the officers and men. Speaking Of his
death. officers here remarked on the
strange fatality that be should lose his
/ !ife on the heavily armored battleshif
I TO which he had 2 -$~ticular aversion
J This morning for the first time he
( raised his flag on a .battleship. Pre-
( viously he had gone out on board the
/ cruiser Ncvik or the cruiser AskOld
It was at the urgent request of his
friends that ne did noi risk his life r.
| this fashion and tfansTplrsi his flag &.
] the Petropaviovsk.