Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-02

Petersburg, that Admiral Nobogaloffs
sailors mutnlcd IN the battle of the sea
" japan aud either threw the admiral
md many oniccrs overheard. or bound
them In their cabins and holstod the
white nuue,
A REMARKABLE STORY,
Toxic, Juno 2, s p, NIT has been
planned to bring the bntlloship Orol 10
Yokosuka whore the emperor VIII rlelt
her
4 remarkable story ls In circulation
CONCERNING the wounded On the orel
II ia said that at the opening OF the
night 800 men were killed and wounded
nnd'that the groans ana shreks of tho
wounded exercised 80 harmful AN erect
that II was decided to throw the NOR
tally wounded into the sea.
one hundred and forty At II SAID,
were thrown overheard Those slghlly
wounded were then fastened TO the mast
TO prevent their interference with the
hghting Of the ship,
II II impossible to obtain any con-
nrmatlm OF this story, but later reports
Indicate that the crew of INC olV
fought with desperate bravery through
out the day previous 10 their surrender
The null Of the vessel " shen marked,
aud many Of her guns are smashed ana
dlsmountod,
RUSSIAN oFFlCERs ACCOUNT
London, June 2..-rhe Toxic oorrc'
sponlcnt ~ the Daily Express sends .
story of the battle told by an officer of
the hatlloshIp l]orodino who " now
at Snsebo, The officer says'
Admiral RoJestyonsky came on
hoard early IN the battle and directed
the ngkung from the Borodlno't llylhs
bridge,
al 4 o'clock the Japanese bat,lcshlps
ShiMehlma and fuji opolled every sul,
ON Nv A proioctilc ptluck the forward
barbotto, In which ! had charge Of n
l2,mch gun and this rendered ~ all NJ
sensible an,
Il CROPPED out Of the smoke 1lod
burhettc 10 the deck and found lhelp
n rain Of projocliles, Dozens were lying
dead or wounded AT oyory turn ] re-
turned 10 the barbotlc, hut was ollly
able 10 Are two rounds when Two pro-
Iectllos struck ug ultnneously
Nrockmg the harbctic disabled both
the l2.inch guns and klled ~ Officers
Aud mcn,'
The onlcor proceeded 10 describe how
tho BOrodino now became a Ncrltnplo
ahnmhlos, successive shells dcstroylnk
the steering gear ana ammunition
HOSTS 80 that the shells had 20 DE
carried by hand, Admiral Rojcstyonsky
was injured ana transferred 20 u de-
stroyor and I'M the destroyer left sho
was asmlcd by hail Of small arm
ammunition,
II, wac now I o'clock" the officer
continued "rho Rorodno had been re-
pcatedly struck IN the helm and was
settling down with no hope OF saving
hcr
"Tha japanese had broken our battle
formation ana were closing In, toncon'
rntinR their nrc on our iighling tops
Of which crows hardly one escaped,
Fire had now broken ont IN several
places, adding 20 the horror " or Wl,
uatlOn and N Was decided 90 Withdraw
from the hrIng ino tor tho purpose
Of repairing our altering gear llul
va were surrounded by olght Japanese
ships ana bomblrdcd on cNpry side,
We still tough, desperately with our
after l2'lnch gums and what WIS LETT
Of our smaller guns and Win about hulf
cur complement Of mon ilul The no,
Iodlno sank lower aud lower. Toward
evening, after We had lost 400 men, we
noticed two Jiplnryo dcHltoycB CONF
ug toward w, We sank ore Win u
wen directed shell, The other launched
q torpedo which missed w. Al the
mon IN the engine rooms were drivcn
on deck by the lllmoA Finally u Japs
HncFo torpedo nolIlll bore down upon
uA ana Hu explosion caused The liOrO'
dino ia turn turtle, !, with 10 others
was rescued from the sen by the Jap"
onose nrmorod cruiser kasugu ana was
transferred TO the shore
JAPANESE OFFICERs STORY
Toxic, Wednesday, May 81, 2 p. m, 90.
\ Japanese officer who has returned 10
Sasc6O gives the following account OF
tho sea nigh, of the Tm islands
At $3.50 saturday morning a Wireless
message reading "Tho enomys squad.
ron ia In sight" REACHED the naval base,
This message WAS transmitted to an
our ahlpa by the flagship Win Inslruc-
tlOnA ia ret ready for action, our
squadron lclt lls rendezvous and hoad'
ed for the eastern chunnpl un TsUHh.
ma, our mon seemed 10 De Oiled with
now Inspiration, ana were eager for the
lonE delayed light tu begin. when TNu.
shlml was sighted ~ the southwest the
sea was rough ana the lOrpodObOals
were forced 10 run Tor the rhollor NJ
tho Islands our thrd lighting sqlmd-
ron with tho fnkaahIhu 10 port recon.
nOltorol the Russian course, ana AZ
1870 n, m, Informed the main squadron
by wireless telegraph that che Russian
ships were passing into tho cast cham
nell whoroupun our nam squadron
changed lts course AomoW hat Ia the
southwark, came IN egll wf Oklnshl'
mn Al O'clock In the afternoon, Tho
third division arrived later ana Joined
the main gquldron The FIRST ana Sec
ond divisions, accompanied bY the Do
gtroyer ilotlm, changed tn a westerly
course, while the lhrd division and
the fourth destroyer loullt headed
elghly eastward During this ma
nouver the RUSSIAN flagship appeared
ta the southwark ~ va O'clock, Tho
Russians steamed up IN double column,
The nool was numerous, but no living
being was visible. The RuWlau ships
seemed 10 be IN good order our ships
hOistel the nag ~ action, the MiknHn
signalling "rho destiny ~ our empire
depends np0n this action, You are ~
expected TO do Your utmost our men
seemed 10 silently. weigh Nh" Hlgnll'
cance Of this signal
our nrM aud SECOND divisions ro'
turned 10 tho Russians N,orhoard while
the thlrd division Kept N close touch
with tho preceding two divisions, with
the Japanese ships proceeding IN this