The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-05
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i LONDON, June The correspond.
ent Of the Evening h News at Manila.
wires that seven Japanese $destroSers!
are reported$toabe lying to sinsldesof,
Corregldor island. \, n
The Russian cruisers Aurora, Zem.i
chug and oleg reached Manila on Sat.
urday In badly damaged condition. al,
terfescaplng from the Japanese In the.
great naval battle, and 1t sisssupposedi
the Japanese destroyers are lying In
walt for their enemy In case5the crals..
erss trySto# leave Manila harbofs No
word has been received (heres as TO
what disposition iis to be made Of the
cruisers andisuntil$ this all.lmportantl
question Isl decided. the Japanese syes.
selsscanEd do nothing but lie In wait for
the Russians. ~ 4 III
ssslsY,yVAsH1NGT TON, June 5, Secretary
ofithe Navy Morton today issued an
order directing that the 6Rtlssiah ships
IatfSIanila must5be Anterned, or depart
forthwith. Ins view OF the fact that
thegships have BEEN pronounced un;
seaworthy, this orderSme meanss that they
Twill be- 4disarmed and Sdismant lied, and
be- held In Manila until Gthe close Of
|tl.eiwar:a The officers gand crews will
doubtless be paroled!
4 s5sLo LoNDoN.J June 5. The 5injurlesssus.
tanned blythe Aurora and $oteg are
plainly visible There are ten holes
I 1.-The starboard side OF the oleg and
|; two on the port side. Three of the
4 holes;on:the starboard side are direct,
lyfoyer herSmaihs battery. The Aurora
has six holes on the starboard side,
lone Of them being stynr feet inh diam.
d eter, and two on the port Side: s5. r.
The tunnels OF the zemchdg are
pierced, but there are no other holes
4 visible: The vessel reports that she
has a large hole in Ell :lnll, however. ever.
The condition of6 ali II the vessels
4 y such that 1T is necessary toiiS Keep
A the pumps going 1.-THE time. All
i the cruisers skaye black tunnels, and and
i the hdlls are painted a glaring yellow,
4 which made them good marks for the
q Japaneses,l w IySs
4 Admiral SEnqlilst, who us ID com
]. mand ~ the usslan squadron, INTEL
4 Ing 3ofk tie fight and shis escape. said
A that his division of$the feet entered
n the fight on i the morning Of May 27
A After exchang ging shots With the Jap
a anese atS 10000 yards, he tried Il
4 break through the enemy.s y line {Stc
q make q dash for sy1adiyostock. Thte
I attack BY cruisers and torpedo boats
Il was too fierce to be met; however, and md
A he turned back, keeping up ii running
4 fight His flagship was sunk and sheE
changed to the Aurora. Ultimately he
was forced to fee, and headed first foil fi
/ Shanghai. Afheayy sea was running
7 which threatened to swamp the dam
I aged vessels, SO he turned toward the
south to ease his ships ~ ~ n
! Admiral EnquIst is unlnjured. Cap
tain EgorieffI Of the Aurora was wa Rkllleti
in in! the coming tower Of the ship Is,
a shell and mi buried at sea. Three othel
officers were wounded. Of the crew rev
20 were killed and 50 wounded ri,
oleg suffered "a loss Isof 10 Killed Sant
|1s wounded Two junior Officers ol
the zemchug were killed and ON one VA va
wounded Twenty members iii til
], crew We're killed and 80 wounded. IA
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