Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-09
SHIPS SAVED Them
Mutineers In the Fortress Of Svea-
borg Could Not Have Been
Subdued Without.
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKS
Details Regarding the Capture Of
the Cruiser Pamyat AEOva by
RebeIIiOus Senmen-HOw
the Officers Escaped.

Helsingfors, Aug. 4.-The CORE
spondent of the Associated Press wa
permitted Friday to look over tn
fortress on the main island as well a
all the other Notifications overlooking
the town, although the officials witt
complied with his request were care
full not to allow him to see the guns
The scenes proved the truth OF tn
statements previously cabled that tn
mutineers had the upper hand II
practically all the fortresses until thu
arrival of the warships.
Escorted by an officer the CORE
spondent was shown all the mino
barracks and Notifications and tn
wharf and neighboring Quays, which
bristled with machine guns. Flag
STATS had been splintered as If the
mutineers had tried to shoot away tbs
Russian colors. The most severe fire
from the fortress was directed on the
headquarters Of the commander, who
on the second day Of the trouble was
forced to seek shelter In better pro-
tected place.
The barracks in the vicinity showed
plainly the effects of the fighting
They are now nothing more than tot
tering ruins, upheld by iron girders
The church in which hangs the mem
orials of the French and English
bombardment Of 1855 was struck sew
eral times, but 1t is evident that the
mutineers did not wish to destroy the
building in spite of the fact that
none of Its windows remain whole.
Results Of the firing were seen on
every hand, fragments of shrapnel,
shot and shell littering all the walk
ways. The fortress itself bore many
signs Of the bombardment, great rents
in the walls, holes in the roof and
destroyed windows telling their own
tales. The correspondent was not
permitted to examine in detail the
Notifications held by the rebels az
these form part Of the national de-
tense and are secret. There is no
question that until the warships came
up the government was powerless ad-
equately to reply to the mutineers and
was simply able to hold its positions.
The commander had scarcely fed from
his headquarters leaving them heap
of fallen ruins, when the warships
crept up the coast and opened fire.
Taken unawares, without leaders and
with but little food, the mutineers
gave up.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-The accounts
received here of the mutiny on the
armored cruiser Pamyat Azova on
August show that the sailors ex-
pected to obtain the support of the
garrison of the fortress at Reval. A
student agitator, probably one of the
emissaries sent from st. Petersburg
was slowed away on board.
When the crew mutinied after mid
night Wednesday the crusier was
anchored 20 miles down the coast.
Evidently her commander, Captain
Sosinsky, had been warned for he ar
rested and sent ashore a sailor named
Tarosoff who was regarded as the
Two hours afterwards the
sailors rose and killed Captain
Saborovsky the officer on watch
When he saw the mutineers approach
ing, Saborovsky made rush for the
carbine rack, but the sailors had
jammed the breach blocks of the car
bines and Captain Saborovsky was
shot. The firing aroused the officers
below who ran up on deck and, TAX
ing In the situation, crowded into
a launch moored alongside the Pamyat
Azova and started for the shore. The
mutineers manned a cutter and put
off in pursuit Of the launch. Lieut.
and two other officers
were killed by shell from the
cruiser and others were wounded
The mutineers in the cutter were
rapidly overhauling the launch, when
on reaching shallow water, the sur
viving officers jumped into the bay
and made for the shore. An attempt
was made by the fugitive officers to
drag along with them one Of their
wounded comrades but he was even
tually abandoned and drowned, Eight