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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-02-19, Page 6. h*+�!Ana,ru^wwro+sArraa...rnarw�...w..i.«.w.r Eleyg....... i� � � � ,y�{� -� LN •, 'a C� � � lays a It�eaw•y s`lrell neg.Lr the base of TEEN , g rliiT ; it„ and funnel. Auothelthroe �.L1' EEc99, LLLL!! \'.,[r � ..,. ps arta her armor a sat nl,u D. 1 F e rSik� s � r it � ax tyv e agees1eteneenefesr Maifet, ere, r+" ter London cable : A summary of losses sustained by Russia during 24 hours of war with Japan show that eleven warships were placed ont of action in one way or another, and that the Japanese did not lose a ship, The losses were as follows: I.—Battleship Retzivan, torpedoed and beached at Port Arthur. a.—Battleship Cesarevitch, torpedoed and beached at Port Arthur. 3.—Battleship Poltava, hole below water line, at Port Arthur. 4.—Armored cruiser Boyarin, disabled by Japanese fire at Port Arthur. G.—Cruiser g.—Cruiser 7•—Cruiser 8.—Cruiser Novik, hole below water line, at Port Arthur. nee Pallada, torpedoed at Port Arthur and beached. ',;ged' Askold, hole below water line, at Port Arthur.'ae Diana, hole below water line, at Port Arthur. g. ---First-class armored cruiser Verlag, destroyed at Chemulpo, Corea. io.—Torpedo gun vessel Koratz, destroyed at Chemulpo, Corea. tit:. --Gunboat Mandju, said to have been seized by the Japanese, at Nagasaki, Japan. Another report, however, says the Mandju is at Shanghai. The Japanese fleet engaged seems to have consisted of two divi- sions, under Admiral leaminuara, on the flagship Idzumo (armored cruis- er), and Vice -Admiral Togo, on the flagship Asahi (battleship), The Japanese vessels engaged were apparently, in addition to the Idzumo and Asahi, the battleship Fuji, the cruiser Oshima, the battle- ship Shikishime, the battleship Hatsue, the armored cruiser Yakumo, the armored cruiser Asama, the annexed cruiser Iwate, the cruiser Chitose, the cruiser Kasagi, the cruiser Takasago, and the torpedo gun- boat Yoshino. gra a _'e ^ eesa ,rl mesons fere eo erased,. trim Ion oa ile ; :l'apn.n at the , very outset of the war has struck finer enemy s, 'bito'iv;, the importance of which }ro,snilely cannot be over - Crated, apparently deciding in the (fo'rmer',s interest the balance of naw - al ptdwer in the Far 'East. k, ,The Japanese fleet arrived at Port Arthur at midnight of Feb: 8, and t. ni.no torpedo boats mads a sudden attack by means of mines. on the .'Russian squadron, sinking the battle- 'tshipa Retvizan and Cesarevitcb, and `tliq cruiser Pailade. The fleet then Ailed awn. �' without ut dalnagge. Next morning the fleet returned and open- ed fire on the fort Arthur forts and fleet, and sank arfetb.er battleship, the Poltava, a.nd the cruiser Novik, ' and damaged the forte. f • Tire Cesarevitch, which, with its • Corni Ui on,s, the Retvizan and Pal - lade, now lies Hopelessly crippled on the mud flats at Port trtbur, was 'the finest battleship in the Russian fleet, and was regarded by many ns proof against a torpedo attack. But over and above the decisive Onaeisenesersvoterreeeeedeeltogasedeeneeneee stroke Ea Port Arthur, it is stated jfiorm two or three isourcee that the Ja;,panese have also captured the !fleet -class cruiser Variag, and a smaller weasel at Cheneulp!oe , These reportQ, attboug1g unlike the Port Krthtir disaster `rack Admiral !,A exieff's confirmation, are eircum- fantial. They state that a strong 3spanese torpedo division escorted by Cruisers convoying transports sud- deny arrived ofr Chemulpo Sunday. i.A: number of foreign vessels la,y at ancinor, including the Verlag and the i torpedo gunboat Korietz. Apparent- ly they did not expect an attack lany more than did the somnolent fleet at Tort Arthur, for when the Japanese commander summoned then) �to haul dower] their flags they were :completely ,surprised, and in view, of Overwhelming strength of the Jap- anese, they had no alternative but to) comply, which they did, say the ;reports, without firing a shot. Landieur in Corea. The Japanese have landed thou sande of troops in Corea without op- ' position. It is stated, that they put ;expo ashorie a,t Chemulpo Sunday in the presence of two Rtusstan war- ,,ahips, which it Is reported surren- I dered to the Japanese naval cone ;Mender of the squadron accompany - lag them. These troops marched !forthwith to Seoul. All the chief ports in southern and western Corea also recetved contingents of inved- ! ors. Taken by Surprise. A. Chefoo dewrpatch written by a correspondent on bd+asd the Colum - i bia, makes It apparent that the Res - ;Mane at Port Arthur were taken :completely by *surprise. The light- �•h'ouse was :Ruminated, and the ehan- 1 nel 1.l;lits were burning. Only one iiussian warship was using her e;n' a,reh.ltght, and was doing it in a [leisurely manner. Three torpedo hostas were patrolling on the out- •1)ekirts of the fleet. All the torpedo boats were inside the basin. Every- ; 'tiring w tranquil.' The' sky was ;clear, and the weather wa.s not cold. (2Lussialn otfietals lied told the offie rs of tine Columbia that they expected the Japanese in three or four days. Tee correspontIent'.s story of the ex- p i•asions and the awakening of the Iiueemns concurs with previous des- patenes. Re then describes the Czare- witci1 and R,etvizan, as they were run ashore to prevent then' from sinking in deep water. They now Ile across the narrows at the en- trance of the harbor, in a helpless condition. Tlbey are 'Ver�r.. close �toge- ! ther, brit do not block the entrance, 1 ec9ept t9 ships of heavy draught. t The et'rizil,n wee struck forward by a torpedo, and the Czarewi,tele adt:. Tee correspondent continued, say- ing; that the inion wits shining, but no enemy was visible. At daybreak there were disclased on the horizon three two -funneled cruisers fly:n g the flag or the rieing snit of J•apa.n. They cane b4,d1y to within long-rlie- ta.nee range, and remained calmly w,a; ehing for two hours. After day- break a strange apathy seemed to p:.ssess tee Russ'ans, White-faced, gaping cksor the damaged v eesc1S, Form long time after the aneltois of the ! other warships were weighed none (ii them e,h:awved any disf.osition to chase the Japanese or fire a single shot. • Penally the Japanese left. This was tit i3.n0, They were then pursued by 1 the Itiogian fleet, wvihich pror.eedecl towards Delay:. • , • Return of the Japai.eee. Concerning the reappearance of the Japanese the correspondent sayie t h • at (j( at about elm morning sixteen oibattleship% appear- ed ac- ed on the horizon in fine order At 11.1: came first a flash from a nap - mese vessel. Thee landed a shelf near the torpedo boats and disabled bat- , tlesbbps, The atm was spice] did. l Owing to the confusion of tete guar- netine officials, or perhaps because) the Russians thaottegltt the Japanese would dislike to fire near the British flag, the Columbia having been left i'ying close to the Russian fleet, and in the line of filet, so the Japanese shells, aimed at the battleships fell thickly; around her, several buretin g near strewed her deck with splinter's. Capt. Anderson then got under wary, although he was ordered by the Rus- t slaps not to leave, and despite the protests of the Ituselan guards aboard, who were eventually taken I to Cbefo•o, the vessel was brought out of her eveessyvelW; daingeroue pos- itioin, running near the shore, and then making full speed for Chefoo, The Russian guards were mean - 1 while praying fervently. The Chin- ese Drew were frightened but work- ed well. It was feared that the Mea- gan batteries •would sink the Col- umbie, for disobeying orders or that a •torpedo boat ;would be sent in pur- suit. Capt. Aside -moon had repeatedly! signaled for permission to proceed, but his signals were not answered. • hat forward _ • funneled • amldshi r , third battleship an either side was' disabled in tnis way) near the stern. Apparents.eeno sten? on eith- er silo wits lin this ment, (limb e dengage r.1'lztj Ziu'ssian oraUu r Novik fought kluel:i)y, keeping by far the close to the Japanese until tt lieavy firer Ct'a5 Cotleerlt;rated On 1Ler and. corn pelted her to retire on the battle slurs, The eater Russian cruiser fought a tllo fliet ontsido type of )the battleships. The Russians seem- ed to figltt with little formation probably owing to r space. They, mere nevertlimie meore •thanaznped at mild and a half from the shore They remained all the time under the guns of the forts, which fired over tiLen) but not very frequently, Before the action the Russian battieships tizrew beds and other lumber through their: gun ports. Chinese sampans were busily en- gaged• in picking up the articles, including ping-pong tables, until this shells began to fall. The Rus- sian battleships constantly wheel- ed round in the saano position, while the Japanese kept in splendid for- mation, retiring slowly in line to the south-east after half an hour's action. The Columbia escapes with a small hole in her after-deek,caused leY a splinter from a shell, and some marks on her after -deck house. The Columbia's captain is Engllsh, tate mate is Irish, and the engineer is Scetcll., '1 A later despatch says that two large and two small British steam- ers engaged in the coasting trade and also the American ship Pleaders, flour laden, are blocked inside the harbor by the disabled battleships. The Russians are endeavoring by use of collision mats to stop the holes and pumps to free the ves- sels from water to get them afloat in order to take them into the harbor at high water. It is reported at Shanghai that the Japanese stopped, but subse- quently released the Russian steam- ers Mukden, Mur and Schulka. There is nothing whatever from Japenesc sources concerning fighting or the progress of events In any direction, except a brief an- noucement of the declaration of martial lave in Tokio and some eth- er ports. This is attributed to the cutting of cables. EUROPE ASTOUNDED. Japanese Victory 0n the Seas Prete- IN JUU DEUKI Wreck Caused by Engineer Forgetting Orders. Ottawa, Feb. I.a. Pou'rteen. iaieople , killed and twenty injured, some of them possibly ;fatally, is the dreadful result of a head-on col- ; lesion between the east and west- bound "Boa" trains in the early hours of a bitter winter's morn- ing, Tho scene of the accident Was three and a half miles, west of Sand Point, a station between Arn- prior and Renfrew, It was slue to the failure of the engineer of No, 7• :nest -bound train to carry out his orders to stop at Sand Paint and allow No„ 8, east -bound to liiont- real, to cross himi there, Fo1lo1wve ing is a list of the dead and, in- jured :. • ti The Dead. JOSEPH 3AC1CSO.N, engineer, Ot- t awati ' • MoiiMULLE,N, Haws agent, St. Henri, it'Iontreai., • J.riDlE,4 pall/WERE, address un- known., PONLIOT, Whitney,. 3AS. I•lita•t*INS, 202 Queen street, Ottawa. JOSEPH CHALUT, 051 Wall street, D. ,iJ QUIN, Hull. J. TOOLE, baggageman, died on the way to Ottawa Hospital. E. DIJBOIS, fireman, died on train on the w!ay to Ottawa. Hospital., NELSON ROBERTSON, express messenger, Kingston. I. THOMPaSOiN, express *messen- ger, Montreal.,., ticalty Assured. London cable; Ja,peen's daring coup in opening war on the strong Ressler] position at fort Arthur has astounded Europe. Not only Is it in- dicative of the tremendous energy with 'which Jamiewill force the cam- paign, but it is regarded as an al- most decisive blow so far as naval operation); is concerned. Naval ex- nerts here are of the opinion that the disablement of three of the best ;:hips of the stn. eltan fleet is suf- ficiently import:int to assure Japan- GJapan- geed'villtprw.. Illeet the ser'.. Ali ac- rililaiuted i1•ttli !dm peeteonnel of the Japanese navy end army agree that the war wilt be a constant series of dare -devil exploits, even riskier in character than thera bola dash at Port Arthur hist needle The best officers of the envy have been begging for tort*e10 boat eerviee,, in which they could undertake enterprises involv- ing almost certain death. The real difficulty will be to restrain the men from flinging away their lives unnecessarily. Tills duality is so well understood that the wild story of an attack en fort Arthur and the SinlrinS 91 eleven Ressler' ships found ready credence in the European cap- itals. This afternoon art explanation issued by the agency responsible for the publieaticn of the story was re- ceived by the public with derision. It was announced weed;; that the ru- mor was circulated In St, Peters- burg. It was not denied at first in l offici h IteadilrLarterl;, and it was therefore telegraphed to New York. The European public is already gaining the impression that the wear will life short, sharp, and decisive, and thi•s•is to be earnestly to be hoped for. There is even an impression that Russia, if driven• from the seas, might he induced to make peace. This view, however, is considered to be far ,too optimistic. In official circles the greatest: in- terest is felt in the efforts of the Ignited Staters to secure a careful re- striction of the conflict within pre- scribed arras. The proposal will be strongly supported by all the powers except, perhaps, Germany. The latter country is the danger point of the whole situation. It is everywhere be- lievedbe- lievedthat site will do her utmost to profit territor•iuliy and otherwise by the far eastern struggle, CAR WAS BURNED UP. Japanese,Good Ail*, or Japanese, The bombardment of the forts lasted until 12.15, the Japanese shoottng with good aim. Two shells ,buret on the summit of ono of the forts and numbers on the face of the cliffs and along the beach. All of them were heavheavyspells. Owiing to the length of the range all the shells burst on contact with the water or land. Some threw out !yellow smoke, but generally" emitted a, dense black smoke, temporarily concealing the ships struck. The rate of 'fire len. both sides was Slow. Many, o'f the Russian shells felt short. The Sev- astopol 'or iter sister 'ship was hit Explosion on Grand Trunk Express to Montreal Toronto, Feb. .15. --Passengers on tho Grand Trunk express for Mon- treal, which left Toronto at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, had a vory narrow escape from, a serious accident. The train was runn'ng at a raped, rate, and when near Cobourg an explosion occurred, in the bag- gage car, which, sot the car on fire and it was completely destroyed. How the explosion occurred the Grand Trunk offi,eiaan, here state that they . have no information. The burning car was uncoupled from the traits and puliedi out on the. track by Itself w'ilile it burned up. There was a mail car, ahead of it, and an ex- press car behind, but neither of them were Injured. In the baggage ear, however, there wain both mail and express matter, the overplus from the other ears. Tito pont office authorities here stated last night that the mail matter in the destroy - cid baggage seas would be all second- class mail matter, new: papers enost- 11, and thet no letters would have been destroyed. i , Iri., LEBLtEUN, Gaspe, died in Cath- olic Hospital, Ottawvla, .1. ROBINSON, express messenger, ' Ottawa., _ G, PRICE, fireman, 1'rrockville. J'. d3UPUIS. fireman, Ottawa. Unidentified man, name of E. IRICHER In pocket., Unidentified man. The Injured. A. CARDINAL, of Ottawa, left arm broken and internal in:pries. E, D. LAROSE, 861 Clarence street, Ottawa, right leg broken, inter- nal injuries.. JOHN HENRY, Clarence street, Ottawa, painful injuries to' 'body, HARVEY E,ROU5i EAU, St. Casimir, Que., legs lnjul'eti. W. POiJLIET, $t'. Ft'ancis Xav- ier, Que., right leg broken. W. Bg1ROUSSEAU, Little Valley, Gaspe, Quo., head and chest hurt. J. IBIGGINS, Cantley, Que., spine and legs injuyet1,, OVfDE BiROUStSEAU„ St,. Casimir, Que., internal in juriae. JOSEPH sic ALL, Ottaawa, ahead; and body crushed. WILLIADi! 1.: ALL , Ottacin, chest crushed. PETER TR,OTTIER, Hull, legs, arms anal chest crashed., ENGINEER DUDLEY, arms, head and !body painfully bruised. ELILEAR SEGUIN, Ottawa, three fingers crushed on left hand. JOHN JOEY, Ottawa, badly shaken up. IERRE I:ICIIILIEU, Gatineau Point, left leg hurt., W. P. POULIOT, leg hurt. ANTOINE GENDRO>,', Ottawa,ribs broken. DIOSE LEMAIRE, 'Ottawa, badly shaken up. A. P. BLACK, mail clerk. E. Be BEA.CII, mail clerk. Conductor Forgot Orders. before 5 Lo'clock 111 Itjuste.0SCI Cls. the was Ek S b morning whin the male o.ourred. Train No. 7 left Ottawa about three o'clock, being a little over an hour late. It was in charge of Conductor Nidd and Engineer Dudley, both of this city. The order to cross No. 8, the eastbound "Soo" train, at Sand Point, was given before the train loft Ottawa. Dudley initialed the or- der in Conductor Nidd's tock, but evi- dently forgot Itis instructions, while Nidd, relying imp 1_It1,y upon Dudley, neglected to keep a look out. The re- sult was that instead of remaining on the siding at Sand Point and al- lotting No. 8 to pass, the westbound express continued its journey, mak- ing a head-on collision inevitable. It was an awful night for such a wreck. The cold was intense, the mercury being 20 below zero, and the eloude of steam and vapor made It impossible for the locomotive drivers to see far ahead. There is a heavy down grade where the weal - dent occurred, and being on this, as well a,s making up lost time, No. 8 was running at a, particularly ra- pid rate. Out in a lonely country district, and in the darkness of the night, the fatal collision occurred. Rushing ahead at a rapid speed, No. 8 struck and p:oughed ri,ht through the train going in 'the opposite direction. Most of the care, save the Pullmane, were smashed or teleecopod, and in the impact the engines, cars and every- thing were piled up, one on top of another. Passengers Were Asleep, When the collision occurred many of the passengers were asleep, and some with the trainmen never lived to toll the tale of what happened. From beneath the ruins of the smash cries for help 'were coming, and those of the train crew and passengers who had been fortunet^ ,lnnugh to escape, quickly applied their ef• - forts to the relief of the unfortunate. A. trainman was sent back to Sand Point, and from there word was telegraphed to Ottatwa., to the divi- sional superintendent, Mt•. 13. B. Spencer and his staff. A apecistl train was quickly mende. mendup, and, Mr. Spero - ems, aecompazttcd oy Trainmaeter MtCormiok and Dr, J. F. Kidd, the compaany'e physician to . Ottawa„ left for the srmne of the fatality. At the mote tens the wreekd,tg waive were called, into regnisitioii, anis •allefil i- idd ale- toarn Juwerenctionorand ereothouter paintsfrons Caalorlig tit.ees line, It is a somewhat l.solated spot where the wreck occurred, but the news soon spread, and the injured were eared for in nearby places, and everything posslble was done by the C. P. R. people to secure their com- fort. The C. P', It. secured doctors from the surrounding, district, and from Arnprior, and these, with 0111- juredetale, diol everything in their power to alleviate the sufferings of the in- . Engineer Jackson Acted Prornply. J. Jackson, engineer of No. 8, was. a 'veteran in the employ of the C. P. R., and had the repu,a.tion ofibeing' most careful. %to saw the oncoming train from tate east, and, knowing that a coil ds:on was unavoidable, put on the emergency brakes. Ties less- ened the ,speed of his train, and also mitigated the effect of the collision, But ,for Itis prompt action there would have been a terrible casualty, list !among the passengers on bis train. Engineer Jackson was killed are (hits post, and met a hero's death. Tho end must have been instantan- eous, for he was crnsiied between' the tender and the boiler, as be ;stood in an uprigit.t position. His bendy remained visible to the onlook- ers and the wrecking crew until 10 o'clock to -night, when the two en- gines were released from their death gMp. Then tate gallant engin- eer's mangled remains were rever- ently extricated from the wreck. His fireman, C. Price, was fatal.y scalded by estealn and boiling water, and died at few hours after the collision, An Awvtui Scene. • The oeene at the wreck was simply awful. Wedged in amongst the thee ber and iron were the dead and dy- ing. A horrible sight was that of the body of Engineer Jackson, the )nighty engines bolding the body in an embrace that could not be broken until the wrecking crews draw )hent apart by powerful wreaking appar- atus. This man's death was instan- taneous, and the died at his post. '.!hough his headd and arms could be seen above the wreck, hie body could not be removed for several hours. Ile saw the approaching train and turn- ed on the brakes to slacken the speed. Tuts is why there were no in- jured passengers on this train, but the engineer paid the penalty with Itis lire. • •Conclactor T. T. Nidct, of No.71'lrain, said : "It was the fault of myself and nay engineer, John Dudley, that the wreck took place. I did not forget; aur, orders, but .the train slipped by Sand Point without my noticing it. My or- ders were in my pocket, We got our orders at Ottawa, wllfeiv we left at 2.50 a. m.,, Ilere ;tier. Nidd produced a pink sheet, commenting, "Tills is what we call a 19 order. It reads, 'Drain No. 7 ,and engine No. 330 will meet train No. 8 and engine No. 837 at Sand Point.' Did Not Notice Station. "As I stated, we slipped by Sand Point without my noticiug the sta- tion, and at 4.53 a. m., about' one and a half miles past Sand Point, we cra,shsct into No. 8. Our train was made up of an e;tg,ne, baggage car, mail car, two second-class cars, ono first-class car, and a sleeper. The batt colonist car on No. 7 was tele - moped by the baggage car ahead of it, and teat le ww;hore! the loss of life took pia!Ce. I diel not forget ley or- ders,' repeated Mr. Nidd, "but that does not excuse me. It was my first wreck," and the conductor broke drown (completely. Be produced the watch found on Fireman Dubois. It had stopped at 4.53 a. In., the instant of the coin: - sten. Conductor Nidd stated that the trains were mining about 30 miles an hour at the tune of the collision.. "engineer Says Nothing. Engineer John Dudley, No. 7, who was said by Conductor Nidd to have forgotten his orders, was asked for a statement, but had nothing to say. no wan painfully injured about the stead, which was covered with blood, and his left arm was broken. He looked the picture Of dejection. Tho two colonist care on No. 7 con- tained a party of 38 nhautymen, bound Froin Ottawa to Kippewa, to work for A, Lumsden, of Ottawa. It was among these men that the fatal- ities were greateet. On board No. 7 also, going to Sault Ste. Marie, was Bishop Hamilton, of Ottawa, while Zen No. 8 • train wain Father Paraiba, of Verdan. They administered spiritual consolation to the dying. As soon ase possible) a special train for Ottawa was made up by Supt. B. B. Spencer, and on it the tn- jured wvere placed, and they, with the unharmed panseingers of No. 8, the east -bound train, were brought to Ottal.w ti. There were 23 wounded on the train when it left Sand Point, but between there and Carleton Place, George Duboids, fireman of No. 7, died on the train while in the Ot- tawa station. The. injured were arranged as com- fortably as possible on seats, and were all bandaged up. They train with the injured reaeb- ed Ottawta at 2 o'clock this after- noon. Ali the hospitals had been stotilied beforehand to be in readi- ness to receive patients. Every city. nanbulanee aztd a score of covered carriages were in waiting. Fully a dozen doctors were on the scene and superintended the transfer of the In- jured. A ,sad feature In connection with the demise of Uwboie was the fast that his wife was at the station; to meet trim. Died ire Hospital. A tshant'man named Lebreuc, from Gaspe, who wee seriously injured, died at the Water street ,EI spii tO tonight. • , ,