Show SURVIVOR OF THE J Jl CRUISER URAL I Shell Penetrated and Burst in the Engine Room Boom AWFUL SCENE WITNESSED FLESH AND BONES SCATTERED a IN EVERY DIRECTION T OKIO Russian cruis T I ers era Admiral Mono ono mack and aDd Dmitrl Dmitri having sunk in comparatively shalloW waters watEr it J is le to raise them themA A survivor of the cruiser Ural who ia i a brother of the chief editor of the Ru Russ s and apparently is well educated said Kid The Second and Third squadrons joinEd at the island of Koli Koh Tron off the coast of French Our admiral knew that Korea strait was strongly guarded but bitt should a Pacific route have bern been followed a neutral port would not have been available in case of disaster so it was deter determined determined mined to risk the route Nothing important occurred until the dawn of the morning of May 27 ex CX except the appearance occasionally of Japanese ships ar out on the ho Our shi advanced in five rows the independent on the right extremity the second class dass battleships In single line formation in the second row the cruisers in the third t the e eUral Ural bringing up the rear and the i first class battleships in the fourth row with the leading and the independent Ind pendent on the left extremity Incessant Japanese Fire Entering the formation of our battleships turned slightly to the starboard for the purpose of pro protecting our cruisers When three Jap Japanese Japanese anese ships were tre first sighted we fired but the ships were beyond I range Suddenly four Japanese bat and some cruisers appeared on the scene sending In an incessant vigorous fire which h proved very ef eC I f and we w were re nearly thrown Into confusion Steering northeast we found ourselves gradually pressed to towards towards wards Island To force the pas passage passage I sage north was impossible The Ural was hit on the starboard side b by r a shell sheH which penetrated and burst In the engine room smashing of and causing the funnel and the masts to tall fail down Owing to the shock the de deck k also was rent asunder in many places The flesh and bones of OO men killed were scattered In every direction The hor horror 10 of the scene ene is beyond description The Ural sank at 6 in the even Ing The narrator and other Russians drifted to the coast off the province of Nagato after hours of exposure at s sea a |